The V & A. Oh yeah!

London's Victoria and Albert Museum. It took me about 4 hours just to get through the ceramics galleries! Here are a few shots from the study rooms.

Location:Leinster Gardens,Paddington,United Kingdom

The Owls are not what they seem.

Some before and after shots of the new owl variation, he has carved feathery wings. He's lovely.

Oh my Buddah! I've nearly finished you.

Happy little fat man.

Not my usual line of work but he's pretty cute.

Just his hands left to neaten up and my task is almost complete.

Such foxy goodness!

JUST out of the kiln. I don't know why I didn't think of this before.......well I did think of painting the foxes foxy like, I just needed the help of a National Geographic and the internet. These little lovelies will be at Finders this weekend.......if I can bear to part with them.

I'm doing Finders Keepers too!

Brisbane Finders Keepers!

On at the Old Museum 2nd and 3rd of July, 10am till5pm

There will be crazy pattern things.

This is taking forever!!!!

Here is some new patterned stuff being painted after a scrafitto outline was scratched into the leather hard pot. Each little triangle is filled in by hand and it takes a VERY LONG time. In the foreground is a trinket box lid one of the first patterned pieces that started this obsession, made back in February.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!

In the other craft department.............

I finished a quilt made from some African fabric I bought in New York...

and started another from MORE African fabric I bought in New York.

(Maybe this is why I have gone pattern crazy!)

I also made some cushions with fabric from my stash.

While back in the studio crazy patterned stuff was fired!

And it just goes on and on.......

Meanwhile back in Blogland........

THEN.......I photographed more clouds

 and some more clouds.

Made some things.

Then went pattern crazy on them!

 Really crazy.

 Spurred on by my success in the shelf department I finally screwed this coat rack to the wall after having it for about 18 months.
I painted the wall blue too.
I have never painted a wall anything but white- it was stressful!
So stressful in fact my Mum finished it when she and Dad came to visit.
I like it now.

 I had a drill in my hand so I screwed this nick-nack shelf thing to the wall too!
Then added the pretty bits.


BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!



I will give you a little break though.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING MS. MUIR!!!!!!

Well..........my last post was back in January and its now JUNE!

How did that happen? 

 "time it will come because the earth moved round always" Joyce. 

That's how.

But what have you been doing Ms Muir?

Well the usual- I've made about 400 birds nothing new there, I did Finders Keepers in Melbourne back in March and...................

rented a second space in the shed! 

Above is my lovely (not so new now) worktable.

Rearranged the spare room.

Put up a shelf-by myself - proper like - with screws and wall plugs and everything.

Added some pretty bits.

It is now a well used work space.
 Rabbits by Pru Morrison.

Fired these little crackers....

.....and broke this one.
Swayed in the breeze and snapped like a twig it did.

Started some Egyptian paste tests.

Not really sure what for yet.

Photographed some clouds.

AND.......

............to be continued.

Golden Hamster......SQUEEEEEEEEL!!!!!!!!!

 Image:© 2003 Quantity Postcards

I LOVE this hamster. Look at his little hands, LOOK AT HIS LITTLE HANDS. I am in love with this Hamster. Hmmmmm.... hamster pot?

Stuff.

Pretty, pretty Japanese soap box. I bought this off the street near the Tokyo Salvation Army store about a year ago. I love the combination of colours. I was imagining what the wrapping on the soap would have been like and there was probably liner paper too, crisp shiny liner paper that made a nice noise.

Pottery Supplies.

I had big plans for lots of new work at the start of this year. I might have the time now but getting supplies might take some time. Above is my work place (I work here part time, my studio is elsewhere) the only pottery supplier in the city of Brisbane. You can make out the high water mark on the gray wall under the 51. As Di our accounts lady joked "no stock discrepancies now, all stock- zero!".

Close to transport.

An important selling point I'm sure! I have also been close to transport these last few weeks having just returned from a jaunt to New York and the amazing Mexico City. I heart Mexico!

Beaut beaut Home Beautiful....

The Home Beautiful December gift guide features one of my pebble pots- its on the top shelf with an orchid in it. It was designed for orchids, the plastic pot just slips straight in- looks beaut!

Getting better!

Four out of five this time! The odds are improving. Now to the hanging loops.......

One sixth of the way there........

So I decided to make a hanging bird for Artisans Cherish Christmas showcase (you may remember the unfired piece I pictured previously) well I glaze fired six and one worked! So I have tweaked the stilts I made for them and I'm sure I'll get there! Cross your fingers & pray to the kiln gods!!! I do like them though I hope they are not to troublesome to finish. Pictured is the only one that worked (the red one) and one that didn't- he left his tail on the kiln shelf.

My own private moss garden.

One day a piece of the outside moss garden was washed free. I now tend it. It is in a little toy teacup on my desk. Now that the sun is back the moss next to the tap is looking parched indeed it's nice that a little piece remains green.

Cloud of the week.

Big clouds right in front of you drifting across the sky.

Orange tiles!

This is the only picture I took outside Bowerbird Adelaide. Some great 70's wall tiles from a shopfront. I do love orange.

B.I.T Back in town!

I've been to Adelaide you see, for the lovely Bowerbird Bazaar. Fun for one and all!