Freezing

I't's been very cold here in the last few days and the pond in Jephson Gardens has frozen: snow and chips of ice cover most of it

Fog

Thick fog yesterday. Today the 'beast from the East' will grip most of the country, bringing cold, snow, rain and strong winds. It's been a long winter... But, spring should be here soon.

By the time we got to St James' church in Old Milverton, most of the fog had cleared.

 

The Stratford Gallery - paintings

The Stratford Gallery - paintings

Kerry Harding, West Hart Black

Jenny Lock, Structures, (oil on canvas)

Kerry Harding, The Tide Arrives, (oil on canvas)

Jenny Lock, In the Mix, (oil on canvas)

Stephen Lavis, Familiar and Unfamiliar (oil on canvas with graphite)

Stephen Lavis, Cartouche, (oil on canvas with graphite)

Laura Wade, Verge II, (Indian and walnut ink on cottong rag paper)

Kerry Harding, Wandered Further Than I Thought, (oil on canvas)

Kerry Harding, Yet Still the Unresting Castles Thresh, (oil on canvas)

John Lendis, Fox and Hare I, (oil on canvas)

Zoe Taylor, Words Jibber Jabber

Zoe Taylor, Reflecting a Beyond, (mixed media on aluminium)

Anna King, After the Clearfell, (oil and pencil on paper and board)

Anna King, Clearng, Duns Wood (study), (oil and pencil on paper and board)

Anna King

Anna King, Bare Trees, (oil and pencil on paper and board)

David Storey, Woman in a Red Wrap, (oil on canvas)

Stephen King, Orange Glow, (oil on canvas)

The Stratford Gallery - ceramics and more

Ceramics at the Stratford Gallery.

Even though  The Japanese collection was the star of the show, there were lots of other ceramics in the exhibition.

Ashraf Hanna:

Undulating Vessel, (stoneware)

Undulating Vessel, (stoneware)

Undulating Vessel, (stoneware)

Undulating Vessel, (stoneware)

Undulating Vessel, (stoneware)

Undulating Vessels, (stoneware)

Jane Wheeler:

Black Ice Flagon

Spring Rain Impressed Bottle

Snowfall 

Margaret Curtis:

Matt Bottle, (stoneware)

Shino Plate, (black clay, shino glaze with pink blushes)

Matt Oval Vase, (stoneware)

Shino Sake Cup, (black clay, shino glaze with pink blushes)

Celadon Oval Bow., (black stoneware)

Eddie Curtis:

Celadon Cha-Ire (Japanese  tea ceremony match tea caddy), (stoneware)

Sake Katakuchi (stoneware, applied texture, copper oxide and white shino)

Sake Katakuchi, (pocelain with celadon and copper red oxide)

Container, (porcelain, celadon, copper, red oxides)

Malcolm Martin and Gaynor Dowling, Six Piece Still Life, (lined an scorched oak)

Emma Maiden, Sail Bird, (bronze)

Emma Maiden, (bronze)

Doug Fitch, Large Tapered Honey Coloured Applique Jug.