Vascular

Time to share an sneak peak of my current ceramics project...

...but what can it be LOL..?

Decoding

Have today watched the first two episodes of the Aussie political thriller The Code featuring the lovely Lucy Lawless*.

The official title page from the series. 










This show from Australia's state broadcaster ABC owes whole lot of its style to (the BBC series) Sherlock- text and email messages float into view in front of the characters, so the viewer reads them as if personally addressed. The gripping story so far has been split between a small outback town in beautiful New South Wales and the striking Federal Parliament building in Canberra, ACT**. Unusually (at least compared with this country), the scenes in Parliament were apparently filmed around and inside Parliament House.

Well worth watching and I can't wait for episodes 3 and 4 tonight.






*Not an actual Aussie. **ACT, Australian Capital Territory.

Dip

Following my previous posting, here's a piece I'm quite pleased with. This is a stoneware clay dipped in a Marbled Blue glaze.

Drip

To prove I don't only post images of work I consider to be "perfect" or at least has gone to plan, below is a recent piece fresh from the kiln. This is a prime example of why you have to be careful when applying a glaze, to ensure that it isn't too thick.

Wycombe Swan

Simply awesome.

September Football Round Up

13 Sept Reading 3 - 0 Fulham
16 Sept Reading 3 - 2 Millwall
20 Sept Sheffield Wed' 1 - 0 Reading
23 Sept Derby 2 - 0 Reading
28 Sept Reading 3 - 3 Wolves

After 9 matches this season, the Royals are 10th in the Championship.

MIA

Reported Missing In Action.

If anyone sees this pot, in its finished glazed form, please contact me at the usual address. Last seen in mid July being sent to the kiln for glaze firing.

Ginger Beer Obsessive

Found another LOL...

... And very good it is too.

Billy Bargain

Can you believe this barely used 1000 W microwave oven was only £30 (around US/AU $50) LOL? A bit of a Billy Bargain as we say in these here parts.

Together

Blast From The Past

I was recently looking at some old music videos on YouTube, from my misspent younger years when I chanced upon British sister act Mel and Kim and their 1987 hit Respectable. Re-watching I was reminded quite why my impressionable twenty-ish, red-blooded male self liked this video so much LOL.

Anyway enjoy this hit from another time, complete with unmistakable Stock, Aitken and Waterman production values.



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Hundred Or One Hundred?

Have been quite enjoying the US drama The 100 (pronounced The Hundred and not The One Hundred apparently) on E4. It zips along quite nicely; a short (for US TV) series/season of 13 episodes seems to have concentrated the story rather than dragging things out over a full 22 instalments. I see a new series of 16 episodes has been commissioned for later in the year.

The official logo of the series.









It's not too taxing for sure but quite fun and no expense appears to have been spared. My only gripe is how impeccably turned out all the characters appear to be, even the savage "grounders" don't look too shabby. According to the story-line the heroes have been in orbit over a post-nuclear Earth for 100 years, with extremely limited resources yet their clothes are pristine and well fitted, and their teeth are all beautifully white and straight LOL.