For baking

My first foray into baking dishes. Two small baking dishes for 2 persons, thrown from special clay for alimentary use, but I haven't tested them yet in the oven.

Now, if I were richer, my cupboard would explode!

It's the pottery fair season! Here are some photos from Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, host to a big annual fair for all those working with clay, wood, glass, metal and textile.

Very delicate and neatly spray-painted porcelain by Cecilia De Bastiani:


Lovely glazes from Martine Mikaeloff


even silver glazed raku fired

Although stoneware, this bowl was light as paper. People made really funny faces of surprise when they took it in their hands.

And beautiful crystallizations by Alain Fichot:


The milky way bowl by Roland Breton


And some faience by Elise Lefebvre

Some teapots

Thought I'd try this shape, but it proved to be not so easy, partly because of the thick rimless bottom, that cracked during firing.



And a butter dish that was thrown by a fellow ceramist, Aurelia, and I just did some doodling on the glaze prior to firing:

the cherry process

This beautiful photo is by Nina Anikina






time for a cherry clafoutis...

flower doodles

Mostly tulips.

Images of my new year

For my winter break I had lots of mountains. For starters the very snow laden Alpes, a bit of Pyrenees viewen from above and for dessert lovely sunshine in the mountains of Valencia, Spain. So that's why my latest pottery looks like this. Very lemonny.

Coquelicot series

A special commission for someone who loves those red field flowers.

Nasturtium series. The process

One of my favorite flowers, because it blooms from early spring to (very) late autumn. And the smell is so delicate!

Chrysos+anthos

A plate that I drew in September:

Blackberries

Last year it was cherries, but since we've been having such an early spring, by the time I felt like drawing some faience crockery, there were only blackberries growing around our workshop.