To Market ... To Market

This week I will (hopefully) have some more Girl mugs - they are still in the kiln at the moment, so cross my fingers that they come out OK, as well as some lovely French Bistro pieces.

The French Bistro pieces are stamped by hand and the glaze is also hand-painted, with a lovely pale blue on the inside and a rusty/blue speckled outside.

There are mugs - Chocolat, The, Cafe

Large Soupe bowl, Small Glace Bowl and a Plat Du Jour small plate

The Mill Gallery

I'm excited to announce that..

My French Bistro Range will be featured at

The Mill Gallery

so........

You are invited to feast your eyes upon a special
exhibition to relaunch The Mill’s gallery space...
EAT THE VIEW
On Sunday, 28 March at 3.00pm
Ritchie’s Mill, Bridge Rd, Launceston (above Stillwater)
over 20 celebrated artists
from tasmania and beyond

painting ❙ printmaking ❙ sculpture
ceramics ❙ furniture ❙ textiles
jewellery ❙ glass ❙ photography

RSVP: shrimptonb@bigpond.com by 25 March
or tel. (03) 6331 0777

Refreshments will be served and the Providore
(downstairs) will be open until 5.30pm.

Busy

I have been flat out over the last few weeks,

making heaps of pieces for my *mini jewellery range*

and also some more French Bistro pieces, as I ran

out over the Christmas period.

I have also been doing some glaze testing.

I was given a few glazes by someone ages ago, and some were no good, so I threw them out.

There was one, however that was

just beautiful. A lovely green colour.

I think I'll do my condiment and dips bowls with it.

I've also been experimenting with a few new adult

jewellery pieces.

The Beach Market

The Xmas Beach Market was great!!

I completely SOLD OUT of my French Bistro Mugs & Glace Bowls.

The Mini Porcelain Angels were very popular, as were the custom Angels.

Also, keep an eye out for people wearing my Porcelain Brooches & Earrings, as they too were very popular.

Now all I have to do is finish my last batch of custom orders, before having a long earned break over Xmas.

Salamanca Market

I am pleased to announce that customers can now head down to

Salamanca Market on Saturday's and purchase the

French Bistro pieces from the lovely

Judy at 'Curiosities' - site C14

Kiln Problems

I have just taken a load of work into the place where I get my firing done, and there is a backlog of others also waiting for firing.

This means a delay in my French Bistro orders that people are waiting for.

I think it's about time I got my own kiln.

The cubby house out the backyard has now been demolished, and I'm hoping that work will start on my new studio soon.

In the meantime I will start looking around for a secondhand kiln.

I would really like to be up and running by Xmas time, as I'd like to offer some workshops.

The Market

I released my French Bistro Range to the public at The Market on Sunday and had a magnificent response.

Everybody LOVED the glaze effect and I sold all the

Cafe Mugs and Nouilles Bowls.

A few Galleries & Shops also expressed an interest in stocking The French Bistro Range & Dolls, which was great.

It's nice to know that other people love the things that I have designed and enjoyed making.

So now I will be busy for the next few weeks - madly making more and firing and glazing; as well as working on my new lines.

Here is a photo of my stall with the

French Bistro Range, Dolls, Felt Flower Brooches & Hairclips.

French Bistro Range

Experience the French Bistro in the comfort of your own home.

Slipcast with white clay and stamped by hand,

then handpainted by speckled rusty & blue glaze on the outside and blue gloss glaze on the inside.

The range includes

2 large bowls - Nouilles & Soupe $25.00 each

2 small bowls - Glace & Pudding $15.00 each

3 Mugs - Cafe, The, Chocolat $15.00 each

Update

Well... The pebbles that I made ending up looking more like craggy rocks. So back to the drawing board. In the meantime I have refined my 'French Bistro' Range and it is looking really nice. The 'Kinder Range' has been finalised too. Now to do some firing!!!