Bag and artist’s hat – Scottish colours
Had a pattern for a bag in Scottish moorland colours, so did this in a round in 6 sections for a laugh and a tam–0-shanter. The seaweed effect worked – for an artist’s hat!
Amazon horse and rider
As a teenager working with clay I made a couple of horses – this, the most ambitious is a Boudica figurine mounted bareback on a robust horse. Fight on, ladies.
Green glaze – to horse
My first horse and green glazed and it did not collapse in the kiln. A quiet studio for it to dry in was essential. One ear missing now.
Slab pottery and a fantasy bridge
One week to make the slabs and hardened enough to model together in week 2. I had never seen a tower on the side of a building; Edinburgh is full of them, so is France.
Rocking horse project
The Repair Shop on TV had a similar Rolls Royce of rocking horses and repaired it more sympathetically. I would have loved that knowledge before starting this project. Glue to stick down the lifting plaster – so this horse was more ‘remade’ than restored. However, it looks cool, and much better than when I played with it.
Punch rug – The Flash
This was eventually glued hard on the back, and I used an old wool duffle coat to make a soft strong wooden back of the same weight; it is now a cushion on my daughter’s Marvellous desk chair.
2018 updates
The time of leisure is over. This artist is now doing iPad lessons HNC in Childhood practice, in preparation for out-of-school activities in South Edinburgh (Art and iPad art for teens and pre-teens) portrait commissions updating the website to make it a good place to buy gifts, cards and household items logos, business cards and […]