Plenty on my plate

Gosh! Time flies and it feels like i'm making very little progress. This is what happens when you divide you attention by too many things. And below are just a few, not to mention the chickens and the eggs...




Me with my first egg.

I've taken on a casting job for a fellow artist and roped in a friend and foundry man to help. Its taking some serious thought and time to execute but in the end will be a good experience. Fortunately Danie's clued up on bronze and body casts. It's going to look amazing.


Digital rendering of piece to be cast in bronze.

My wife and I also started a small business of our own, "Photo booth fairy" which can be a bit demanding, especially when functional modifications are need. We've just managed to get it to print out photostrips.



Claire in the booth. Some of the photos are hilarious.

Finally Freddie's coming out of a two piece mould but still requires serious labour. Hmmm... Another alternative would be to cast him into a refractory drawn from a silicon positive but Eish...that wouldn't really be in keeping with how we do things.

Guess I'll have to accept that it's going to have to be a labour of love.

The rose range is coming on slowly and I'm hoping to make the toilet roll holder, towel ring and short rail tomorrow. I'll upload images of wuma goodies early next week.

"Life's what happens when you've got other plans"
Friends of ours will testify to that. They've been trying for a baby and just received the news that they'll be having identical twin boys.

All in all, things are good and sales are also picking up :) with a few people wanting basins and bathroom accessories.

As Elaine always says
"Keep smiling"




This one seeded itself.

New Rose Range

Still in clay, so slight changes can be made.

Any thoughts?

We've tried a Rose Range before but I've never managed to complete it in such a way that everything worked together aesthetically. This will hopefully become the new Rose for the Range of bathroom fittings that will include the following:

• Long towel rail
• Short towel rail
• Full towel ring
• Toilet roll holder
• Wall mounted soap dish
• etc...

I may even consider re doing the finials but lets not get ahead of my self.

I'll update the blog with images the minute things are ready. I've now got to wait for the clay to dry out thoroughly before casting the masters and starting the moulds.

Patience is a virtue people!

Will they're drying, I'll get going on Freddy's mould :/

Freddy’s Tummy Tuck

Freddy the frog was a custom order that didn’t materialize. He initially came out off a three piece mould, with one piece a core which created complications. We made a handful for friends and family before shelving the mould, promising to look at streamlining the process. I’ve personally never sold one or exhibited him but some ones seen him somewhere and wants a few.  The planned surgery will hopefully allow him to come out of a two piece mould without cutting back too much on his most valuable asset, the beer belly. Yes i modeled him after myself :)

Original Freddy

Under the blade/chisel