Its been a good year. End of 2010.

It has been a very good year for my Pottery .
The last entry was the DAWs in June, which many of you visited. It was a very rewarding time with most people buying a piece to take home with them.
I really enjoyed having time to sit in the garden and chat to so many people, and sell at the same time. I was also able to carry on designing the "Halla Collection" and fire them to keep up with so many selling.

2010 saw a new addition to the "Halla Collection" called the "Bluebirds".
It has sold very well and I now only have a large "Pitcher Jug" left. I shall be designing a different selection of flowers to add to the "Halla Collection " for 2011,and want to add a red Deer to the design. Something I have to work on.

This year I have been commissioned to design a set of "Planet Plates", which I am loving doing.
At the present time I am on the Planet Jupiter, I start the year off with "Planet Pluto".

During 2011 I shall be opening my studio , I shall open at the end of MAY.

My studio and workshop is always open for a visit if you so wish, but please ring 01258 455187
to make sure I am in .

THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE FOR VISITING ME THIS YEAR AND SUPPORTING ME DURING DAW. HAPPY NEW YEAR, TO YOU ALL.

20inch Iris Charger Plate, New for DAW .

Orange 20inch Plate for Dorset Art Weeks.

DAW 2010

I shall be particapating in 2010 Dorset Art Weeks again this year . It will be my 3rd DAW opening. I shall have a good selection of my different style ceramics.

At the moment I am working on some very large "Charger" plates. They take a week to complete as I fire them more than twice.

Along side the larger items I am making & designing more of the "Halla" collection, the range will include all of my favorite flowers, so its an ever changing pattern.

I have also made dozens of coloured beads, this is a new venture & it is nice to see them all mixing & matching in the rich glazes as I go along, (although very time consuming).

More photos will be posted soon.

DAW 2010

Tile Panel. 4 x 6" tiles

Halla Collection -"Hot off the kiln"

A day in the studio.

Have sold a 4 tile panel in the "Cove Gallery" Weymouth, so to day I have designed another one to take its place. Have also finished a large 16inch plate in an abstract poppy design. Its on a red glazed base with yellow glaze that will burst through the red poppies, hopefully! It has been a good day,

In an English Country Garden.

This tile panel was especially designed for a client, depicting her garden and favorite flowers. This panel totals 16 tiles of 6"x6".

Biscuit ware fired and ready to be designed.

Presentation Plate for Bournemouth University.

I have been working on the latest plates for Bournemouth University.
Six have just been completed, ready for the university to distribute.
They have taken three months to complete.

My Outlets.

I have my work displayed in beautiful locations throughout Dorset.

They are all worth a visit, a good excuse for a day out and a wander around the towns and villages.

Cove Gallery, Weymouth

Visit my outlets -

Walnut tree gallery, Sixpenny Handley.

Home Farm, Tarrant Gunville.
Try their delicious traditional farmhouse breakfast. They also serve light lunches, all freshly made in the Home Farm kitchen. If you arrive later in the day why not try their afternoon teas including traditional Dorset cream teas.

The tea rooms are now open all year round along with a lovely farm shop selling local produce.


The 'New' Curiosity Shop, Sturminster Newton.

The Sapling, Blandford.

Graham V Bundy Abbotsbury, Dorset

'The Cove' Gallery, Weymouth.

Bournemouth University.

Here is a plate that I designed in 1972 during my time at Poole Pottery. It was featured on a television program a few years ago and is now part of my private collection.

Bournemouth University Commemorative plate.

One of Janet's regular commisions includes commemorative plates for the Bournemouth University. Each plate is an interpretation of a design by Julie Herring.

In the studio working on designs for the new range. Todays theme is bluebirds.