Vivienne Albiston's ceramics Posts

June 16, 2020

Salome and Hagar

Two black stoneware figures finished, semi matt 1260degree glaze...still wondering whether to refire after applying a little gold lustre to the edges of their…

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June 05, 2020

Ceramic wip.

Meet Salome and Hagar, both sculptures waiting to dry. Then I can bisque them, glaze and refire. Bit of a queue and I`m hoping I`m able to get them both into…

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May 19, 2020

`Talking Heads`

Making heads with bits of left over clay, I love fiddling with them... Think I`ve got boxes of the things. Only three this time in with the last firing..

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May 18, 2020

`Open Sesame`

`Euphronia` glaze fired and still in one piece, yay...Maybe I`ll put some gold lustre on her toenails and fire her again...just a thought.

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May 07, 2020

Euphronia..

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April 18, 2020

Figurative changes

New Clay figure needed a radical,partial dismemberment...Now with a new front end she may be close to finished.Maybe the head needs re thinking, hmmmm. The…

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April 15, 2020

New Work..

Finally I started a figure I`ve been planning for a while...legs and feet are ok but fraid that front end has got to go... so much for planning and…

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March 17, 2020

workshop snapshots..

Stuff just gathers up, ongoing projects to ones just left to gather dust.. stuff you just need... Kilns... Clay slabs waiting , Drawings to work from.…

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March 07, 2020

Kiln Opening.

Glaze fire finished. Araminta sorted, til I looked closer, she has a crack in her leg. Small but makes her unsaleable, she`s destined for landfill.

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Feb. 05, 2020

Open Sesame..

Opened the kiln on a bisque firing today Glad to see nothing blew or cracked. Now i need to glaze and fire again..

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Jan. 29, 2020

A peek in the studio.

At a very quiet time of the year, it`s also very cold in there at the moment. Let`s see your work space...

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Dec. 21, 2019

`Araminta`

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Dec. 01, 2019

Araminta...

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Nov. 04, 2019

Open Sesame!

Lifted the lid on the kiln to reveal, Harriet. Am quite pleased she looks ok. If it had stopped raining i`d have photographed her out of the kiln...

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Aug. 28, 2019

Workshop Mayhem

Been a bit busy, work area gets more and more messy. Is your work area super tidy....show and tell. Freddy likes my work area....

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Aug. 27, 2019

Birds Eye View..

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Aug. 26, 2019

Kiln opening.

Bisque fire finished, work queing up for glazing. Hermione.. Gaia. Daphne, still, head-less, foot-less and hand-less. eWe well feet just not attached yet.

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Aug. 01, 2019

Sculpting...

Trying to sculpt a figure the way I draw. Challenging, given my penchant for fore-shortening, no matter what! I like them, but I am starting to realise that I…

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July 27, 2019

New Work...

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June 15, 2019

New Work..

And he does so need a name or title, any suggestions. `Keep your hand on your ha`penny`doesn`t ring quite right, plus he`s the wrong gender for that saying.

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