In November we attended the Tasmanian Craft Fair in Deloraine as exhibitors and demonstrated our craft at the Potters Tent there and at the end of November we had an open weekend at our Studio In Robigana. Here are some pictures. Cheers!
Despite the trials and tribulations of Covid which luckily we have managed to avoid so far 2022 has been a productive year in the pottery with many budding potters taking classes with us and some interesting firings including Raku, Pit Firings, a firing of the Train kiln "Toot, Toot" and a Firing of Big Bertha our large woodfired kiln with help from our students. In November we attended the Tasmanian Craft Fair in Deloraine as exhibitors and demonstrated our craft at the Potters Tent there and at the end of November we had an open weekend at our Studio In Robigana. Here are some pictures. Cheers!
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I am sure you can guess where we have been. And while the autumn colours are beginning to coat the slopes of Mt. Fuji spring blossoms are bursting out in Tassie.
We are now very busy in the vegie patch pulling weeds and sowing seeds in preparation for our summer harvest. We have three broody hens sitting on eggs and another 24 eggs in the incubator and our resident wallaby has a joey in her pouch. Colours of Winter in the Garden Winter is a time of morning fogs and vibrant colour in the garden and of course there is plenty of work to do, raking leaves, tidying up spent flowers and pruning bushes. So far this winter we have not had a lot of rain in this area and the days have been mild and sunny after an occasional light frost overnight. Already there are signs of green spears poking through the ground promising the colours of spring bulbs.
After yet another road trip to far north Queensland escaping Tassies winter we fired our wood kiln for the third time. Each time we fire it we learn a little more. The plan had been to fire for 24 hours and we had a motley crew lined up of old potters and a young "woofer" with no pottery experience. (Boy was he in for a treat!). However after 21 hours a dull thud was heard from inside the kiln and shortly afterwards we pulled a pot out of the firebox! Our wood firing was morphing into Raku. Shortly after this we terminated the firing and waited 3 days with trepidation before opening. One of the stacks of shelves had collapsed. However as you can see all was not lost and some great pieces (no pun intended) came out of that firing. Lesson learned - use stronger props on the shelves next time. Since returning from our trip around The Big Island we have found a new hobby! Redesigning the back yard with chickens.
Little did we know where purchasing three hens and a rooster would lead. All we wanted was to produce our own free range eggs from happy chooks. Turns out our hens were rather special! Silver Laced Wyandotte is the breed and they are gorgeous and much sought after. So now we have two SLW roosters ( or cockerels to be more precise) and nine hens. We also have five Australorps because I fell in love with a blue roo! One mummy hen is sitting on eggs at the moment so there is more to come. Our cockerel is Blue and our hens are black so I am hoping we will get a mixed bunch of chicks in a weeks time. Stopping for a few days with Moraig McKenna and Ian Jones up near Gundaroo in NSW. Some pictures of their place - Old St Lukes Pottery.
We are off on a leisurely trip around the Big Island dropping in on some lovely folks (potters of course) on the way. First stop Owen Rye's place where Barbara kindly showed us round.
Artisan pottery will be open this weekend 28th - 29th March 2015 in conjunction with the "Open Studios" of the Tamar Valley Art Trail. Come along between 10 am and 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday and see what we do!
Also open 2nd and 3rd May. Other times we are open by chance or appointment. Phone 0363 10 5000 |