2019 remembered, Biggley!

Posted on November 1, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged British ceramic biennial, comic, Odd, peculiar, Staffordshire flat back ornament, Trump figureLeave a comment

I just found this Staffordshire flat back ornament I decorated at the British Ceramic biennial back in 2019.

Whoever designed it came up with a quirky idea of Trump on a boat, legs facing backwards, the symbol of the crucifix and people weeping next to it? A monkey and a possible tea chest. There is a lion as a figurehead at the front.

I don’t remember what it was meant to depict but it’s certainly a confusing image. How did he get elected? Is he running away from the world? Is he a clownish figure? Five years later I still don’t know!

BCB piece

Posted on November 19, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, British ceramic biennial, Ceramic, Fine Art, Life, Object, Photo, Shadows, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Another from my photos of the BCB, British ceramic biennial that was held in Stoke on Trent a few weeks ago.

Some pieces were more beautiful than others, some seemed to have more significance. Some like this seem playful. A piece that has been twiddled and twisted, creating a root like structure but with almost a trumpet bell on the end of it.

Simply placed on a surface in front if a window, the object casts interesting shadows.

I don’t know what I think of it, but it was worth documenting.

Globes?

Posted on November 11, 2023November 11, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, British ceramic biennial, Crystal, Exhibition, globes, group of sculptures, Pottery, spheres2 Comments

Lined up in a row, like geodes waiting to be cut. Ceramic globes and fragments at the British Ceramic biennial exhibition last weekend. How quickly time flies. I wanted to share another photo that I took. There are too many to share but I likes this set of objects, like the cores of planets. I imagine them with hollow centres and amethyst crystals.

More BCB Ceramics

Posted on November 10, 2023November 10, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged British ceramic biennial, Design, Fine Art, lobster pot, Pottery, reminds me, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent2 Comments

I took a lot of photos at the British Ceramic biennial, the ceramics were remarkable. This object is made up of several pieces. Coloured in what I would call ice cream colours, pastels that I would associate with the seaside. The rope makes me think of bouys or the floats on lobster pots. I didn’t get a catalogue so I’m afraid I don’t have the details of the artist involved.

Tranklements

Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged BCB, British ceramic biennial, Ceramics, cornucopia, Horse, Photo, Statue, tranklementsLeave a comment

There is a word I remember from my childhood. TRANKLEMENTS. It means, thingies, bits and bobs, a collection of stuff, not necessarily useful. Just things that you have got together over the years. I haven’t looked it up in the dictionary, so it might mean something entirely different to that, but this is my understanding of the word.

The photo of horse cornucopia sort of feels like that. A thing that isn’t really useful but is interesting. And how would you display it? They clearly have a stand to sit on…. But it’s like a unicorn with the horn at the wrong end, or a seahorse with a shell for a tail? How do people come up with such strange and wonderful ideas?

Just looked it up. I was right, it’s a black country word (west Midlands in the UK) meaning bits and bobs. I remember my gran using it!

More BCB ceramics

Posted on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, British ceramic biennial, Ceramic, Clay, Fun, Hay, Minton tiles, Tiles, Wild flowersLeave a comment

One of the things to do at the British Ceramic biennial was to have fun making clay tiles that will grow in a wildflower meadow next spring. We made unfired tiles made to look a bit like Minton floor tiles. The clays were chosen to be different acidities so that they suited wild flower seeds. The clay was mixed with hay and pushed into moulds, then we had to make holes and push the seeds into them. Finally we pressed a shape into the top of the tile and fill the resultant spaces with different coloured slips.

British Ceramic Biennial

Posted on November 5, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, BCB, British ceramic biennial, Ceramics, final day, Fine Art, Life, Pottery, remarkableLeave a comment

Today was the last day of the biennial exhibition. We only managed to get to the one venue at All Saints church on Leek Road Stoke-on-Trent. The pottery and ceramics on display were remarkable. From abstract to classical, but all with a modern twist. I wish I’d managed to get round the other venues, but I didn’t feel up to it. Anyway I bumped into a couple of friends. I will probably post a few more photos later.

Golden

Posted on November 28, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, British ceramic biennial, Drawing, golden, Metal, metallic felt pens, Sketching, TeapotLeave a comment

I tried to think of something golden to draw. I could have drawn a ring but decided on do a different object. This is based on a teapot I saw at the British Ceramic Biennial this year. I’ve emphasised the gold colour a bit. I’m not sure what type of ceramic it was made out of but I think the handle was metal. Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt. Golden.

Clay at the gardens today

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, BCB, British ceramic biennial, Clay, Fun, Pottery, Spode, Stoke, Stoke-on trent, Trentham, WorkshopLeave a comment

One thing I did do yesterday was make a couple of pieces clay that might be used as part of a tiled piece at the BCB (British Ceramic Biennial in September at Spode in Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent. They will be fired up and someone else may end up glazing them.

I made lots of marks using old buttons and metal rings. I tried to give them a three dimensional look. I hope they won’t explode on the kiln.

It’s good finding different things to do when you are having a day out.

Blue and yellow.

Posted on January 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, British ceramic biennial, Ceramics, Colours, Glaze, Hand painted, Primary colours, YellowLeave a comment

I love the colours in this photo which I took at the British Ceramics Biennial held in Stoke-on-Trent last year.

I like the triangular patterning on the body of the pot, and the shape of is neck. I think the blue glaze is painted by hand. I love it. The yellow table surface is a brilliant contrast, making the pot stand out well against it. These primary colours are a lovely combination.

Mallaband-Brown

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