In winter, the land rests. The ground digests the fall of last years leaves and only the earthworms are active, stirring as deep as ideas. There are green things to come, but not yet. Not yet. This is an important time for those of us who make things for a living. The flow of creativity […]
Chris and I started our poetry and pottery business without any formal qualifications in our chosen artistic pursuits (English or ceramics.) This meant lots of trying, failing and experimenting but also lots of support and encouragement and tips along the way from others. We are so thankful to friends and family who have believed […]
New Year… It’s a couple of weeks in, but it’s time to review our last year and look forward into the coming year… Starting with the realisation that I was months behind with the year’s accounts! Chris says watching me do the accounts was funny – swinging from doom to joy to doom to joy […]
This piece was first published on www.thisfragiletent.com but it seemed relevant to some of our previous discussions about seatree! Here is my contention; being an artist can have a serious impact on your mental health. There is a compulsion that drives people who are creative to create. Those of us who find space, finance and […]
This time of year we often find ourselves taking stock – taking stock to shops and galleries that is! But most of the Christmas madness is already over for us as orders have to be completed well before Christmas, so there is time for the other kind of taking stock… Inevitably this includes thinking about […]
Time to take stock… In creating this new website, we moved some old blogs articles and it felt quite nostalgic looking back to when we first started, working out of our old cellar, developing business and pottery skills with Pauline – and now, here we are, Chris and I working together on our business […]
Happy November one and all – where did the time go? We are loving autumn and the beautiful colours and it’s easy to be inspired while we are busy in our studios getting ready for you know what… We would love to invite you to join in the fun! We have this beautiful advent […]
Thank you so much to everyone who came along and showed their support at Cowal Open Studios last weekend. Hello to the new email followers! Thanks too to everyone who purchased from us or booked into workshops. We look forward to seeing you over the next few weeks. Speaking of workshops, if you are interested […]
… and anyway, it’s ‘us’ now rather than ‘me. Chris has joined me in being much more a part of the seatree life which is fabulous. Since I last blogged, we have been very busy. One of the things we are involved with for 2018 is an exhibition… very daunting and exciting. Here is the […]
A popular little pot that we make are the sea creature pots. They are fun to make, if a little fiddly. Making pinch pots is an ancient pottery technique and one that lives on. A ball of clay, once kneaded, is rolled into a ball and using thumb, forefingers and palm of hand is […]