Self-employment – a celebration

This week, we mark eight years of us working as ‘seatree’ full time! I’ve been reflecting on it and where we have come to in that time. There’s so much chat right now about what a struggle it is for us artists just now and the struggle is real in this economy but my goodness, we have a lot to be thankful for.

This week summarises where we’re at and what keeps us going..

Spring has sprung and everything is looking so glorious and hopeful.

Friends have called by for tea and chats and we have met friends and neighbours at a village Beltane fire.

Chris has led his annual wilderness retreat and at each side of the retreat, there is a flow of friends staying over, which we love. This year, they also supported us by buying our work – and amazingly by plumbing in the spare second hand kiln we got last year! Finances hadn’t stretched to the electrical work, but this weekend, it was plumbed in in exchange for one of Chris’s pots!

This means that while we await the necessary spare parts for kiln #1, we have been able to fire some of James’ work, and some sculptural pieces I have made too, in the hope that they might be ready for the Given What We Know exhibition next week..

We submitted our tax returns, but got to sit in our lovely dining space to do it..

We got to spend time on our shoreline, the place that inspires so much of our work.

So much to be thankful for. Eight years and counting and we thank you for your support!