Over the last few months, we have been working on a different range of ceramics. This has involved lots of experiments, with the inevitable successes and failures that always come with working with new forms of ceramics. I say ‘we’, but this has been a project mostly followed by Chris, with our son-in-law James as […]
Most years, Chris has written a daily advent meditation on the lead up to Christmas. It is his way of pacing himself into winter and seeking to be more mindful and connected. If you already love his poetry then you might be interested in following his blog, over at www.thisfragiletent.com. Here is a sneak preview […]
We are just back from a trip down to East Anglia, where we were exhibitors at the first ever Potfest at Haughley Park. It was a trip full of sunshine, friendship (with the community of potters who come together for these events) and thankfully, sales which paid for the trip and will pay our bills […]
This is a re-post from Chris’s blog. If a poet was going to announce the start of a poetry tour, perhaps they would do it like this! I have mentioned a few times the plan for this year was to take some poetry from ‘After the apocalypse‘ on the road. We made a number of […]
Chris participated in a zoom reading with a couple of friends the other night to mark National Poetry day. It was a lovely evening, full of those tender moments that only poetry can bring. It was recorded, so if you fancy dipping in to some poetry, I’ve posted them here. Chris was reading poems (mostly) […]
Over the weekend, Michaela and I did a version of our dayjob. These days we make most of our living selling ceramics. We do this through galleries and shops, but we also attend a few ceramics fairs and craft events so on Saturday and Sunday we were in the Briggait, an old drafty drippy fish […]
For those who love Chris’s poetry, you may be interested in following an advent countdown over on his blog, here. This is a collaborative effort, featuring poetry and writing by lots of guests. The way Chris puts it is something like this; Today is the first day of advent. Here on TFT we notice […]
Chris used to be a mental health professional and Michaela was formerly a counsellor, so mental wellbeing has always been part of our thinking at Seatree. This is a re-post from Chris’s blog (www.thisfragiletent.com), as we wondered whether it might be helpful to other frustrated and stressed creatives out there. Understandably, there is a […]
These are worrying times. Faced with the known unknowns of Coronavirus, we are all having to take a step back from one another. We worry for our families and our friends. We worry for ourselves. We also worry for our livelihoods. Our small business depends on gallery footfall and attendence at workshops, so it […]
There is so much to running a pottery business and this photograph kind of resembles a lot of it. In it you can see some of our work which has been made for orders or for the upcoming fairs. We have an order book that thankfully is never empty. We could do with being in […]