A lovely week sharing a popup shop with a local artists. Really makes me think about what I value in art - community and shared experience. I spend my time making alone, so it’s nice to get out and talk to people every now and again.
#pottery #poetry #art #painting #prints #popupshop #gallery
Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
I’ve been out looking for materials in some fantastic sunshine. It’s new to me, so I have a lot to learn, but it’s amazing what you see when you start looking for different rock types and clay minerals around you. This erosion by a local river is just beautiful.
Hmm, only the 4th lowest…? Surely we can do better than that. I’m off to leave my car running… 🫠
One of my thrown pots that’s been carved away to achieve a fairly organic, fractured texture. I really like this process as it allows me to really play with the strength of oxide colour by building it into the open spaces.
#pottery #pot #ceramics #environment #art #arctic #geology #landscape #clay
Welp, here we go... Buckle up for another historic melt season!
Fab! I really like those icy crystalline glazes. How did you get that effect?
My work is about capturing the feeling of ice and arctic landscapes in clay and ceramics. Working in three dimensions lets me play with the edge of things and explore the sense of fragility and impermanence.
#pottery #art #climate #melting #cryosphere
Ah, I miss scooting around in snow! Good luck in Antarctica ❄️
Thanks Steve. I just had a look at your paintings - you capture an incredible atmosphere. I'm from Skye, so your Hebrides scenes really resonate!
Oh, and I carve them when bone dry for texture. I like the way the clay breaks that way. Like glacial ice calving away!
Hi, sorry for the wait. New to this! It's a fine grog sculpture clay mixed 50/50 with an ashwhite clay so that I could throw it on an old treadle wheel. I'm quite new to throwing. It's all stoneware fired to 1240C. The striations are brushed on oxides - primarily mixtures of cobalt and iron. Thanks!
It's a rainy day here but the kiln is on so I can relax, do some admin and get excited about some new pots cooking.
Here's one little ice pot for now.
#pottery #ceramic #landscape #art #arctic #glaciers #cryosphere
Rising global temperatures can influence the timing of events, such as when crops are ready to plant and harvest and when flowers and trees bloom.
One example is the timing of the peak cherry tree blossom in Kyoto, Japan, where records stretch back to the ninth century — that’s over 1200 years.
Been busy glazing and decorating pieces for a kiln load to go on! I'm enjoying sculpting little polar bears after a lot of requests at markets. They are quite rustic, but I like to think they are charming!
Wow, this looks incredible. I'm an oceanographer and ceramic artist working in Scotland making work about the melting cryosphere. I try to spread awareness at craft markets by talking directly to the general public. It's inspiring to see events like this.
We are thrilled to announce that the Cryosphere Pavilion side event application process for UN Ocean Conference in Nice is now open!
▶️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Pavilion funded by the Fondation Albédo pour la Cryosphère is on a mission to bring the cryosphere’s message to the world.
Hello!
I'm a small scale pottery enthusiast who comes from a career as a physical oceanographer in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. I make pottery inspired by the fragile beauty that we are desperate to continue destroying. I create so I can try to live a normal life amid this chaos.
