Can’t wait for spring

Posted on February 4, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art, Falcon works, Gardening, painted, Plants, Potbank, project 2000, wooden planterLeave a comment

This is a potbank shaped planter I bought from a company called project 2000 and that I hand painted a couple of years ago. I varnished it with yatch varnish and it has stayed in good condition. It has a small space at the top and I will try and grow either geraniums or pelargoniums in the top. Or maybe nasturtiums later in the year. I want to start preparing the yard and garden. I can’t just ignore it but we might get a bit of snow later this week The design is based on a local pottery symbol nearby. I think it was called the falcon works.

Falcon Works

Posted on February 24, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bottle oven, Building, Bushes, Dereliction, Falcon works, Landscape, Photo, Pottery factory, SadLeave a comment

Old bottle oven at the falcon works in Stoke. Bushes are growing out of it and the old pottery factory next to it was damaged by fire last year. Its terrible that the industrial heritage of Stoke-on-Trent is gradually crumbling. It should be renovated and reused, but it will probably be allowed to fall down. But there is no money, there is no support, there is no hope for these buildings I think. A few years ago it was suggested it could be a museum but I think the local residents opposed it because there would be traffic issues. I wish there was a chance that the dereliction could be stopped!

Fire?

Posted on July 15, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged arson, Falcon works, Fire, heritage, History, Life, Pottery, Stoke, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I don’t know what happened but there was a fire last week on the old Falcon Works pottery site near us. We saw a column of smoke rising from behind the Portmeirion pottery that is across the road from us. Then we heard a fire engine heading towards the pottery. The smell was very strange, like burnt rubber. My hubby went for a walk round the back of the works when we got back from Cornwall, he said it just looked the same as normal?

It turns out that the land has recently been sold to developers. Could this be a coincidence? A lot of old derelict industrial sites in the area seem to be hit by suspected arson recently. It is worrying to think of the damage being done to our heritage.

Planter

Posted on May 5, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on wood, Art, BID, Falcon works, Goss works, Painting, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I painted this wooden planter last year? I think. Its been on display with other artists works. It was one of several planters that were done for something called BID. But I really want it back. At this rate it will be too late to plant it up. It’s based on the Pottery called Goss Works, or the Falcon Works, in Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent.

Potbank shaped planter

Posted on May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic paint, Art, falcon, Falcon works, Goss works, Painting, Pottery, Project, wooden4 Comments

Based on the Falcon on the Goss works, Stoke-on-Trent.

My planter painted up for the Stoke BID Art-trail. It’s based on the Goss works Falcon plaque on the outside of a derelict pottery in Bath Street, Stoke-upon-trent, Stoke-on-Trent.

Several artists were given these potbank shaped planters to be painted up for the BID project. They should be on display this summer, all I need to do now is varnish it x

Falcon works

Posted on December 26, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Black Country museum, Dudley, Falcon works, Gladstone pottery museum, Longport, Painting, portmeirion, Pottery, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-TrentLeave a comment

A couple of paintings I did two years ago? They were on display in the waiting room gallery at Longport. These are paintings of the Falcon Works behind Portmeirion pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. A lot of these buildings are either falling down or just sitting empty. I wish some of them could be restored. There is a wonderful place called the Black Country Museum in Dudley I think in Central England. They have rebuilt many old buildings on the site so you can visit and see the history of industry and businesses in England. There are some museums in Stoke-on-Trent which are smaller versions. For example the Gladstone pottery museum. It’s a real shame that so many old buildings are being allowed to fall into rack and ruin.

Falcon works

Posted on December 4, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on wood, Falcon works, Goss works, Image, Painting, Photo, Picture, Planter idea, SubjectLeave a comment

This is the falcon I am painting on the planter for the Stoke 2000 project. I just need to get a better image of it. I shall go out on a bright day and see if I can get an image with some good shadows on it. The bricks are also a mixture of reds, oranges, and burnt brown colours. I might take the pattern round on the sides. I hope to bring the planter to life.

Falcon Works painting.

Posted on November 19, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Falcon works, Industrial archaeology, Life, Painting, Pottery, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Woman artist4 Comments

Painted a year or two ago. The derelict pottery at the back of Portmeirion pottery. I love painting bricks. Most of the windows are boarded, and the Falcon symbol is on the end of the building. Painted in Autumn, acrylic on canvas.

It’s still standing but I think I will take some more photos of it before long, it’s worrying that it’s not being maintained or restored as far as I know. I guess it might be taken care of one day, but I’m not sure when.

Edges

Posted on January 8, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back stamp, Beauty, Edges, Falcon works, Gold, Industrial archeology, Life, Place, Poem, Poetry, PotteryLeave a comment

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See that line around your soul?

It holds you in

holds your heart

city of pottery,

towns of clay,

each kiln and bottle oven,

part of your blood supply.

Heart of Clay.

My Stoke.

Edged with gold,

signed underneath your body

giving the city soul.

Gossware falcon

Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Falcon works, Poems, Poetry, portmeirion, Pottery, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Sturgess StLeave a comment

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On the gable end of the Falcon Works. Visible from Sturgess Street in Stoke.

I see you, Falcon,

Goss Hawk, swooping.

Air sifting between stone feathers.

Built as a plaque of identity,

Goss ware, pottery, strong and sturdy.

History, trade mark, art, bird.

Bird of prey,

Snatching art from thin air,

Your claws knead the clay….

Mallaband-Brown

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Can’t wait for spring

Falcon Works

Fire?

Planter

Potbank shaped planter

Falcon works

Falcon works

Falcon Works painting.

Edges

Gossware falcon