Sarah Wigley decorates each of her ceramic pieces using a range of printing, drawing and painting techniques. Each piece is designed to be unique, long-lasting and beautiful, and no two pieces are quite the same…
I like big bowls and I cannot lie…
Felt’s own The Busy Finch, Tatyanna Meharry, presents her latest exhibition War sTOrY, at The Tin Palace in Lyttelton, 6-23 August.
Carragh Knapp of Badger Hollow is a part-time sculptor, part-time gallery minder, and part-time crafter with a love of handmade. The things she makes play with texture, tactility and contrast.
Art in Clay
10–25 May, The Tin Palace, Lyttelton
Not to be missed this month is joint exhibition Art in Clay by Christchurch potter Tatyanna Meharry of The Busy Finch and fellow ceramicist Andrew Carran, at The Tin Palace in Lyttelton.
Tatyanna Meharry teaches pottery at Risingholme Community Centre and works as The Busy Finch creating artisan ceramics…
Ceramicists Peter and Kirsty combine colours reminiscent of the 1950s to create a modern range of bowls, plates, tumblers and vases inspired by popular historic designs. The duo are part of a group of designer-makers with diverse backgrounds in ceramics, jewellery, photography and food. As well as hand building pieces individually, they use many other techniques from slip-casting to china painting.
What is is about bicycles that they can worm their way into our affections? Whether we cycle in Lycra, frocks or seventies’ shorts and tee, we seem to want to personalise, decorate and remember with nostalgia our bikes, trikes, unicycles or bone-shakers.
Renee Coombe has a favourite mug. It’s just the right weight, sits nicely in her hand and, most importantly, holds a generous amount (because really, who has time to go back and refill in the morning?). Painted by Renee’s god-daughter Sarah, it makes her morning cup of tea something really special and inspired the creation of The Little White Box.
It’s not often we get to report on current affairs on the Felt blog, but today is just such a day! Christchurch ceramicist Gillian Weavers of Mudbird Ceramics has created a specially commissioned piece from her Emerge range which will be presented to the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles at the Diamond Jubilee dinner at Government House in Wellington tonight.