Sep 29, 2020 | Architecture, Burslem conservation, Burslem Heritage, Listed buildings, Wedgwood Institute
Looking up at the Wedgwood Institute, Burslem Have you ever looked up at a building and marvelled at the creativity that has gone into it? Have you thought about the artists and makers and the hours of planning and co-ordination spent to pull something like the...
Aug 30, 2017 | #SOT2021, Burslem Heritage, urban sketching
Funny how waiting in a queue is now something I enjoy. There’s always something to draw. I started with one foot, then a bit of leg then another… Back to this month. I’ve had a great time sketching in Burslem, the mother town of the Potteries, ...
Jan 18, 2017 | Burslem Heritage, Sketching, Uncategorized, urban sketching
Plans for January to be a time of taking stock of where I’m going and all that have gone out the window! Instead I’m treating it as a time to recharge the batteries. We went for a great leg stretch up on the Long Mynd a week into the New Year which helped...
Jul 22, 2016 | Architecture, Burslem Heritage, Uncategorized, Wedgwood Institute
Hello again! It’s been a while since I wrote but I’m into the last few months preparation for my final show for the icon diploma I’ve been working towards the last three years. All 12 icon students will have their work on show at the Prince’s...
Mar 6, 2016 | Architectural Drawing, Burslem conservation, Burslem Heritage
KFC on Market Place Burslem must be proud of its Palladian and Diocletian windows. The description in the listing needs an architectual dictionary to translate but these 18th century windows must have been pretty well built to have survived this far and they have...
Feb 4, 2016 | Architectural Drawing, Burslem Heritage
Bear-baiting, bull-baiting and cock-fighting were once popular sports in St John’s Square, Burslem, shown above, fresh off my drawing board. Residents of perhaps one or two of these buildings would have had a prime view on a Sunday morning, when these...
