July - Hi and Goodbye!

So, nearly through the sunny, summery month of July - 

yes, it was worth waiting for wasn't it? 

We had a wonderful break in the Dordogne and

I got back to the pottery raring to go.  

So this is some of what emerged ...

Glazed pieces going into their second firing

Opening the kiln - the magic has happened again!!

Loved the response on Instagram

to this little patchwork plate.

I was so pleased with the way it turned out.

Sold within a few days

I am keenly aware that not everyone

has the spare cash to spend

on luxuries like ceramics, 

so I always try to make smaller pieces

that are more affordable. 

Only four left in my Etsy shop now

 These tiny one-hexie-patch dishes

 are only £10 each in my Etsy shop.

www.etsy.com/shop/CatherineDanielPots

Star-shaped lace-imprint bowl   -  Sold

I made another star-shaped bowl 

with a vintage lace pattern

to replace the last one which sold straight away,

and then this one did too! 

Note to self - Make Lots of These Next Time!  

This one turned out unintentionally Christmassy

(there - said the word - in July!).

Flower power buttons - small, medium and large - on my Etsy

 Attempted a more grungy, vintage look

 with my hanging pieces - think it worked.

Mucky Hens!

And lots lots more of the same

so that hopefully when it comes to selling 

at the Creake Abbey Summer Gift Fair

on Saturday 27th August, 

I shall still have some stock to sell!

If you're in the area around that time,

do come and say hello.  

You'll find me hiding under the table, 

to avoid the vague discomfort 

of people looking at my stuff in front of me! 

I hope to get over that one day!

x Cathy

Jolly June Update

.....except that it really hasn't been as jolly as it should have,

what with the awful British weather 

combined with the awful British politics -

nothing for it but to bury myself in my studio and make stuff!!!

I pretended it was Summer

by making loads of coastal-themed things!

Hanging fish and driftwood - available from CatherineDanielPots on Etsy

On the few sunny days we had,

I was out in the yard

cleaning up and sanding down my driftwood stash

ready for assembling with the ceramic pieces.

Driftwood and ceramic sailing boat - on Etsy

I love the way the grain of this piece of wood above

looks like choppy waves!

Made these little cones ages ago,

so it was good to finally assemble them 

on to driftwood to make wall vases.  

The green one sold within five minutes of listing in my Etsy shop!

Driftwood and ceramic wall vases available from Etsy

These little boats with heart-shaped sails

no longer linger in a corner of the studio!. 

Now they've been mounted onto driftwood

with a hanger on the back.

 Restocked things that sold from my Etsy shop,

 like these little Paisley tealight holders.

And still trying to catch up - 

have got lots of work in progress 

which will come through in the weeks ahead.

Work in progress - waiting to be fired

 It wasn't all work and no play though.  

We went off to Wembley to see this bloke again,

and he was brilliant, as usual!

Bruce Springsteen 'The River Tour' Wembley Stadium

and we went to see our youngest's

Illustration end of Degree show - 

for which he got a First! Well done Joe!

That's the last of the three through Uni 

and out the other side!  Phew!

End of Degree Exhibition work

And now, I think it might be time 

for a little holiday in the Dordogne,

where it has been known to be warm

and sunny in the Summer months!

x Cathy