Etsy Update

I've uploaded some new products for sale on my Etsy shop.  Here's a sneak peak:

Four Circles Porcelain Wall Art.  Copyright Beverley Gee 2011.

Porcelain Twig Bowl.  Copyright Beverley Gee 2011.

Porcelain Lidded Pot.  Copyright Beverley Gee 2011.

New Year, New Work

Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

My stand at the British Craft Trade Fair.

My stand at the British Craft Trade Fair.

Charred wood fascade, Kurashiki.

Ambient sauna.

Happy New Year to you all.  Here's some new work that I've been working on. The idea is that I will make a series of boxes that will hold a glazed curiosity. The curiosity will be watched over by a bird.  There will be a stalking cat like creature, ever present, trying to see/reach the curiosity.  I am thinking of appropriate names for the cat and bird.

I've also shown some of the influences for this work.  I really like the rough texture of old pallets but prefer them to be black or charred.  The slats remind me of the structure of a sauna with ambient light filtering through them.

Festive Greetings!

I wish you all a Wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy 2012!

Thank you for your support and interest in my work over the year.

Happy potting!!!

Pop up Modernist Shop - Salford

If you are looking for something different and interesting this Christmas then take a look at a new shop by the Modernists. Great prints, badges, mugs even a Manchester versus Liverpool chess set.


the modernist shop opens 3rd December 2011

prints, artworks, magazines, posters, designed objects, photographs, illustrations, books…

As part of the Sights From the Other City/Chapel Street Open Studios in November/December 2011. The manchester modernist society, publishers of the modernist magazine will launch a modernist ‘pop up’ shop at 142 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 6AF (close to Salford central Station and the Kings Arms)

The shop features artist/designer made products with a ‘modernist’ flavour and remember -

its a fundraiser, so get your chequebooks ready!

Islington Mill's Contemporary Christmas Craft Fair

Thursday 1st December 2011, 4pm-9pm.  FREE Entry.  Salford, M3 5HW.

I will be selling my work at the annual Islington Mill's Christmas Fair. There will be other craftspeople selling ceramics, prints, jewellery and photos too.  Food and mulled wine will be available.  Music by members of the BBC Philharmonic.  Why not come down and start your Christmas shopping whilst supporting local contemporary crafts?

Beverley Gee

Yorkshire Sculpture Park Revisited

Rachel Goodyear

Rachel Goodyear

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Henry Moore

Birch trees at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Andy Goldsworthy

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

I had a lovely day out on Saturday at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The weather was crisp, dry and bright perfect for a walk around the grounds.

One of the current exhibitions is new work by Rachel Goodyear.  I think Rachel is a fantastic artist.  Her pencil drawings of wildlife and lonesome people have great skill and imagination.  I was interested to see that she is moving into animation and even clay.  The exhibition is on until 3rd January 2012 and well worth a visit.

I also got chance to see the Jaume Plensa exhibition that I saw being installed back in April.  I was impressed with the scale, skill and ideas around his work.  One of the highlights was a curtain of words that tinkled delightfully in the autumn sun.  Another was the deep drones from huge inscribed gongs.

My goodness . . .

I've recently visited The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.  It is a great example of a quality product, history, marketing and branding coming together in an interesting visitor experience.  Well worth a visit.  And yes, it does taste better over there.