http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blog.htm This is Allison's blog http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog94.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog94.htm Sixties week was rather fun ... Mon, 7 February 2022 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog93.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog93.htm Fabulous make this week - ... Mon,31 January 2022 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog92.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog92.htm Raku has tremendous appeal ... Mon,24 January 2022 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog91.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog91.htm Porcelain and paper mixed as a clay ... Mon,17 January 2022 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog90.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog90.htm I liked the main make this week - clock with a pendulum ... Mon,10 January 2022 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog89.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog89.htm In the first week it is always difficult ... Mon,3 January 2022 12:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog88.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog88.htm A massive well done to Jodie and ... Mon,15 March 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog87.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog87.htm If I am honest, I was not awfully keen on any of the sinks ... Mon,8 March 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog86.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog86.htm Well I have never heard of an Acoma pot before ... Mon,1 March 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog85.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog85.htm I was delighted to see that instead of designing a toilet this year, the contestants had to design a fountain based around an animal ... Mon, 22 February 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog84.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog84.htm Another tough make for the potters ... Mon, 15 February 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog82.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog82.htm Raku always gets everyone excited ... Mon, 1 February 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog81.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog81.htm I wasn't very excited by the prospect of people making fruit ... Mon, 25 January 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog80.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog80.htm Well another tough make ... Mon, 18 January 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog79.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog79.htm I really enjoyed watching The Great Pottery Throw down last night ... Mon, 11 January 2020 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog78.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog78.htm It is tempting when you develop work ... Sun, 10 January 2020 11:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog77.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog77.htm It is tempting when you develop work ... Sun, 23 August 2020 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog76.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog76.htm The North Yorkshire Open Studios this year had to be cancelled ... Thu, 25 June 2020 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog75.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog75.htm Watching the throw down has brought home to me ... Mon, 2 March 2020 17:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog74.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog74.htm When I came up to Gargrave one of the things I really wanted to do ... Tue, 18 February 2020 17:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog73.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog73.htm Well it's that time of year ... Fri, 3 January 2020 17:43:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog72.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog72.htm This year I took part in both these events ... Mon, 30 December 2019 17:43:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog71.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog71.htm I have done dozens of Open Studio events over the last 20 years but ... Mon, 5 August 2019 17:43:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog70.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog70.htm The North Yorkshire Open Studios event is happening again ... Wed, 13 March 2019 18:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog69.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog69.htm Brought up in the North East, I first became aware of Battersea Power Station on the cover of Pink Floyd’s Animals album ... Tue, 16 January 2018 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog68.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog68.htm On a chilly March day in North Yorkshire we decided to check out a local museum – The Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley ... Tue, 11 April 2017 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog67.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog67.htm We live at the bottom of the dales in Gargrave, just outside of Skipton, and on the Pennine Way. We are keen to explore ... Sat, 26 November 2016 17:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog66.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog66.htm Well with only my kiln left in the room my space at Cockpit ... Sun, 21 February 2016 11:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog65.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog65.htm Having lived in London for just over 30 years, it is the place ... Mon, 26 October 2015 19:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog64.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog64.htm I was recently shown around the East Village in London E20 which briefly housed the athletes ... Tue, 6 January 2015 15:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog63.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog63.htm In fact, it is a very specific part of Devon ... Sun, 20 July 2014 17:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog62.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog62.htm The odds were stacked against Manchester from the start ... Sun, 23 February 2014 14:50:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog61.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog61.htm It's 30 years since I lived in Madrid but ... Mon, 25 November 2013 18:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog60.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog60.htm So yesterday my husband and I did the perfect ridge walk: ... Wed, 18 September 2013 12:00:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog59.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog59.htm It took me three attempts to ... Sun, 7 July 2013 15:00:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog58.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog58.htm Calke Abbey Sun, 7 July 2013 15:00:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog57.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog57.htm Longton is one of the six towns (strangely enough always referred to as the five towns) that constitute "The Potteries". ... Mon, 17 June 2013 20:00:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog56.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog56.htm Having already done Oxford it was inevitable that at some stage I would turn my attention to its great rival Cambridge. ... Sat, 4 May 2013 17:00:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog55.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog55.htm It can be difficult to warm to a city when it is very very cold! And last Friday was ... Mon, 25 March 2013 20:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog54.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog54.htm Back in the 1930s there was a beautiful white modern and very luxurious hotel called Burgh Island. ... Mon, 25 March 2013 20:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog53.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog53.htm As I walked across the majestic and incomparable Tower Bridge last night ... Sun, 17 March 2013 18:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog52.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog52.htm It strikes me that there are two Venices ... Sat, 9 February 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog51.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog51.htm The first two words of my title are almost never ... Sun, 27 January 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog50.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog50.htm Leeds is a special place for me ... Sun, 18 November 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog49.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog49.htm Apparently there isn't a right angle in the building ... Mon, 22 October 2012 15:30:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog48.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog48.htm There are few things as enjoyable as ... Sun, 7 October 2012 19:30:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog46.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog46.htm For those of you who read my last blog about going on retreat ... Mon, 23 July 2012 21:30:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog45.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog45.htm I have been on retreat several times but ... Sun, 01 July 2012 16:10:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog44.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog44.htm It's not often that the words castle and cosy are linked ... Wed, 30 May 2012 20:10:00 BST http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog43.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog43.htm I bought my husband something for Christmas that he really loved ... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:10:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog42.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog42.htm On a level with the Whispering Gallery, but hidden from the prying eyes of the public, is a locked room ... Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog41.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog41.htm Good advice from Grayson Perry whose "Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman" exhibition is ... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog40.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog40.htm 2012: It's a new day, it's a new dawn ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:150:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog39.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog39.htm 2012: It's a new day, it's a new dawn ... Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog38.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog38.htm Yesterday Dino made my world a little bit more beautiful by ... Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:10:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog37.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog37.htm While visiting my folks up in the north east last week I went with my dad to his indoor bowls club.... Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:10:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog36.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog36.htm Great exhibition representing the life work of a man who never stopped innovating, who gave his all to his art. There is a freedom and vibrancy in Miro's paintings ... Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:40:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog35.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog35.htm It seems ages since I've done a show of any kind ... Mon, 30 May 2011 17:40:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog34.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog34.htm I loved Oxford - well there seems to be so much to love about it! Ok so I ... Wed, 11 May 2011 20:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog33.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog33.htm Why is it we always start feeling creative in the night ... Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog32.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog32.htm How do you capture the grandeur and magnificence of The Royal Albert Hall ... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog31.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog31.htm Last week I took photographs at the Wallace Collection ... Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog30.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog30.htm I'm just back from the ACE (Association of Cultural Enterprises) annual convention ... Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:13:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog28.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog28.htm So after hours of crawling around on all fours my bathroom floor is finally ... Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:13:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog27.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog27.htm I do love colour - so why is so much of my work black and white? Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:19:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog26.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog26.htm 2011 - my goodness!!! How can it be, and I used to think the millennium would never come ... Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:20:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog25.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog25.htm Christmas always catches me by surprise, it shouldn't, given that it is at the same time every year ... Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:50:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog24.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog24.htm I have just come back from a four day retreat in Glastonbury lead by Simon Parke. Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:32:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog23.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog23.htm Matti from Stockholm ordered some Battersea Power Station cufflinks! Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog22.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog22.htm I started the week spending a day with Kev Dutton who was photographing my work for my website and ... Mon, 1 Nov 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog21.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog21.htm Having had a big holiday last year far from home (Latin America), we decided this year to make amends on the carbon footprint and ... Sun, 3 Oct 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog20.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog20.htm Wilton's music hall Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog19.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog19.htm Liverpool - I loved it! Mon, 30 aug 2010 19:45:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog18.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog18.htm Liverpool Mon, 24 aug 2010 19:45:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog17.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog17.htm Does anyone still wear cufflinks? Sun, 22 aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog16.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog16.htm Life is a bowl of cherries... Tue, 17 aug 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog15.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog15.htm Opening the kiln to see new work... Sat, 07 aug 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog14.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog14.htm Dulwich Picture Gallery Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog13.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog13.htm Exhaustion - But it's good really... Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog12.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog12.htm The Harrogate Experience Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog11.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog11.htm Going to Harrogate Mon, 5 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog10.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog10.htm Bespoke work for St Pauls Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog9.htm http://www.awceramics.co.uk/blogs/blog9.htm Things from my life.. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT