Evodia
Evodia, this is a name that popped into my head as soon as I'd created my first piece - bowl like at the top, as thin a stem as I dared to turn and a soft bulbous shape at the base. This was one of my first projects...
Dancing Orchids
These orchids bloom for such a short time, so to capture them, full of vitality in a 'dance' was such a lovely way to photograph them. I used a high key set up with flash, Canon 100mm macro f2.8 lens - f9 1/640....
Assembling The Nova G3 Chuck
Just had to have one of these. Great value for money and versatile. I wanted to share how the chuck was assembled from new....
Macro Flowers
Each day you see a different flower in bloom and it's a joy to try to capture their beauty. These flowers are taken with a Canon 100mm f2.8 lens plus flash for high key effect....
Setting up my new lathe -The Nova Comet 2 DR
Well this was so exciting - my very first lathe. It was pretty overwhelming so I wanted to share my first experience with setting it up... then working out how to assemble my fabulous new chuck - the Nova G3....
Experimenting with coloured slip
I've always loved bright, colourful and jolly pots, but realised I'd either have to make or buy lots of different glazes to have the choice of colours. So I decided to try making my own colour slip, made from a white base and 5-10% colour stains....
