Gaea beads

I don’t often win contests but it would seem that August was a great month for it! I was fortunate enough to win these beautiful beads. Gaea beads is based in sunny California creating porcelain beads that are unique and one of a kind. As well as beads you can also find pendants, earrings, rings [...]

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Tagged ceramic beads, gaea beads, making stollen, uk handmade

21 Sep 10

UK Handmade debut

A few months ago you might remember that I posted about my entry to the UK Handmade competition. Well I was joint winner in the competition and I’ve since gone on to become a more regular writer for UK Handmade. If you want to read my article about Sunderland Pottery you can check it out [...]

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Tagged online craft magazine, sunderland pottery, uk handmade

14 Sep 10

Adventures in Florida

You might of noticed that I’ve recently been a bit quiet online, well thats due to me being away the last couple of weeks in sunny Florida! It was my first family holiday in four years so it was quite a big deal. We all had a great time and I was kinda sad to [...]

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Tagged autumn, family holiday, florida holiday

8 Sep 10

How to care for ceramics – part two

Cleaning your pottery Ok so you’ve now determined that your piece is in perfect condition, time to clean! A lot of people recommend that you use hot soapy water which is fine, if your nervous about cleaning your pottery this is the way to go. If you’ve got a casserole dish or anything with baked [...]

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Tagged caring for pottery, cleaning pottery, dishwashers, looking after ceramics

1 Sep 10

How to care for ceramics – part one

Before we get started I just wanted to say that this is my method for looking after ceramics, if it doesn’t work for you then feel free to disregard my advice totally! Ceramics are created to be used, eventually they need cleaning to keep them looking shiny. Some pottery pieces will require more tender loving [...]