Sculpture blog — copper gifts

I was inspired while watching The Great Pottery Throwdown to make a picture of the Gladstone Pottery Museum where the series is filmed, with the iconic bottle kilns that Stoke-on-Trent is famous for. The picture is all copper. Flame coloured on the kilns and buildings and alcohol ink on the copper sheet background.    I’ve also made a piece with copper butterflies painted with alcohol ink that I call ‘The Great Escape’ as one butterfly is outside the frame representing that it’s either escaped or hasn’t yet been pinned to the board. It’s up to the viewer to decide.   ...

This weekend, Saturday 24th September I’ll be at the Congleton Makers Market selling some of my items if anyone is in the area. There will be lots of other lovely stalls there to purchase items from too. https://www.themakersmarket.co.uk/pages/congleton-makers-market

I've started doing a few selective craft fairs and markets; it's nice to actually meet the buyers and also good for them to see what they're buying in real life rather than via photos. Last weekend I did the first Crewe Makers Market in the town where I live. I will hopefully be booking a few more in various venues in the run up to Christmas.

I haven’t had a lot of time lately to create much original work, but I’ve been continuing with my bread and butter makes, the bird baths, bee baths, bird feeders and calla lilies. In my spare time I’ve also been experimenting with pyrography, which means writing with fire. Obviously this is totally different to metal sculpture as it involves burning onto wood, but I’m hoping to add it as another string to my creative bow. I find it quite therapeutic to do, even though it takes a long time to create a piece. In other news the Art in the...