The Road To Saltaire

Painting the sticks.

Whittling the sticks.

Preparing a support.

Bramley and Girtwistle on tour - Do you know where?

Bramley and Girtwistle - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Bramley and Girtwistle Box 4 - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Bramley and Girtwistle Box 1 - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

37 Maddock's Street

Bramley and Girtwistle Box 2 - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Bramley and Girtwistle Box 3 - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Bramley and Girtwistle 5 - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Here are some images of the making of my new work.  Followed by the finished pieces resplendent at 37 Maddock's Street, Saltaire.

Saltaire Arts Trail 2012

6 Harold Place

Saltaire Bookshop

75 Albert Road

I've been very busy of late finishing off my new work 'Bramley and Girtwistle' - a series of five boxes exploring an imaginary world.  Their first showing is at Saltaire's Art Trail and I set them up this morning at 37  Maddock's Street.  They look great set upon Rosie's (the owner of the said Maddock's Street house) vintage furniture.  The sun even shone as I embarked on a creative tour of the open houses around the beautiful village of Saltaire.  It is such a wonderful idea to be able to explore the village and view diverse and interesting work in an unusual setting.

Saltaire's Arts Trail is open tomorrow and bank holiday Monday.  I'll be on hand at 37 Maddock's Street on Monday to greet visitors and talk about my work.  Why not come along?

Japan Season

Inochi No Utsuwa by Takahiro Kondo

Takahiro Kondo

Ruthin Craft Centre in Wales is currently showing 'Japanese Style: Sustaining Design'.  An exhibition programme showing how Japanese designers and artists 'can make a valuable contribution to sustainable development by focusing on the relationship between the traditional and the innovative.'

I was interested in Takahiro Kondo's project 'Inochi no Utsuwa'.  He works with people in the Tohoku area of Japan.  Some of whom were directly affected by last year's earthquake.  The community  project gets people involved in the act of making.  They can  focus on doing something that in turn becomes a beautiful object that is distributed to the survivors of the disaster.  Pictured here are some of their teabowls for sale in Wales.  I believe 'Inochi no Utsuwa' means 'vessel of life' and this project certainly encompasses that spirit.

Koji Shiraya

Koji Shiraya

I was drawn to the work of Koji Shiraya, a contemporary Japanese maker living in London.  I love the way he captures movement within the material, cleverly controlling the feldspar to form fluid like lids.

37 Maddock's Street

Bramleys - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Bramleys - Copyright Beverley Gee 2012.

Here is some of my new work before going into bisque.  I'm very excited that some of this work will be on show at 37 Maddock's Street, Saltaire.   Saltaire Arts Trail is a weekend of arts and crafts in the lovely UNESCO village of Saltaire, Yorkshire.  Check out their website for more info of the May bank holiday arts weekend. Now for some serious glazing ............

Blue Day

I was walking past Manchester Magistrate's Court the other day and was struck by the beautiful blue reflected in the glass windowed wall.

1st March

Spring is here ... joy oh joy!

.... and bikes

It's true Amsterdam is a great city for cycling.  Cars actually slow down and let bikes have right of way!  Great old fashioned bikes too.