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I took part in an ‘art chat’ at Tate Modern on Friday as part of their monthly Tate Lates series. This one was called ‘The L Word’ and the whole evening was a celebration of ‘Queer’ culture – or Lesbian and Gay as I would call it. That would be inaccurate though since, in ‘queer’…

What would be your top five pots? You what?! Top five? I’ve been making pots for thirty five years! A curator from Tate Modern has asked me this very question. On Friday June 24th, I shall be at Tate Modern Late to take part in one of the ‘Art Chat’ sessions they run on these…

I sold a vase yesterday. It was quite unexpected. I had forgotten I still had it. I received a call from a regular buyer: ‘The vicar’s retiring,’ she said, ‘we want to get him a present. Have you got any of your Wootton pots left?’ She thought he might like one of the tree vases.…

The first thing is that I don’t write poetry, as such. I write pot rhymes. They’re the equivalent of the birthday card rhymes. They need to fit on the pot so they’ll probably be short and I like my rhymes to tell a story, however simple that might be. I’ve just written one that is…

There’s a sudden burst of work in the studio now. I’m trying to get as many pots done as I can for a photo session on June 27th. I started Pimp State at the beginning of the year, I think. It has a companion piece – ‘A Map of the Global Sex Trade.’ ‘Pimp State’…

I have space in the kiln to fill so this is often when I experiment. I have been thinking about making a ‘self portrait as a poisoned chalice,’ and this is as good a chance as any. I’ve made goblets before. The first lot were mould-made cups, perched on slab rolled stems with a slab…