Saturday, August 6, 2011

Gallery refurbishment almost completed

The walkway from car park looks and is is great. Now to resurrect the garden. Hopefully the light grey film of concrete dust that has settled over most of it will wash off with time.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Further progress - it's exiting!

Nearly done now. Concrete aggregate from car park to entrance is scheduled for next week




Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Progress!

The entrance, as it was


Beginning the transformation


Saturday, June 18, 2011

The gallery is buying a new dress - is being re-clad at last!

The first day


This is also a rat-proofing exercise


South Wall


Well on the way now

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Mystery Insect


Does anyone know the name of this insect? Found on Sparrieshoop rose bush at the gallery.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Autumn colours in glass

Winter time in two days. Just made it with these stunning Autumn colours. Enjoy!





Sunday, May 22, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

We have a coffee grinder now, so the espresso is even better.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Autumn at Red Hill

Indulge your senses - so many beautiful handcrafted works to see, as well as my tiles in a myriad of brilliant colour ways. The birds are visiting and bathing. Our bush gully is wondrous in the Autumn.
The gallery will be open over all of Easter and school holidays.






Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Tiles en masse

After many years painting my tiles, I remain fascinated by the myriad of colour combinations possible repeating the same three patterns.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The process

Painted tiles ready to pack into the kiln


The kiln


Fired tiles, waiting to be unpacked

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Close up images of sections of my favourite saggar fired pots

Before the tile painting began, I made pots, mostly domestic ware, as well as experimenting with techniques such as pit and saggar fired pots. Here are some close-up images from sections of my favourite pieces. A few were converted into large framed prints. I hope to make more prints from them soon.





Thursday, December 9, 2010

Just arrived - more beautiful work


Hand carved stone hippos from Afrika

Amazing wallets

Jewellery boxes by wood turner Bill Coxhell


Indonesian batiks, Afghani kelim, Tais feto from East Timor, and hand carved Afrikan stone hippos