This week-end Mark has his studio open to the public under the umbrella of the Journees des Metiers d'Art. He has pots, paintings and sculptures on display and will be doing demonstrations of different ceramics techniques such as throwing, hand building and slip casting. Blue(ish!) skies and blossom on the plum trees add a spring touch to the outdoor display.
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| Getting the studio ready for visitors |
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| Porcelain ball with candle inside |
Everything in the greenhouse - or potting shed to be more accurate, is waking up, including some cuttings taken last autumn so lots of things to do in there and hopefully some planting soon when the soil dries out a bit. A couple of days ago it rained all day, hard, so our clay soil is rather claggy at the moment.
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| Most of the geraniums survived the winter and some are flowering already! |
This winter has been quite mild so we haven't had to cover anything in the potting shed, however a few things have suffered from the damp so a good sort out is in order.
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| Spring flowers and the camellia just starting to flower! |
We were in the UK recently, just for a few days, and when we came back our bird tables were being ignored but this morning there's an army of birds on each of them so we're back in favour!
