Here’s  a picture of our gorgeous wee girl.

30th September  - 13th November 2011 in Stoke-On-Trent.

Here’s a sneak preview of what’s to come…

This is made from hand cut transfers (much like paper cuts) applied to everyday ceramic cups and saucers and fired thanks to Deepak and his father at Laxmi Ceramic Art, in Ahmedabad.

Do come and see the show - it’s open 17th September – 12th November.

Here is a peek at what I presented;

The reaction to what I have presented has been fascinating – lots of people wanted to engage with the plates and characters presented, and I’ve gleaned a huge amount of stories and insights, along with images of beautiful assemblages.  More later…

I decided that this silhouette of 2 little girls sat on the step of a doorway from The Pol Project, India, would be the best connection.  Children have been so affected by the disastrous events in Japan, and deserve our support.

But I also wanted to somehow use the ceramic flowers that were salvaged from the old Aynsley factory in Stoke-On-Trent, and that we also gave to guests at our wedding last year.

Please do send an email to Paumes if you are interested – all the info is on the website linked above.

This is my contribution – a matchbox from India, filled with 2 small dolls house plates decorated with real gold as part of a drawing I did whilst at Arts Reverie, India.

Another contributor to the show, Priscilla Mouritzen, has made a beautiful set of pieces for her matchbox.

Here are a few images to let you see;

We hope too that the technology doesn’t let us down and Skype helps us to communicate clearly, without delays, from India to Special Collections…

So I returned to Laxmi, and fired all of the cups decorated by the children in the Pol, which were amazing…  Watching as they were fed into the mouth of the furnace, I felt anxious, scared that something may go wrong, worried about how the pieces seemed to be precariously balanced on top of one another, wondering again what is it that drew me to work in this way…

Whilst waiting for the kiln to work it’s magic, we chatted with Deepak about all manner of subjects from the differences in ceramic materials used by different religious groups in India to telepathy, but my mind was constantly returning to the kiln, and thoughts of the kids faces if something went wrong…

And, telepathically or not, I asked if I could check on the kiln and the pieces had just started to re appear on the chainmail belt, shiny, glistening and renewed…

And so, with cups packed beautifully, and armed with yet more pieces to decorate, we returned to Arts Reverie once more, with just a small delay caused by an altercation with some striking rickshaw drivers…