We will be open for the next two weekends in November, 16th/17th. for the Southern Highlands Arts Trail then the ACA Open Studios, Ceramics Arts Trail that is happening Nationally on the 4th weekend of the 23rd and 24th of Nov. 

We have plenty of pots in the gallery, floral bowls, and Mixing bowls.

Celadon mugs, Floral mugs, Sgraffito mugs and Sgraffito plates.

I have some unglazed, wood fired Tea bowls that I have been fettling and finishing during the week.

And some wood fired porcelain bowls, glazed with traditional blue celadon. This bowl has some carbon inclusion in the exposed body and is quite subtle and very beautiful in a restrained sort of way.

The cherry crop is in full swing just now and we are able to pick a kilo of cherries every few days. We had bowls full of cherries on offer to our visitors last weekend. 

As we have eaten our fill of fresh cherries, during the week I made home made cherry pie and cherry tarts – because I can!

This is the only week of the year when we can do this. So I make an effort and do it. What else are evenings for?

The recipe optimistically said that it takes 15mins to de-pip a kilo of cherries. It too Janine and I  30 mins. 4 times longer, but worth it. Nothing worse than biting into a delicious looking cherry tart and breaking a tooth on a rouge cherry stone.

I made the recipe with only half the sugar and it is just about right for my taste. I made an almond short crust pastry, quite a bit of fiddling around, but the end result is vaguely sweet, pleasantly soft and slightly crunchy. 

I had to go to the workshop and make a dozen stainless steel tart rings. I found a little piece of stainless off-cut, sliced it up in to strips and spot welded them together into small 60 x 20 mm tart rings. Waste not, want not.

Nothing is perfect, nothing is ever finished, and nothing lasts forever.