Author Archives: Bridget Macklin

I am an artist working in the field of ceramics creating fragile porcelain pieces which are inspired by the environment or by peoples relationships with the environment and with each other and which often incorporate finds to support their narrative.

Coming Soon

I am currently preparing for two important events in the studio after a very quiet summer.

Two years ago I took part in the Makers Cornwall Christmas Fair at the Falmouth University campus in Penryn. It was the most successful and enjoyable event that I have been part of. Everyone was so friendly and the organisation was great so this year I applied to do it again and I got in!

The fair is open, with free entry and free parking, on the following dates:

Friday 6th November 6pm-9pm – cocktails and live music.                              Saturday 7th November 10am-4pm – with street food and cafe.                    Sunday 8th November 10am-3pm – the final brilliant day for shopping.

More information about the event can be found here. Put it in your diary as a great place to shop for locally crafted Christmas presents. .https://www.makerscornwall.co.uk/christmas-fair/

Put it in your diary as a great place to shop for artizan crafted Christmas presents.

The second event is at Trelissick House which is the home of the Cornwall Craft Association. I am honoured to have been asked to be the ‘focus maker’ for the autumn which means that I have a display of work in the foyer of the gallery space. Details of the gallery and all the important stuff such as opening hours can be found here

It is almost time to deliver the work which will be on display by the end of the month. I will give more details here once the event is up and running but, just to wet your taste buds:

New Directions

I have a rather short attention span so life gets dull unless I mix things up a bit from time to time. I periodically sign up to try something completely new, not knowing where it will lead and not really caring if it leads nowhere at all.

Recently I signed up for an online collage making course with an organisation called Fibre Arts Take Two. The course is run by a lovely lady called Cordula Kagemann. It is online and on demand so I have been able to dip in whenever I want and I have the rest of my life to play the various modules over and over if I feel so inclined.

The course has really opened my mind. I have not finished it yet. I have got stuck on image transfer. It is an extraordinary way of adding interest to a collage and I am hooked.

Image transfer techniques using photocopied butterfly wings.

I have just completed a triptych using these butterfly images and I have started wondering how the entire process of creating layered interest like this might translate to clay.

Lepidoptera Triptych

It is early days and I have not fired anything yet. Being clay, I have had to change the order of application so I have added the cut outs before firing but will add the images later on but I think this might have a place in my work somewhere in the future. I rather hope so!

Unfired experimental work using collaged clay.

Of course I shall continue to make my usual work as well but I think this might creep in from time to time as a diversion or something more. Time will tell . . . . .