Award winning biographer of the Pinwill sisters, Arts & Crafts woodcarvers of Devon and Cornwall. Churches, and all things Devon & Cornwall, especially Dartmoor. You'll see stuff about churches, not for any religious reason but because I see churches as repositories of art paid for by the community and therefore belonging to the community.
#PinwillSisters #ArtsAndCrafts #Devon #Dartmoor #Cornwall #Woodcarving #Churches #Architecture #Fungi #Birds #Succulents #Lithops
| Website | http://www.pinwillsisters.org.uk |
| Profile picture | Bronze door handle designed by Henry Wilson on West Door of St Germans Priory, Cornwall |
| Header picture | Woodcarving with Passion Flowers by the Pinwill Sisters at Ermington church, Devon |
Ever seen witches’ butter? It’s found in forests around the world growing on dead branches, where it feeds on other #fungi. Researchers are studying it for the potential medicinal value of its bioactive compounds, including possible anti-inflammatory & antiallergic properties.
American Museum of Natural History
@AMNH #globalmuseum
Castilly Henge Appeal
Cornwall Heritage Trust needs to raise £50,000 to acquire this unique prehistoric site.
Believed to be late Neolithic, it is a substantial oval earthwork with an external bank and internal ditch, forming an amphitheatre-like setting for gatherings and ritual activities.
Invasive vegetation and modern development of the nearby A30 infrastructure and service network, within metres of the site, pose potential risks.
https://www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/support-us/castilly-henge-appeal/
📸 Cornwall Heritage Trust
Crab walk
A boy walks among red crabs during their annual migrationm Christmas Island, #Australia
Photograph: Parks Australia/AP
#FungiFriday is once again upon us! Here are some pear-shaped puffballs (Apioperdon pyriforme), which I'm told are edible but I have yet to actually try because they tend to be pretty small and seem tedious to prepare lol
#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #NaturePhotography #macrophotography #photography
That is a GORGEOUS teapot 😍
@potterybyosa 🤩 Beautiful work!
Forgive me, but I've been replaying the Myst game series and these look very "Rivenese" to me at the moment! I'm sure they referenced the same cultural motifs when they were doing art for the game.
Anyway, I love the form of that tea pot and the patterns and colors here are fantastic.
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the curves and edges are sooooo inviting... my eyes see and my hands ache to slide finger tips and graze palms along the surface then pushing deeper into the grooves and against the nubs...
eye candy hand warmers.
@potterybyosa your work gives so much... save the praise for a rainy day, i hope you feel it always.
sharing your images and practice here is a light in dark times.
thank YOU. 💜
@potterybyosa that pitcher 😍
I love using the things I make even when /especially when they're fancy. they're study and functional and meant to be used! that's so much better than having something sit on a shelf forever.
@potterybyosa Those pieces are wonderful! Just looking at them makes me feel calm and happy. My fingers are imagining the textures.
I will check out your website.
I notice that the website said that you have a solar powered studio. How much power do you need to do that? (I imagine an electric kiln can draw a fair amount of power.)
@karlauerbach Thank you for taking a look. The teapot is still available, but not much else. I hope to have more by late November.
Honestly, kiln firing doesn’t make much of a difference to our monthly bill/power usage. It runs for a finite amount of time and I only fire a couple of times a month. What makes the biggest difference is HVAC especially during our very hot summers.
@potterybyosa I can understand why you are selling-out, your work is really nice.
I noted that tea pot - the handle made me think of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. I particularly liked that "earth tone vase". I've spent some time over the last couple of years in the hills west of Sedona, Arizona, so those colors look familiar.
I look forward to what you create next. I may buy some.
As a kid I tried ceramics - but I wasn't any good. More recently I put my hand to a fireplace using arts-and-crafts tiles. Here's a link to a photo...
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