Hot Wax Art

I decided to have a bash at doing a figurine today … Still a bit shiny and wet in this photo, but you’ll get the gist of it!  Really enjoyed doing this, so I’ll definitely be making some more! First time I’ve hollowed out anything I’ve made before, which was a scary experience.  Nothing more [...]

You’d be forgiven for looking at this post title and thinking to yourself “Christmas? It’s JULY for heaven’s sake!” but in actual fact the season of Christmas shopping officially begins today as Harrods and Selfridges open their Christmas departments! If Harrods and Selfridges are a little out of yo

Well the pottery was a partial success – more about that later! But in the meantime I’ve been making some encaustic cufflinks to complement the pendants and rings further down the page. They are available to purchase in the online shop – only one of each unique pair is available!

Putting a price on your crafts can be one of the hardest things to do and many people worry about pricing their goods too highly that they lose sales.  But price your goods too low and not only are you undervaluing your own work but you’re also undervaluing handmade arts & crafts as a whole. [...]

Well, we’ve had a productive day! We’ve built a basic storage area for drying wood and have dug out the pit kiln! The aim was to dig 60cm deep, but seemingly we have lots of rocks in our garden so we couldn’t get any deeper than 40cm.  So, we put a layer of bricks around [...]

I was chuffed to bits today to get 250 red bricks for free via West Fife ReCycle, which were left over from someone’s building job.  Absolutely brilliant, as it’ll let me make a storage area for drying wood out to use in my pottery pit kiln project! The other thing I really needed for the [...]

My brother writes short stories and the latest stories he’s working on are based around a Green Man-inspired villain. So today I decided to have a go of making a Green Man from clay I’m quite pleased with it, for a first attempt!  The leaves will burn off in the firing, [hopefully] leaving a nice [.

When I’m not crafting, I’m actually a freelance web developer.  I’ve worked in web development for more than 10 years on everything from small online retailer websites to tourist information websites to large blue chip investment company websites. I like to spend time getting to know my clients and

I came across the Red Tape Challenge today and think it looks interesting! The idea is that the Government is aiming to cut some red tape by getting views on what is and isn’t working in terms of regulations. They are tackling it one sector at a time and the current sector is Retail.   [...]

Have been playing a bit more with the clay today and have produced … a mushroom candle holder and a ‘rustic’ bowl … The foliage in the bowl will burn off during firing and hopefully leave a nice imprint behind! Am really still trying to get used to working with the terracotta clay, but I’m [...]