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...
by Trevor Allen | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Normally referred to as Mum, Nana Silva, Nanny Mayo, dynamo daughter, nipple twisting Sister, mad Auntie, cousin Silv, and electrician’s wife. They say apples don’t fall far from trees. If that’s the case then my mum is of the Frank Spencer variety,...
by Trevor Allen | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
This post was written last week, alas, I have been too busy preparing my garden for the village open gardens (which is due in the summer). I’m in garden when the weather is fair, and working in the studio to miss the showers, and generally avoiding all the other...
