Here we are again. Sorry for the delay in writing. Problems with the server. however, we are happy to be back. We have also been quite busy. Some new works below. Please enjoy

 

New glaze G has been working on. He's wrapped with the texture and colour of the dark one.

Cuties that G has been doing. These are commercial glazes, but this allows the little ones to go outside to play and look cute in the garden.

Water feature fish, and smoking dragons. Still in the drying stage here, but soon to be glazed in dry blue.

First open studio was a great success. Heaps of interested people popped in for a look at the studio and a chat. The day went so quickly. We both loved meeting new and old friends, chatting about what we do, why and how.

Raku by Gerald 2014

Raku by G

 

Found this fab trunk at the dump shop. Not only in my art I like to recycle hey?

(Tail by Saski)

Painted jar by G and the business card holder too. Handy having bamboo in the garden.

I have been working on this commission for a friend in Adelaide. It's coming along with bright happy colours. Field of Poppies, I think. Will post photo of finished, when finished.

above, a new giant flower begins, as below, one finds a lovely new home.

Exhibition on trees coming in the near future and I'm trying not to leave all to the last minute.

These will be shadow boxed mounted (I think, hope??)

And we are back!

Sorry for the long time no post, but we have heaps of new stuff coming soon to the elevenlee blog
This is a lovely little car that came to visit for the Darwin Arts Trail on Sunday. We had a ball opening the studio, and I will post some pics very soon.

Cancer councils biggest morning tea is coming

Gerald has been busy firing and firing and firing. Painted tea cups for the Cancer councils biggest morning tea exhibition. Its next week so we had to get a wriggle on.

 

 

more lovely stuff to help raise money for the cancer council

G's awesome tea pot. He's done a couple - and yahoo, we get to keep this one

(glaze popped off on his spout, bugger!) I shouldn't be so happy, sorry G.

G's stoneware coffee cups and tri bowls. I love this new design of cups, so elegant.

beautiful glaze- photo doesn't do it justice

tea cups galore!

 loads of pretty colours - such fun to paint. something I don't do often as its

 not really my cup of tea to  make tea cups, but it's for a good cause.

 Looking into the kiln

doing bisque firing again and again

then gloss, stoneware, midfire, midfire, midfire. Going to be a busy week 

 

Making some big corrugated leaves, rivet some cool metal supports....

 

Ah picture below

the squashed finger happened when a drill piece broke.

 Safety stuff always a good lesson.

 Ouch! (much)

got right back on that horse too

as G dressed the wound and put on a cut off rubber glove finger to keep it clean,

 finished with his much wanted (and obviously needed) supervision and support sigh...

Our very lovely friend Catherine has taken some fantastic photos for the Darwin Arts Trail brochure. Our studio will be one of four open studios to visit.

 Hope you enjoy seeing us at work - where, when and how.

 Third Sunday of each month from July to October.

 We'll be ready, and looking forward to it.

busy week in the studio

It's come to the end of Gerald's week in the studio.

 I have made a couple of kiln loads of stone ware.

Some cups and a tea pot for the art of tea exhibition. 

Gloss fired last of the "hibiscus range" the new earthenware range I am putting together

 for this years markets.

no power, not so no work!

I did go to work, however with the power out all over Darwin today no can do day job. So I got to come home and have some fun in the studio instead. Lucky I had the bits and pieces all ready to go, as it was the only thing I could do whilst powerless.

 

Puttin together some little uns

 

 

                                                               and some big uns

and started on a couple of really big-uns-es, when the power came back

above is a satellite dish picked up this morn from the dump shop. Will make some ceramic bits to stick on and add colour, and perhaps some other bits that I have hidden in my lovely junk pile in the chook yard. This goes with that, goes with this, and so on and so on and so on...

 

 

                                  Had these bits and pieces sitting (above) around for way too long.

                       Nice to get it together with some colour on and have them in the garden for a while.

                         Bits of brass, copper, ceramic with nuts and bolts galore. Just my cup of tea!

painting and stacking

Been having a painting frenzy of late

got to get making so I can have some social time in the very near future

(trips away, then friends a stayin)

We'll go from the top photos- bisque fire, then gloss fire -

to turn out like the bottom photos, all shiny and pretty

Put these on stems with leaves

It sure won't happen overnight, but it will happen.

Terra Sige Sagger Sarger

Bit like cooking a chicken in a pot only hotter! (and this is an eagle)

Make sure pot lid fits tight, fill rest of pot with sawdust and seaweed

close him up

and fire to 930 degrees

                                                                           open him up

cool blackness and fiery smoke, local slips and terra sig 

BBQ ed  in our new kiln from the dump.

 

G's firing turned out lovley

Close up of the penguin - freshly fired

New range of tiny plates

                               Always exciting to look into the kiln and see the shiny colours

G's new earthen ware range

Holey

Been busy today getting stems ready for the little flowers.

Makin holes to bolt the leaves to the stems. Buckets of leaves done, big small and lots more too.

G cleaned the pottery after he loaded his gloss kiln. He fired a couple of saggars today and we will post photos of them soon. They need a clean up and a polish first.

 

G was busy last week

G threw, painted and fired to bisque.

 It's the first pattern design we ever did together.

Doesn't hurt to revisit the past.

 (this design started 17 years ago)

All in a days work

Today - A dozen chooks ready to paint

And today

Handles on tea cups - flowers thrown and made

ready to be painted

Love to have something to look forward too.

It's been a busy week. G's in Alice Springs so I have painted, painted and painted.

Nice to keep busy when the house is so quiet, sure beats housework

cups for G and chooks for me

Workin on some chooks today.

These ones are made with a metal stick spot.

 I'll clean em up today and paint the during the week.

Some good old black and white, but for some reason I'm thinkin fishing chooks.

 We'll have to see how they pan out. I'll share of course, if I think they look cute.

so stay tuned for the finished product......

 

G's doin cups and mugs for a special project comin up later in the year.

 He's trying out different shapes and sizes at the mo. (and handles too)

These are stoneware, but he'll be doin some mid fire ones too.

He can pain them up and have a bit of fun with colours.