Christmas bauble mugs and soap dishes - new for Christmas 2014

Christmas is Coming!

As well as having a "Creative Christmas" at the Creative Gallery, St John's Hill, Wareham BH20 4NB during the month of December with all our resident artist/makers providing great ideas for Christmas gifts and cards, I will be showing work at the Workhouse Chapel Gallery in Sturminster Newton with Rose Hatcher and 20+ other artist/makers in "Handmade for Christmas" H4C - the exhibition also features the bargain balcony where all the guests offer items at reduced prices, so some great gifts at not so great prices there. 8th November - 24th December.

From the 23rd October-3rd November I am joining East Dorset Potters at the Gallery Upstairs at Upton Country Park near Poole, and again with EDP we are exhibiting at Highcliffe Castle from 4th November-Christmas Eve.

On 25th October I have a stand at the RSPB Forage Festival at Arne Nature Reserve, near Wareham, Dorset and the same day the Dorset Pottery Group annual exhibition starts at Bridport Arts Centre, running to 8th November.

Then two smaller local Christmas Fairs I enjoy taking part in are at Tolpuddle Village Hall 30th October-1st November and Briantspuddle Christmas Fair on 29th November.

My final show of the year will be with the National Trust at Stourhead, Stourton, Wiltshire - a most festive end to a busy few months of exhibiting and potting.

Highcliffe Castle

Preparing for thee East Dorset Potters exhibition at Highcliffe Castle - "Drawn to Clay" - the group met up at the Castle to gather ideas for a piece of work featuring some aspect of the architecture, setting, or interior of the venue.  This is my platter, so far unglazed, which I'm hoping to put into the exhibition along with other platters I've created over the last few months with Purbeck landscape and Hengistbury Head/Mudeford images.

A busy start to the year at the Creative Gallery in Wareham - but now all is redecorated, and the signs were renewed just in time for Purbeck Art Weeks - 24th May-8th June.

New Purbeck Series platters for Purbeck Art Weeks.  Durdle Door and Old Harry Rocks - there are so many iconic landscape images available to us in our beautiful county of Dorset and along the Jurassic Coast.  It's not wonder that Purbeck Art Weeks have such a diverse selection of workshops and studios/galleries to visit.  A sample of many of the PAW exhibitors' work can be seen in a single visit to Rollington Barn in Corfe Castle.

Valentine's Day

As usual I've produced a range of items for Valentine's Day.  Mugs, jugs, platters and bowls, as well as heart brooches and cards.  All these are available for sale at the Creative Gallery Wareham, Everycloud Gallery Dorchester, Lazyhill Gallery Abbotsbury and Christchurch Tourist Information Centre.