Chicken and Egg Stack out of the kiln and assembled....do the eggs look egg like enough?  Dunno!

Lots more new work in the final stages of completion.

The kitchen is full of bags of clay - if I take two at a time out to the pottery every time I go it may all be in there by the time it's Christmas.

I'm planning on being in Glastonbury for the 21st.....who know what will happen!

I've decided to create a new section on my website called 'WHAT'S NEW' so that trade customers and retail ones can quickly see the latest work to be posted.....photos of a few of the pieces below.
This category can be accessed from the online shop or the side bar and means it's not necessary to scroll through the whole site to see what will be on offer in January at the Scottish International Trade Fair in Glasgow on 20th- 22nd January 2013.
I'm looking forward to meeting up with my Scottish and northern counties customers and meeting new ones I hope!

I hope you will go to www.janeadamsceramics.co.uk and have a look!

I am taking advantage of the gallery being quiet and getting on with new work on the kitchen table as usual now it's too cold to sit in the pottery.  The kiln controller was reading -1 degree the other morning although it was about 5 degrees outside!
Here are some photos of what I've been working on for the Scottish Trade Fair in January .... lot's of ideas flowing at the moment.

New Work drying on the Rayburn

A Shelter of Sheep

A Trip of Hares

I really hope these and the other new work I'm doing will tempt the buyers at the SEC in Glasgow.

AS SEEN ON TV!

Last summer Maya and Tom Conway ,as part of their massive refurbishment of the old Boscean House Hotel near Cape Cornwall in St Just, sought out local artists to place art work in the guest rooms of their Boho Cornwall retreats.  They have two beautiful holiday properties available in the grounds of this beautifully situated house, Umber and Ochre.
Ochre can be seen at www.boutique-retreats.co.uk and I am delighted to say some of my ceramic animals have been chosen to dress out the house!

Even more exciting though - one of my hares can now be seen on TV in the final episode of Lisa Faulkner's programme Holiday Home Sweet Home which features Ochre in the Cornish part of the programme.
If you are curious it can be seen (again a magnifying glass would be useful) at 3.20 minutes into the programme and again at 40.39 minutes in.
Wonderful St Just is also featured with a welly wanging session in the famous Plen an Gwarry.   Lots of local friends managed to get in on the film too!

Above is a sneaky peek at what the accommodation looks like.
Thank you Tom and Maya - your guests have already started to visit the gallery - and I wish you all the very best in the future.

I am delighted to have been asked to display 5 paintings as part of The Patchwork of Paintings on behalf of The Plen Project fundraising effort.for a new hut for the Plen an Gwary in St Just! They will be displayed in the window of the gallery and other galleries in the town...part of the fun is trying to guess who has painted which.

The idea is you buy a £30 voucher and then on the night of Sunday 18th November at St Just Town Hall you win one of the 100 paintings donated by the artists.  You could win a 10" x !0" canvas by a Cornish Artist who is already famous or a canvas by someone who is going to be famous soon- or famous in another 10 to 20 years - it's the luck of the draw.  The paintings are to be randomly numbered on the night with scrupulous fairness....just keep your fingers crossed  - I will be doing so!
I CAN'T GIVE THE GAME AWAY AS TO WHICH PAINTINGS I AM DISPLAYING BUT THERE ARE SOME BY ARTIST WHO ARE ALREADY FAMOUS....COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE GALLERY WINDOWS TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES!
See The Plen Project website for more detailed plans of The Knut and for other ways of donating.

Now that we're in the last days of the 'season' I like to give the gallery a new autumnal look and exchange the turquoise blues of the seascapes that sell so well in the summer for something a little more autumnal....
We have just received a lovely selection of paintings by Heather Howe from Porthleven and they are already attracting attention.

We have also recently become stockists of Welbeck Tiles - the small square chintz ones as well as the postcard ones - and these are being snapped up for all sorts of uses - not just to tile walls!

 

 

 

The post card tiles are fabulous for gifts having delightful old images of local scenes - here showing St Michael's Mount and Cape Cornwall.
I have discovered a new maker called Eve Lepper who is producing wooden bangles with decoupaged vintage maps of the St Just area especially for the gallery in her Field Trip range - these are really innovative and unusual and are retailing at  £11. I am looking forward to these being snapped up!

 

 

The Gallery is taking part in the "Paint St Just Pink" week in aid of Cancer Research and there is a treasure hunt to enter - looking for clues all around the town.  There is also a Ladies Pamper Evening at the Commercial Hotel featuring a range of fantastic therapy tasters - I'll be first in the queue!!

 

 





 

Hope to see you there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that we're in the last days of the 'season' I like to give the gallery a new autumnal look and exchange the turquoise blues of the seascapes that sell so well in the summer for something a little more autumnal....
We have just received a lovely selection of paintings by Heather Howe from Porthleven and they are already attracting attention.

We have also recently become stockists of Welbeck Tiles - the small square chintz ones as well as the postcard ones - and these are being snapped up for all sorts of uses - not just to tile walls!

 

 

 

The post card tiles are fabulous for gifts having delightful old images of local scenes - here showing St Michael's Mount and Cape Cornwall.
I have discovered a new maker called Eve Lepper who is producing wooden bangles with decoupaged vintage maps of the St Just area especially for the gallery in her Field Trip range - these are really innovative and unusual and are retailing at  £11. I am looking forward to these being snapped up!

 

 

The Gallery is taking part in the "Paint St Just Pink" week in aid of Cancer Research and there is a treasure hunt to enter - looking for clues all around the town.  There is also a Ladies Pamper Evening at the Commercial Hotel featuring a range of fantastic therapy tasters - I'll be first in the queue!!

 

 





 

Hope to see you there!