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Buongiono! best wishes for a very happy 2010 My wonderful Italian wife Patrizia and I run our pottery from our workshop and gallery at Hilton Court in Pembrokeshire, Wales. There are a variety of directions for the work - we both work with crystalline glaze, my pots are mostly thrown forms, Patrizia makes ceramic jewellery and large bowls. Continuing from mid-seventies college influence I continue to develop a stoneware range and Patrizia's new work this year is the development of Venetian style porcelain masks. Our main work is the development and production of crystalline glaze ware. We are currently working on experiments with regular stoneware glaze recipes along with our friend Chris Sawyer. New work in 2010 is based on pieces from the game of chess. If you are a visitor to Hilton Court reading this we'd like to thank you for supporting us. It is now our main market for our work though we are still supplying some shops galleries and doing a few craft shows. We regularly take orders for work via e mail. This is usually from existing customers who know our work. Please e mail for a quote for anything you have in mind. I would e mail an image of a piece to you before posting. P&P is only charged at the postage cost. Please go to the outlets page to see where our work can also be found. Currently our 'contacts' page on this site is not working. Please e mail us through mark.walford@homecall.co.uk Our workshop and gallery is at Hilton Court, near Roch, on the Haverfordwest to St Davids road, please use this link to see what else it has to offer...we are open every day... or at least try to be! www.hiltongardensandcrafts.co.uk
There is no studio telephone, please use e mail. Patrizia is actively looking for new outlets for her jewellery. If in reading this you can think of a suitable gallery or shop in your area please contact us! In Britain or abroad. Please e mail to patriziawalford@homecall.co.uk I am still experimenting with a variety of different recipes and firing alternatives. We have been wood firing and producing reds and purples, now experimenting with orange crystals, though there is no end in sight to the experiments, is there ever? Our recent work has been the development of a lantern form, again from the faithful college sketchbook and the development of a darker more sombre blue. Please remember that visitors to our workshop at Hilton Court are welcome. Best Wishes Mark and Patrizia Mark Walford Ceramista Benvenuti nel sito internet di Mark Walford Con la mia bella moglie italiana Patrizia abbiamo un laboratorio di ceramica in Galles, UK. Nel nostro lavoro si evidenziano piu' direzioni dallo studio e sviluppo della tecnica del crystalline glaze, scultura in terracotta, design e realizzazione di gioielli in porcellana e stoneware decorati con crystal line glaze al gres e ceramiche dipinte con vedute di paesaggio. Nel 2010 Mark ha ricominciato a giocare a scacchi e mi "batte" regolarmente!!.... Rileggendo "Alice nel paese delle meraviglie" e "guardando attraverso lo specchio"di Lewis Carroll ha realizzato una nuova serie di lavori interessanti.......Scacchi giganti in ceramica....ognuno con un carattere preciso e una certa personalita'.... Patrizia invece (dopo avere perso nuovamente a scacchi) ha deciso di iniziare una serie di Lampade intagliate e scolpite in stoneware glaze prendendo ispirazione dagli alberi curvati dal vento cosi' comuni nel Pembrokeshire .Con soddisfazione possiamo dire che stanno avendo un certo successo. .Il nostro laboratorio con annessa Galleria si trova in Hilton Court, Roch, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Il Galles del sud e' molto bello e suggestivo ed e' il luogo dove cerchiamo di realizzare i nostri" sogni nel cassetto" al ritorno di un nuovo incontro con una cultura lontana .Dalla Nuova Zelanda attraverso il Giappone, La Cina , Le Americhe......ma sempre con la vecchia Europa e soprattutto L'Italia.(con un inno al vero e unico espresso..quello che" piu' lo mandi giu' e piu' ti tira su'" !!!) vedi: www.hiltongardensandcrafts.co.uk contatti patriziawalford@homecall.co.uk
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espresso set, two cups and saucers, in a
hand-made box by Nia Hobbs of Ceredigion
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We are happy to sell items similar to the ones on this site though not all are still currently the same.
Our Japanese agent Teiko Ikeda discussing our work.
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