Gorgeous pics!

A lovely lady sent me some gorgeous pics of her wedding in Greece, so I thought I would share. Firstly, it's in Greece, on a boat.... Good choice! Secondly it is freezing cold and raining so hard that water is dripping onto the floor in the studio cellar here, and looking at these cheered me up. And last but not least, I really cannot say how honoured I am that she choose to use my little bird bowls as ring bearer bowls on her wedding day. So here they are!

Christmas decoration video!

A lovely lady got in touch to tell me that she had made a VIDEO about receiving her Christmas decorations in the post for her youtube channel!!

So she also sent it over to me in case I wanted to see it and use it on my blog! So here it is - thank you Lucy! It has got me thinking about making some videos too, so hopefully I shall make some about what I get up to and start uploading those too :)
In the meantime, I hope you like seeing my Christmas ornaments and new packaging!

Having trouble with the video? You can also see it here.

New designs coming soon, but in the meantime I am..

road testing my new ceramics... It is a tough job but someone has to do it...

Happy Friday everyone!

Really not cool...

I was recently made aware that some snide Chinese manufacturer was offering to make and wholesale my work on alibaba.com A couple of threatening emails later, they removed my images and text that they had used, infringing my copyright and intellectual property rights.Yes, that's right, they had the nerve to actually use my images and text. Concerned that I might be exaggerating? Here are the screen grabs from alibaba.com yesterday:

I took those last night, about 10 months after I sold the original set Makers beware - Alibaba is an apt name for this marketplace. Alibaba and the forty theives. Other makers I know have had success, as I did, by demanding that the images be removed, but if you see an artist you recognise being ripped off in this way - do the right thing and let them know.

Reopening my folksy shop for a trial period... www.princedesignuk.folksy.com UK customers you can pay in £ there, but my etsy shop still has the largest selection, and paypal will convert to £ for you automatically.

New plate

Ceramic bird shaped plate in seafoam turquoise:

Would you use it to decorate a living space of serve a little side salad or sandwich?

Nice weather for ducks

Thought I would share a picture of my lovely new studio roof terrace yesterday in the sunshine...

Sadly it is drowning in rain today, but hey! Continuing with today's watery theme, fresh out of the kiln are my Caribbean leaf dishes

They're made with recycled glass, and sparkle because of the cracks under the surface. However, the surface is completely smooth to the touch. I have one that I use as a soap dish - it looks great on a windowsill so that the cracks catch the light! Right, back to work! As it is such a rainy day, I think I might make some sets of ceramic flying ducks ;)