matt grimmitt

Good Stuff

Loads of new stuff arrived today.  Below is a photo and video.


 


httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc_zhI-yWhU


Pretty cool eh?


I first saw Scott Garrett's work on my pal Matt Grimmitt's blog.  Scott did an illustration that had one of Matt's jugs included in it.


Later on I found my way to Scott's website and then his blog.  Scott is in the first stages of learning to make pots.  I love his illustration style and his sense of humor.  That mustache is pretty cool too.  Scott has an affection for folk pots from the American south. It's pretty cool seeing how someone in England is taken with US pottery much like I am with pots from their country.


Thanks for the prints Scott. I love them and they are going to get framed and put up in the house.


I'm pretty excited about my little self published picture book.  It will be a good asset in the studio.  I'll probably order one for my mom too.  She'd like that.


I'll talk more about the Michael Simon book later on. I've looked through it once and read a bit of it.  It really slowed my mind down today, just thinking about Michael, his pots, the way he works etc.  I met him several times, saw him make pots, went to his and Ron Meyers' pottery sales and even visited him at his home once.  Special memories.


Well, Sarah and I are headed over to Ni Fen for some wine and tapas.  It's been a sunny, beautiful day after a long damp week.  I hope you all have a great weekend.

Finger Wipes. Combing

I decided to do more wipes on the plates I had to slip today.  This first one got decorated with finger wipes.





I then got to thinking about seeing Matt Grimmitt's pots on his latest post.  I spied the comb he made from a flexible rib there at the bottom of the picture.


So I made one of my own and did a bit of practicing on a bat before carrying on to


this board of plates.

These will probably all get amber glaze.  I'm excited about seeing them fired.