Happiness is.....

....mixing a new glaze recipe and loving the fired result!!!

Getting ready for SAHC

I have been stringing beads non stop the past 2 days and this is the result - beautiful bright beads on shwe-shwe fabric! Our stand at the South African Handmade Collection (Decorex Johannesburg) will be colourful and very bright. I was inspired by a fashion article in the July edition of Elle magazine and fell in love with colour all over again. So this is me in the studio with said beads in hand - watch out for us at Decorex Johannesburg and please come say hello.

Brights to warm up the studio!

Its only 14 degrees in the studio today and its been raining the past 2 days. As we live in a winter rainfall area, lots of rain in June is not unusual for us. Autumn was beautiful and the vineyards looked absolutely spectacular turning slowly from green to all shades of brown. The vines are bare now and the soil in the vineyards are covered in soft green grass. Beautiful!

I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the kiln today - bright red beads with white polkadots greeted me and the grey, cold day wasn't that bleak anymore! Angelico and Lidihanna worked on new marble beads this week and we can't wait to see them glazed and fired. We are using local terracotta to make them and they will be called Wellies - can you guess why?

Our booth at SARCDA Trade Show, Johannesburg

I think that you will agree with me that our booth looked great at SARCDA. The original idea was totally different - the props didn't make it to Johannesburg and Calvin came up with this most beautiful and authentic Earthbutter look!

Happy New Year!

Ja, I know its late but I would still like to wish you all a WONDERFUL CREATIVE 2011!! We were asked to give a pottery demo at the Department of Sport and Cultural Affairs' Award Ceremony last week at the beautiful Kronenburg Function Venue outside Wellington. On the photograph from left to right: Cheryl, Petronella and Faheema. Thank you girls for doing such a great job that evening!

Raku workshop

The raku workshop during the Bollemakiesie Festival was hectic! The weather played along beautifully after two days of rain and we fired 30 pots with 100% success. Considering the high risk of breakage in a raku firing, it is quite an achievement.

Festive Season

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Xmas decorations at a shopping centre in Plettenberg Bay last week - it came as a shock that it's that time of the year again and inspired me to glaze a few red hearts. The Festive season is of course much more than cheap "made in China" decorations and silly songs - its also about appreciating life and spreading love to each and everyone who crosses our paths.