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Happy New Year!
May it bring lots of sunshine and love every day!

Cinched pots

Lately, the pots I make come out like these. And they sure feel nice to fondle =)

In the mood for yellow

We have a new glaze at the atelier, a big thanx to Veronique. And it is wonderfully yellow. The best color for those short winter days, not that we don't have any sunshine, we do, and it's getting more intense day by day. But there is a lot of grey in the sky as well....

This was taken on the beach in Jurmala, Latvia. A beautiful but a bit chilly place, especially at this time of the year, so wool tights are a must there.

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:

Souvenirs de vacances

A sign in Limoges, a town famous for its porcelain

Normandie

And its beautiful hydrangeas with flowers bigger than my head




and delicate lace with the finest linen I've ever touched... it was like silk!

flower stuff

One of the most beautiful things about France are the flowerbeds. They are everwhere! Even though some say it's a way of getting a kickback for town mayors.