tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983075382492557006.post7767641910297477438..comments2023-11-03T02:37:36.054-07:00Comments on Barnbarroch Pottery: Distracted decoratingChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09941407276963445940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983075382492557006.post-73048785740237651912009-10-19T00:14:22.221-07:002009-10-19T00:14:22.221-07:00Ah ha! This is getting more and more like Swallow...Ah ha! This is getting more and more like Swallows and Amazons! It would have been enormous fun to have had the time to have really explored the area around Kippford. Maybe one day I will hoist the pirate flag on Rough Island after a desperate undercover operation by sea canoe. <br /><br />Sun shining in Glasgow.... good heavens, that Must be the result of global warming!<br /> <br />I tried "slip" trailing shino glaze on some of the mugs that I have in the kiln at the moment (not sheep but sea gulls!). Terrific fun to do, and really hope they turn out as I would like to do more in that way.<br />Best Wishes to you both, P.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983075382492557006.post-3176889805434912592009-10-18T05:46:05.485-07:002009-10-18T05:46:05.485-07:00Hi Christine....hope you're keeping well....ju...Hi Christine....hope you're keeping well....just as an diversion I thought you might like these forms by thomas heatherwick (one of my favourite designers) using extruded aluminium....wonderful shapes....may inspire further forms in clay!<br /><br />http://www.dezeen.com/2009/10/07/extrusions-by-thomas-heatherwick-more-images/<br /><br />lots of love and thinking of you all....Amanda xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364294100160856211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983075382492557006.post-28645011449626952632009-10-17T15:16:10.533-07:002009-10-17T15:16:10.533-07:00How amazing that you know Rough Island and Kippfor...How amazing that you know Rough Island and Kippford. My brother and I used to canoe round Rough Island and have great adventures up the little creeks. We would map them out and give them exotic names. We probably saw you. We were usually playing at spies, so you would have most definitely been the 'enemy'!<br /><br />You are right about repetitive jobs being soothing, but annoying when <br />the blue sky is calling. The sun is shining today,and I have been exploring Glasgow on my bike,(while poor Rodger is only able to look out at the clouds and reflections on white walls)!<br /><br />Glad you like the mug forms. I keep trying to change them but everyone seems to like them as they are. The sheep are trailed, I have a lovely fine trailer now for the ears and feet - before that I used a brush but the trailer is better.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941407276963445940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983075382492557006.post-14445256287538285042009-10-16T11:20:04.754-07:002009-10-16T11:20:04.754-07:00Hi Christine,
Good of you to do another post on yo...Hi Christine,<br />Good of you to do another post on your blog at this difficult time. <br /><br />There is a lot of comfort in repetitive tasks in the studio (although at other times when the sun is shining they can seem tedious!). It is lovely that your Father can come over sometimes. I like the little sheepies on their hill, I'm guessing that they are carefully slip trailed. Nice mug form too, I like the ones with the wider base and the narrower, but slightly flaring, top.. good to hold in the hands, to carry without slopping, and keeps everything warm. <br /><br />The views of your bit of Scotland brought back memories of a holiday that I had with my parents when I was in my early teens. We stayed not far from you at Rockcliffe near Dalbeattie. Dad painted a little oil painting of the island in Rough Firth, and a highlight of our stay was when he and I dragged our canoes out on the mud and waited for the little tidal bore to take us up to Kippford. The journey there was easy enough (and drew attention of many gents with binoculars), but paddling back turned into an epic, as the wind stiffened and the Firth began to earn its name "Rough".<br /><br />Kind thoughts to you and to Rodger.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.com