All Blog Posts Tagged 'porcelain' (14)

The White Road: Journey into an Obsession (BOOK)

An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted.

Extraordinary new nonfiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 4, 2016 at 3:03pm — No Comments

NY Times Book Review: "The White Road" by Edmund de Waal

A detail from an Edmund de Waal installation. Credit Mike Bruce/Gagosian Gallery

By LAURA MILLER, DEC. 10, 2015, NY Times, Book Review, A Delicate Obsession…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on December 13, 2015 at 11:00am — No Comments

Seeping Color into Clay - Emma Buckley, UK

Source: Dezeen

Bath School of Art and…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 24, 2015 at 7:32am — No Comments

My Iron Lung - St Dauvit

Jan Donaldson

At last I can reveal the "secret project" I have been working on for the last month for "The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange 2015" in which various contemporary jewellers around the world create pieces which they send to each other. I didn't want to…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on May 9, 2015 at 2:30pm — No Comments

London and the South/Dundee and the North

Since my last post, I've been on the south coast of England, variously in London, Folkestone and Brighton. What should have been a very relaxing weekend proved to be anything but, albeit in a good way. Very…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on October 1, 2014 at 4:32pm — No Comments

Ife Head and Collar

I've been in the workshop a lot over the last week - not all of which has been to bury my head in the sand away from the increasingly nasty pro- and anti-independence campaigns in Scotland (which is also why I've not been so…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on September 13, 2014 at 5:00am — No Comments

The Clark Sisters and More

Today I headed off to Edinburgh with one aim: to see the show of work by the wonderful Judy Clark and her twin sister, Christine. I've written of Judy before - commissioning a…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on September 7, 2014 at 2:30pm — No Comments

And Breathe... Back to Positivity

After that last blast of negativity in the previous post, I am back to my more usual, balanced, self!

Over the summer, Dingo and I spent a long time in the West Country, visiting Devon and Dorset and spending one…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on August 14, 2014 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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It is getting on for the season of Degree Shows in Scotland again and it was with some interest that I went along to the exhibtion at "The Lighthouse" in…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on May 18, 2014 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Fashion:Victim

I have finally finished my Alexander McQueen tribute piece, "Fashion:Victim" which comprises of the two spherical 'handbags' made from steel spheres which I found in a burnt-out factory in Kent some years ago. The…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on April 2, 2014 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

A Peep Of Spring

At last the terrible weather and 'flu have abated and we've had a few decent days which, along with light for my bike ride to and from work, always raises my spirits!

I've finally completed the Verdura-inspired cuffs…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on March 2, 2014 at 2:03pm — No Comments

End of Year

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ - 91a

Today was the last full day in the workshop before I shut for just over two weeks. I'll be in for the morning tomorrow, the workshop festive breakfast, the "Secret Santa" and then heading off to…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on December 19, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Completion Fever!

In case anyone didn't see my little conversation on Twitter, I have decided to complete all the partially-completed projects in my workshop, including…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on September 3, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments