Hand painted Dorset scenes.

Three new kitchen utensil holders fired today. All local scenes.

Pot 1

 Pot 2

 Pot 3

New items with Dorset and French themes

Another firing yesterday. I have just finished a range of items to sell at my Christmas markets. Lots of colourful items with Dorset and France themes. 

Mug with Hengistbury head scene

Kitchen Utensils holders

Tea lights. I've made these with dark blue tops 

Small mug with Dorset scene- Kimmeridge 

The bottoms of two sugar pots. Tops waiting to be fired next time

Latest ceramics firing, for sale on my Facebook page.

Today firing. Lots of new things, plus a few more tea lights as they are very popular. The kitchen utensil pots with Poppies, Irises and sunflowers. £12.

Small vase with poppies £9

Tea lights £8

Candle holder or large tea light. £15

Small bowl £7

Small round vase £10. Dorset scene with poppies and wildflowers, 

Small vase £10 Wildflowers. 

Getting the kiln ready.

Getting the kiln ready yesterday. Always exciting to see it opened in the morning. 

Painting my ceramics.

A few pieces painted and ready for glazing. The painting is done in layers and takes a number of hours to build up to achieve the depth of colour. 

About me.

I live in both the Haut Languedoc, Occitanie region of Southern France and on the Dorset/Hampshire border in the South of England. My inspiration for my designs come easily with the beauty of these two delightful regions. In Southern France I have mountains, waterfalls, butterflies and crops of lavender and sunflowers. The area has many beautiful medieval villages, churches and castles perched high on majestic hillsides, surrounded by flowers and nature. Dorset too is very beautiful with the jurassic coast of white and silver. Inland lie tiny villages of thatch and cob, rivers, bluebells woods, heathland shattered with yellow broom, gorse and butterflies. Fields of poppies mix humbly with barley and rapeseed fills the air with golden light. I'm fortunate to be close to the New Forest too, with her ancient woods, marsh and ponies. Each one of my ceramic pieces take me many hours to paint and glaze. It makes me happy to paint them and I hope that you enjoy them too. My other interest are being with my children and grandchildren, walking, photography and fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support.

I love to walk in the ,mountains and forest with my collie Phoebe. 

I've been painting ceramics for some years now but while I was away on one of my treks for Macmillan Cancer Support my husband bought me a new kiln and converted a room into a new studio for me. So I hope you enjoy sharing my blog and if you are interested in buying one of my ceramic pieces I would be delighted to send it to you or you can visit me in my studio in Verwood. 

Pamphill. Bluebell woods. 

Corfe castle, Dorset.

Sunflower fields in the Languedoc. 

Around Dorset. 

Corfe castle at dawn. 

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