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Happy New Year!

Life has been somewhat difficult over the past week and I just couldn’t get my blog out.  Actually I felt very bereft as I didn’t manage to get to the studio either and I kept yearning for the feel of clay.  However, I thought I would share my New Year’s resolution with you since it has already proved extremely provident.  The trouble is that my studio is so small and the pressure for space is so tight that I am always moving stuff around to try and get it all on a shelf somewhere.  Then when I get back to it, especially after a break such as the last week, I have to spend ages remembering what I was up to.  I just hope that I remember to keep this up.

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Whenever I work in the studio I am going to remember to do a quick sketch of how I have left my shelves.  This should hopefully mean fewer levels of confusion about what stage everything is at.

My Favourite Things, Chapter 4.

Finally, I want to share with you my love of the work of Jennifer Lee.  I encountered her work first of all at an exhibition in 2013 at Erskine Hall and Co.  I was mesmerised by the simplicity of her burnished forms.  I love the way that her vessels seem to hardly touch the surface on which they sit.  They almost float and yet the colours and the treatment of the clay implies a kind of fragile solidity which I love.  She features in a book which I reach for frequently when I am looking for inspiration: Modern British Potters and Their Studios by David Whiting and whenever I turn to her page the first thing that springs to mind – a bit like a head rush – is ‘That’s what I am aiming for!

Enjoy her work and look her up!