by Trevor Allen | Jul 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
After much time and consideration my pottery client decided to share these humbling pictuers with me. They are powerful strong statement of loss and greif. A right of passage that we will all have to face at some point in our life’s. I wanted to write a...
by Trevor Allen | Dec 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is New Year’s Eve, and as usual I am the first one up. Simon, my god daughters, and their parents are all fast asleep upstairs. I am just pre-programed to wake early. I sit here in my kitchen thinking well it is New Year’s Eve, what another roller coaster of a year...
by Trevor Allen | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is a picture of my new friend Jean. I am only just getting to know Jean, but she seems to Laugh a lot, and get clay everywhere. You would think she is applying it as make-up! Then there is her buddy Jan. She’s the naughty one and the instigator of all this...
by Trevor Allen | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
New wildlife pond Simon and I are now finally having a break this weekend, and it looks like the sun is going to shine for once. The open gardens didn’t start out so good. The week before we tried our best to rid the garden of pesky weeds in between dodging the...
by Trevor Allen | Jan 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s been a challenging year. A good friend of mine the other day informed me of the importance of the winter solstice to the druid calendar. Her thoughts seemed very fitting to this time of year and my journey through the year. For druids it is a time that is...
by Trevor Allen | Sep 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week was a busy week at the old George. I had my first pottery market stall, as I was taking part in the Puckeridge and Standon walking market. Hopefully its going to be the first of many. It was a fun thing to do. Simon and I put together our stall under the...
by Trevor Allen | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
This summer has been the most unusual as my studio is still closed due to Covid 19. I have been potting along all on my lonesome. Although quite it has been a rewarding time and I have made many beautiful things which I hope to sell soon at the Puckeridge and Standon...
by Trevor Allen | Jun 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today I have a day of glazing to do. It’s very time consuming and can’t be rushed. It’s also meditative and will sooth the chaos of my mind. Last week I was made redundant from my other job, the one that pays the bills unfortunately. Its the most odd...
by Trevor Allen | May 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I sit in my studio on my own. Its covid 19 lockdown and I am having a blue day. Last night when I returned from walking my dogs I found some painted stones on my outside window sill. These were painted by the local children. You find them dotted everywhere, window...
by Trevor Allen | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today I was packing the kiln with some work and then I realized that the plates that I was packing were the ones that my nephew George had made. I had forgotten in the chaos of the last few weeks that I had wrote a blog about him and his brother Benjy, so this weeks...
