abbie gardiner ceramics – Purposeful playing…

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Whoops... 😬 #noteverythingmakesitinonepiece #firingitanyway #experimentalopportunities #handbuilt #clay #carved #tiny #box #breakage #betterlucknexttime

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Mini mug city round here this morning! Come and see for yourselves between 11am and 3pm. Everyone welcome! #openstudios2019 #drawntothevalley #tamarvalley #meetthemaker #supportsmallbusiness #buylocal #handmade

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Making the most of the sun and the back drop of my lovely neighbour’s garden today at #openstudios with #drawntothevalley - here 11am til 4pm if you fancy a look! #contemporarycraft #handbuilt #stoneware #ceramics #meetthemaker #meettheartist #supportsmallbusiness #buylocal

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This simple sphere of solid grey stoneware contains a whole lot of potential today... I’m aiming to develop a number of tiny lidded trinket boxes using a method where clay is removed from a solid form rather than added and built up to create a shape... and I’m excited!! 🤓 #stoneware #handbuilding #carving #tiny #trinket #box #pottersofinstagram #contemporarycraft #grey #clay

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Explorations in carving a form from a solid block of grey stoneware resulted in a tiny lidded trinket box today... 🤩 #tiny #handbuilt #carved #stoneware #trinket #lidded #pot #box #small #objects #bare #clay #texture #exploringnewthings

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It’s totally possible that these little #trinket #box #doodles will be of interest to nobody but me, but I’m having a great time making them! I’m #carving solid blocks of a few different #clays into these #lidded #forms, which gives them a lovely feeling of weight and balance. I’m planning to fire them without any #glaze, just the #marks from #making left to #texture the #surface. Thoughts welcome!! 😬😋 #Ps. See my feed for an image of the interiors if you’re interested! #handbuilt #stoneware #functional #sculptural #fun #cremerging

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Feeling pretty fortunate right now! It’s been the busiest day yet of #openstudios2019 and it’s been great to meet so many customers who’ve been buying work all over the place and then planning a specific trip to the studio this week. It’s really good to be able to find out where particular pieces have ended up! I wanted to say a really big thank you to all of you for your kind support and positive feedback - I really value it all! #happypotter #happydays #pottersofinstagram #handbuilt #stoneware #clay #tavistock #tamarvalley #dartmoor #devon #supportsmallbusiness #meetthemaker #buylocal #drawntothevalley

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I’m enjoying this little line up today... many of these turquoise tiny pots have made their way to #tamariskgallery in the Scilly Isles this summer - I think the interesting glaze surface appeals since they’re so close to the sea there. ☺️ #handbuilt #stoneware #ceramic #tiny #pot #turquoise #glaze #coast #sea #dartmoor #devon #islesofscilly

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Think there’s a pesky air bubble in my dip bowl mould... ☺️ #smallthings #mademelaugh #sorrynotsorry #mustgetoutmore #handbuilt #clay #ceramics #dartmoor #devon

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Test tiles of new clays are starting to stack up ready for a variety of experiments... Open Studios continues today, 11am - 3pm if you’d like to see for yourselves! #openstudios #drawntothevalley #tamarvalley #dartmoor #tavistock #devon #meetthemaker #supportsmallbusiness #shoplocal

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So busy today for #openstudios that the only image I managed to take to tempt you with was of more #glaze #testtiles as they continue to mount up. So apologies... but I did like the angle of this one. LAST DAY tomorrow, from 11am - 4pm if you’ve not quite managed it so far! You’d be very welcome. 😊

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New small squat jug forms beginning to appear... #jugs #jugsofinstagram #pottersofinstagram #handbuilt #stoneware #ceramics #clay #tinythings #dartmoor #devon

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They don’t look like much just yet, but I wanted to share this little layout... I’ve been press-moulding a bunch of dip bowls today then cleaning out their insides. Now there’s a bit of a wait before shaping their outsides as they need to be able to hold their form without distorting under pressure - but not get so dry that they crack... 😬☺️ #handbuilt #pressmould #stoneware #ceramics #nesting #dipbowl #dartmoor #devon

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Testing out a little gang of small forms inspired by the tall turquoise vases that have proved to be so popular - but I’m looking forward to putting some solid, bold colour on these! #workinprogress #process #testing #newideas #design #make #trialanderror #handbuilt #softslab #stoneware #ceramics #dartmoor #devon

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And the insides! Top right still to be completed obviously... #tiny #trinket #lidded #box #doodles #handbuilt #stoneware #clay #funtimes #cremerging

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Bought some #platinumlustre so that I can play around with some decorative patterns on my little pebbles... swipe right to take a look at the before and I’ll post an image of the after later! #handbuilt #stoneware #pebbles #turquoise #pattern #play #tiny #trinkets #dartmoor #devon

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Just a few of the feisty monsters from #funpalace at #tavistocklibrary on Saturday... they work so hard to bring our community together and connect people through play. I was really proud to be a part of it. #local #community #tavistock #devon #clay #play #craft #together

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Trying something new on this short squat jug, applying the underglaze in a fairly haphazard fashion to it at greenware stage and then sanding in some surface texture once bone dry... hope it works! #process #development #trialanderror #rustic #contemporarycraft #handbuilt #stoneware #clay #jug

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Experiments with foot rings, day two... you’ll be able to see this and many more experimental pieces at our Contemporary Christmas Craft Fair on 7/8th December at Lambside, Newton Ferrers with @peterlanyonfurniture @chilliglass @thepiggerypress @another_shed_production @thehedgerowhound @alex.finnberg @spacefruitgirl and I cannot wait! 😋 #handbuilt #slab #stoneware #ceramics #contemporarycraft #process #experimenting #play #dartmoor #devon

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Table full of fun stuff on the deck outside the studio today - a stack of perfectly imperfect objects to explore at #openstudios with @artists_of_the_tamar_valley today from 11am til 4pm... everyone welcome! 🥳 #tavistock #dartmoor #tamarvalley #meetthemaker #meettheartist #supportsmallbusiness #buylocal #process #handbuilt #stoneware #ceramics

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