Mudkate Studio

12/04/2026

Decided to glaze a couple of old unfinished sculptures. The thought of cleaning them outside under the hose in the cold garden was putting me off.
Answer: the two birds solution!

11/04/2026

What are you looking at?

07/04/2026

Bit of a fangirl moment seeing Keith BrymerJones in Melbourne. Bit of crying on both sides. Loved the stories and his passion for clay. Great example of the little known part of Murphy's Law where any public demonstration of wheel work goes awry.

06/04/2026

Strange birds in progress

04/04/2026

While the lovely autumn weather lasts I am landscaping around the studio. Thinking I might finally finish this possum sculpture to go outside the door.

28/03/2026

The last challenge of the great pottery throwdown was a stretched slip surface technique. I needed to try it out. White raku slip on buff raku clay. Should be more noticeable after firing.

16/03/2026

Struggling in my transition to mid firing temperatures with applying glazes the correct thickness to get good coverage without running. A long way to go.

03/03/2026

I've been sculpting cats and asked my daughter for an idea. My daughter said "Octopuss". Love a challenge.

07/02/2026

A regular studio visitor. Not my cat!

05/02/2026

05/02/2026

Oh bottom,
Did everything by the manual in my first midfire glaze firing in my new kiln. Reached 1220 with a 25 min soak according to the controller, but look at the cones 7,6 and 5! On a positive note most of the glazes looked awesome.