https://rachelceramics.com/2012/12/28/the-truth-about-painting/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dscn3261.jpgDSCN32612018-03-14T12:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/03/27/feeling-sleepy/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cat-in-shop-asleep.jpgcat in shop asleepHere's a cat asleep in a pet shop window. Cats are a big feature of the city, strays and pets. They can't help the kitsch baggage that accompanies them in their expressive cuteness.https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/child-asleep.jpgchild asleepHe doesn't actually live here but this traffic island is one of a type of recycling plant that crop up everywhere. His dad/uncles collect rubbish, store it here and earn money from the valuable parts such as wire and metal. Sham Shui Po is recognised as a destination for migrant workers historically and in the present. This boy's family speak Cantonese so they may have grown up here.2018-03-14T12:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/02/23/wuzhen-water-town/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tv-dinner.jpgtv dinnerdinner in the street with the client/important Wuzhen boss. Filmed by CCTV as part of their usual spring festival coveragehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/high-speed-train.jpghigh speed trainhigh speed train, can anyone who complains about China recal the UK train network and compare!!!https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/new-year-fire-works.jpgnew year fire worksdistant fireworks, not allowed inside the village due to danger of gunpowder/wood combohttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lanterns-at-night.jpglanterns at nightlunar new year lanternshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/night-time-bridge.jpgnight time bridgenight time bridgehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bound-feet.jpgbound feetthe foot binding museum, as Matt noted, part of China's decadent past that was scoured away by the revolution, now thankfully only exists in gruesome pictures/models...not to mention the opium warshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/silk-worms.jpgsilk wormsone of the museums, silk making in actionhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/buddha-snow-man.jpgbuddha snow manhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bridge-photo-op.jpgbridge photo opnot many tourists on new year's eve, some hardy visitorshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/icicles.jpgiciclesit was freezing, obviously not as cold as Harbin but mostly outside so felt very cold 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thriugh the treeshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/harbin9.jpgharbin9ice sculpture brought to light in the darkhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/harbin7.jpgharbin7sunset over ice sculpturehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/harbin13.jpgharbin13Live performance in Big Fish Restauranthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/harbin12.jpgharbin12Big fish itself, and it was big, seemed to go on way after we were replete but certainly delicioushttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/harbin111.jpgharbin11Retro style Big Fish restaurant, like granny used to eathttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/harbin6.jpgharbin6These cute snow foxes may be farmed rather than taken from the wild, you can pay to pet them and have your picture taken...needless to say we didn't succumb to the temptation.https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/harbin5.jpgharbin5aspiring member of communist party central committee, who strangely shadowed me around Harbin, in front of impressive ice castle2018-03-14T12:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/03/28/urban-drift/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/asleep-under-balnket.jpgasleep under blanketsham shui po, outside the studio, better than a caged home as no rent https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/concrete-sparay2.jpgconcrete sparay2https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/concrete-spray-1.jpgconcrete spray 1looks like a female construction worker, very common here, juxtaposition of plants and concrete, a summary of the city2018-03-14T12:33:05+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/04/25/hong-kong-transformed-by-rain/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rain-3.jpgrain 3https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rain-4.jpgrain 4https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hk-rain-1.jpgHK rain 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https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pigeons.jpgpigeonspigeonshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/voraciously-hungry-catfish.jpgvoraciously hungry catfishvoraciously hungry catfishhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tired-but-happy-going-home.jpgtired but happy going hometired but happy going home2018-03-14T12:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/01/12/strange-and-uncanny-sights-in-china/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blown-sugar.jpgblown sugarhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/view-from-galaxy-soho.jpgview from galaxy sohohttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fragrant-hills-1.jpgfragrant hills 1https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/galaxy-soho.jpggalaxy sohohttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blue-hair-girl.jpgblue hair girlhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fragrant-hill-streamers.jpgfragrant hill streamershttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fragrant-hills-picnic.jpgfragrant hills picnichttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shenzhen-ceramic-horses.jpgshenzhen ceramic horseshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shop-dummie-male.jpgshop dummie malehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shop-dummie-female.jpgshop dummie female2018-03-14T12:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2012/12/28/edinburgh-to-london-via-hong-kong-and-glasgow-december-2012/2018-03-14T12:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/05/27/black-rain-chapman-brothers-sigur-ros-new-pots/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/new-bowls-221.jpgnew bowls 22small earthenware rice/noodle bowlhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sigur-ros-1.jpgsigur ros 1jonsi holding the note till the breathless endhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sigur-ros-41.jpgsigur ros 4bare light bulbs glowing in the darkhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/black-rain-1.jpgblack rain 1more rain in Wanchaihttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/black-rain-2.jpgblack rain 2rain in Wanchai2018-03-14T12:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/07/31/more-pots-for-sale/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hf-3.jpgHF 3pots for sale...various shapes, sizes and functionshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hf-2.jpgHF 2discussing portfolio with an interested visitorhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hf.jpgHF2018-03-14T12:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2012/12/28/hong-kong-wildlife/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dscn3893.jpgDSCN3893https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dscn3891.jpgDSCN3891https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_2715.jpgIMG_2715https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_2689.jpgIMG_2689https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dscn3802.jpgDSCN38022018-03-14T12:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2012/10/17/fracturing-the-concrete-rhizome-2/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rhizome-vessel.jpgvessel and flat dish2018-03-14T12:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/07/31/london/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lucie-rie.jpglucie riestudio simulacrum...lucie rie's workspace reincarnatedhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-8.jpglondon 8https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-6.jpglondon 6cakes near Holloway Road - Wayne Thiebaud eat your heart outhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-5.jpglondon 5amazing location for an art show, Hong Kong please take note, what's old isn't necessarily uselesshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-4.jpglondon 4my favourite pot in the V and Ahttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-3.jpglondon 3ester in front of her workhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-2.jpglondon 2outside Lucie Rie's studio mock up in the V and A, a studio simulacrumhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/london-1.jpglondon 1matching ring and baby grow2018-03-14T12:27:48+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/10/22/first-something-topical/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/xmas-tree.jpgxmas treegetting ready early2018-03-14T12:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/10/22/metallic-balloons/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/metal-balloons.jpgmetal balloonsnice to look at but are they dangerous?2018-03-14T12:26:50+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/05/hang-hau-shopping-mall/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/hunt_light_of_the_world.jpgHunt_Light_of_the_Worldhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/xmas-hk-style.jpgxmas HK 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sheep?https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/foil-car.jpgfoil carhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ceramic-structure.jpgceramic structurehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/knit-5.jpgknit 5https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/knit-3.jpgknit 3https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/knit-4.jpgknit 4https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/seat-knit.jpgseat knit2018-03-14T12:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/03/19/everyday-beijing-from-bees-to-bicycles-chairs-children-catkins-2/2018-03-14T12:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/04/15/everyday-beijing-floating-willow-seeds/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b9.jpgb9handmade and vintage pots, lilac from the garden and linocuthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b8.jpgb8I remember cotton wool and you remember sneezinghttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b7.jpgb7handmade and vintage pots with lilac from the garden and linocuthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b6.jpgb6lino cuthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b5.jpgb5handmade and vintage pots with lilachttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b4.jpgb4yellow magnoliahttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b3.jpgb3marsh mallow pinkhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b2.jpgb2the snow that's made of fluffhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b1.jpgb1amazing old building in our apartment compound, looking gorgeous in pastel shades2018-03-14T12:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/05/knocking-on-heavens-door-pearly-gates/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/old-man.jpgold 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2https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/december-1.jpgdecember 12018-03-13T19:16:01+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/15/chocoholism/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chocolate-choice.jpgchocolate choicepreparing for the xmas rush 2018-03-13T19:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/15/friday-night-in-the-studio/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/studio-opening-3.jpgstudio opening 3cake detail, I think colour takes priority over flavour but is that a problem?...not for mehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/studio-opening-2.jpgstudio opening 2Unit Gallery group show by Rachel'sHK art school ceramics studentshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/studio-opening-1.jpgstudio opening 1colourful people2018-03-13T19:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/25/tealights/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/daylight-view.jpgdaylight viewin the daylight 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exhibithttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/picasso-1.jpgpicasso 1we all would like to keep this onehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/life-drawing.jpglife drawinglife drawing session in the studio, a difficult pose for William but he did choose it2018-03-13T19:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/12/22/home-at-last-my-beautiful-son/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/liz-n-lucien-2.jpgliz n lucien 2Liz, Lucien and tree...how cosy!https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lucien-ps4.jpglucien ps4Lucien with christmas and birthday present, way to produce a him smilehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lucien-on-phone.jpglucien on phoneon phone - making plans to meet up with old pals2018-03-13T19:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/12/30/hong-kong-christmas-highlights/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/walk-1.jpgwalk 1Sunny 30 December walk... "well you're never far from one million people" https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gpig.jpggpigChristopher Wallace dressed for the occasionhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas-dinner.jpgxmas dinnerdinner table with lit candles, cosy but colourfulhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas-cake.jpgxmas cakecourtesy of Nigella spiced chocolate cake with addition of gold candles, small balls and Liz's handmade ribbonhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/santa-hang-hau.jpgsanta hang hausanta spotted in Hang Hau mall, not at all out of place amongst the monchichi guyshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas-jumpers.jpgxmas jumpersxmas jumpershttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/festive-flowers.jpgfestive flowersfestive flowers from Wan Chai market stallhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/carol-singing.jpgcarol singingxmas eve outside Hang Hau MTR [view from our balcony] - the city is full of carol singing groups battling for supremacy, the one with the brass band seems likely to winhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/4-friends.jpg4 friendsLucien, Josh, Jiwoon and Victor, home for the holidays2018-03-13T19:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/01/24/ceramic-exhibition/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fw-2.jpgFW 2delicate porcelain leaveshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fw.jpgFWcoloured porcelain hexagons2018-03-13T19:11:34+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/02/13/icicle-days/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pendant-2.jpgpendant 2happy new year of the horse! 2018-03-13T19:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/01/24/beijing-weekend/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sunset.jpgsunsetcity sunset, Beijing stylehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dessert.jpgdessertsalted caramel fool...who knew that sugar could be so dangerous?!https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tree.jpgtreewinter treehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/baijui.jpgbaijuibaijiu being poured, for some people the rest of the night was a blur [a happy one]https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hk.jpghksunny Hong Kong view from the airport express bus2018-03-13T19:10:40+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/02/15/be-mine/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cakes.jpgcakesthere's something about the appearance of cakes that makes them so appealing...they're like cute children tucked up in bed in Hansel and Gretal's cottage in the woods, just waiting for the witch to come and eat them! Cosy but sinister.https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cat.jpgcatthe stray cat who lives at the Wan Chai gap relaxing for a while in the warmth of february sunshine2018-03-13T19:10:12+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/04/24/singapore-memories/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing8.jpgsing8something demonic?https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing7.jpgsing7might be a good idea to avoid eye contacthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing6.jpgsing6weapons of torturehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing5a.jpgsing5AIn what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes?https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing4a.jpgsing4Agorgeous lurid ice cream shadeshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing3.jpgsing3old goathttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing-2a.jpgsing 2Aconcrete owlhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sing-1a.jpgSing 1Aconcrete pigeons2018-03-13T19:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/05/26/glasgow-school-of-art/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gsa-blog.jpggsa bloghttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tea-vicar.jpgtea vicar2018-03-13T19:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/03/04/jingdezhen-highlights/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jindezhen-3.jpgjindezhen 3a view of the hills from the pottery workshophttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j21.jpgJ21the "antiques" market, best to get there at 4am if at all possible, we made it at 7https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j20.jpgJ20the brush shop owner and inspector of brushes, another revered experthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8934.jpgIMG_8934saggars as plant holdershttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j16.jpgJ16in the YHA computers speak a universal languagehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j15.jpgJ15performers preparing to demonstrate the porcelain orchestrahttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j17.jpgJ17another giant pot https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j14.jpgJ14making giant pots, connecting sections requires a team of workers [usually topless men with cigarettes]https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j13.jpgJ13the tile maker's studiohttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/j12.jpgJ12making tiles, cigarette essential2018-03-13T19:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/03/07/beijing-spring/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fireworks-4.jpgfireworks 4a glimpse of the full moon that rounds off the spring festivalhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ny-lanterns.jpgNY lanternshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slide1.jpgSlide1https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sleep-bicycle.jpgsleep bicyclesleeping child balanced on the trip home from schoolhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/street-crochet.jpgstreet crochetstreet crochet outside or apartmenthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/snow-beijing.jpgsnow beijingsnowy landscape seen from the airport expresshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cctv-snow.jpgcctv snowcycling in the snowhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lamma-2.jpglamma 2more flagshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lamma.jpglammalamma temple flags - the few million people left in Beijing congregated here on New Year's Day https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fireworks-2.jpgfireworks 2hutong rocket2018-03-13T19:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/07/29/hotter-than-july/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/photo-2.jpgphoto 2summer flooding - no problem!https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg19.jpgblg19dramatic thunderstorm - an hour of continuous lightning, localised ankle deep flooding and amongst it all an army of drain unblockers and people with suction machines ensured the city traffic halted for the merest second onlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg7.jpgblg7our local stray looking quite picturesque in the stairwellhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg5.jpgblg5rounded off with Beijing aquarium - no matter how busy the UK tourist spots are in the school hols - this definitely takes the biscuit !https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg14.jpgblg14boy looks at fishhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg-10.jpgblg 10not the tour de France -might have been uphill but at least they had clean airhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg2.jpgblg2more 798https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg1.jpgblg1798 art districthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg3.jpgblg3the lake at nighthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blg8.jpgblg8Joe at Houhai lake - unfortunately the least inspiring coffee shop but hey nice view2018-03-13T19:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2016/12/05/the-guardian-christmas-sale/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sun-plant-pot-blue.jpgsun-plant-pot-blue2018-03-13T19:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2016/12/05/handmade-edinburgh/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0113.jpgimg_0113https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0112.jpgimg_01122018-03-13T19:06:45+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2016/12/05/tea-green-glasgow-and-dundee-december-2016/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kibble-1890s.jpgkibble-1890s2018-03-13T19:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2016/12/05/recent-work-december-2016/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/08rachelsmith300.jpg08rachelsmith300https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/03rachelsmith300.jpg03rachelsmith300https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/07rachelsmith300.jpg07rachelsmith300https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/02rachelsmith300.jpg02rachelsmith300https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/01rachelsmith300.jpg01rachelsmith3002018-03-13T19:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2017/01/28/spring-festival/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7322.jpgimg_7322https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5953.jpgimg_5953https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5952.jpgimg_59522018-03-13T19:05:26+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/01/24/how-to-clean-a-chandelier/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chandelier.jpgchandelieranother feather duster was coming in from the first floor but I was unable to capture this before being asked to stop photographing the [controversial?] event !2018-03-13T19:04:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/01/24/multiplying-horses/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/horse-5.jpghorse 5and some more mugshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/horse-4.jpghorse 4some mugshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/horse-3.jpghorse 3and anotherhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/horse-22.jpghorse 2another horsehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/horse-12.jpghorse 1horse print inspired by Wan Chai jade stall2018-03-13T19:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/06/12/cheesy-sunset-snaps/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sunset-3.jpgsunset 3tower blocks as patternshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sunset-2.jpgsunset 2distant hillshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sunset-1.jpgsunset 1pink sky over Sai Kung2018-03-13T19:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/03/09/my-vintage-home-cat-in-the-sunshine/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cat-in-the-sunshine.jpgcat in the sunshineevery cat enjoys a sunny spot https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lisa-larsen-book.jpglisa larsen bookthe Japanese love Scandinavian vintage design and they publish tons of books and magazines on the subjecthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ceramic-cat.jpgceramic catthis Lisa Larsson cat has travelled from Glasgow to Hong Kong to Beijing along with the Hornsea plant pot2018-03-13T19:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/03/11/my-vintage-home-blue-wall/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blue-jug-a.jpgblue jug aDenby jug and linocutshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cat-eyes.jpgcat eyeshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blue-slip.jpgstencilled cobalt blue sliphttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hk-1.jpgHK 1stencilled coloured slip https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blue-jug-3.jpgblue jug 3Denby jug linocutshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hk-pot-2.jpgHK pot 2scraffito, pierced holeshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hk-pot-1.jpgHK pot 1Stencilled slip, scraffito and oxidehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blue-jug-2.jpgblue jug 2Denby jug linocuthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blue-church-hk.jpgExif_JPEG_PICTUREGarden Road churchhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blue-jug.jpgblue jugDenby jug 2018-03-13T19:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/07/05/last-goodbye/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p4.jpgp4https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p3.jpgp3https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p2.jpgp2https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1.jpgp1my friend Rachel's vase all the way from Hong Kong to Glasgow2018-03-13T18:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2016/01/19/so-far-in-january/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3847.jpgIMG_3847https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9891.jpgIMG_9891https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8799.jpgIMG_8799https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8798.jpgIMG_8798https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3917.jpgIMG_3917https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3923.jpgIMG_3923https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_39161.jpgIMG_3916https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_39131.jpgIMG_3913https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_38981.jpgIMG_3898https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3893.jpgIMG_38932018-03-13T18:57:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/11/03/from-china-and-beyond/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3550.jpgIMG_3550https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3553.jpgIMG_35532018-03-13T18:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/12/26/vintage-xmas-in-hyndland/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3763.jpgIMG_3763https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3767.jpgIMG_3767https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3764.jpgIMG_3764https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3726.jpgIMG_3726https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3725.jpgIMG_3725https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3752.jpgIMG_3752https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_37531.jpgIMG_3753https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3753.jpgIMG_3753https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_3730.jpgIMG_37302018-03-13T18:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/10/10/everyday-beijing-autumn/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b4.jpgB4https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b7.jpgB7https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b12.jpgB12the templehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b10.jpgB10https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b9.jpgB9no it's definitely a fishhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b8.jpgB8is it a fish? no it's a bird...https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b11.jpgB11spark architectshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/k1b.jpgk1b2015-10-10T03:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/05/14/skye-road/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s8.jpgs8https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s7.jpgs7https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s6.jpgs6https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s5.jpgs5https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s4.jpgs4https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s3.jpgs3https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s2.jpgs2https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s-1.jpgs 12015-05-16T08:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2015/03/07/ceramic-patterns/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/florette-1.jpgflorette 1A very early work from my GSA degree show reappears in Florette's beautiful gardenhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/florette-3.jpgflorette 3https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/florette-5.jpgflorette 5https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ubi_invite_rachelsmith.jpgUbi_Invite_RachelSmithhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ce-9.jpgCe 9mono-print plant potshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ce-8.jpgCe 8fracturing the concrete rhizome - Unit Gallery , September 2012https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ce-7.jpgCe 7JCCAC 5th anniversary exhibition - note to self - always put work on a plinth - someone walked backwards into these whilst taking a photo and smashed them like skittles !https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ce-6.jpgCe 6tiles mono-printed with Hong Kong pigeons and gate detail https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ce-4.jpgCe 4bird tiles waiting for some legs to make a coffee table, vintage style circa 1960shttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ce3.jpgCe3more from G.O.D. commission 2015-03-07T15:53:44+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2014/01/10/new-year-new-directions/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fish.jpgfishand some fish obviously!https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pony.jpgponypony sign somewhere in Hong Kong probably near Hang Hau [I can't quite remember]https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/horse-21.jpghorse 2monoprints adapted from ancient Chinese ceramicshttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/horse-11.jpghorse 1another horse print2014-01-10T14:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/12/09/something-christmassy/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jccac-5th-anniversary.jpgJCCAC 5th anniversarymy "five vessels" installation with the sixth vessel to inspire work for the next five years...https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/5th-anniversary.jpg5th anniversaryJCCAC fifth anniversary celebrated with friends [old and new] and [surprisingly] wine and [unsurprisingly] garish cupcakes. A tinsel canon also featured!https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/god-pic.jpgGOD picDouglas Young, CEO of GOD and my friend, the "fish guy" demonstrating how to "use" my work https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sk-7-dec.jpgSK 7 dectiles and tealights combohttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/7-dec-sk.jpg7 dec SKtable looking a little bare but that's good as it means work has soldhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas-tree-hh.jpgxmas tree HHmaybe a little overdressed but beautifully fragrant2013-12-09T02:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/15/sometimes-a-pot/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cheery-fish.jpgcheery fishearthenware bowl [made by me] with open stock decals 2013-11-15T02:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/15/flying-home/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/flying-home-2.jpgflying home 2darkness falling https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/flying-home-1.jpgflying home 1soaring skies2013-11-15T02:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/11/15/new-studio/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/new-studio-3.jpgnew studio 3the front doorhttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/new-studio-2.jpgnew studio 2 the new kiln and two of its proud owners https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/new-studio-1.jpgnew studio 13 wheels ready to get to work2013-11-15T02:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/10/22/autumn-moon/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/factory-3.jpgfactory 3final image, just top make it clear that I really love this place!https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/factory-2.jpgfactory 2factory image two, I want to live herehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/factory-1.jpgfactory 1factory image one...I love this placehttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/moon-2.jpgmoon 2Hang Hau on the nighthttps://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/moon-1.jpgmoon 1like everyone else I had to take a photo2013-10-22T06:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2013/02/20/studio-time/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/discussion2.jpgdiscussion2https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/discussion1.jpgdiscussion1Discussion of upcoming exhibition in Unit Gallery, so far categorised as works in progress and the nascent audience and coffee table accordingly covered in related stuff, in other words a living record of productivity, a still life.https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/demo2.jpgdemo2https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/demo1.jpgdemo1Demonstrating mono-printing and use of stencils and resists to manipulate slip designs for surface treatment on leather hard clay. Here the results on a porcelain body are drying slowly to minimise the formation of cracks.2013-02-20T02:54:53+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2012/12/17/selling-ceramics-at-the-weekend/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dscn3806.jpgDSCN38062012-12-17T05:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2012/11/22/urban-intervention-ceramic-graffiti/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn2999.jpgDSCN2999https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn3015.jpgDSCN3015https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn3005.jpgDSCN30052012-11-22T04:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.com/2012/10/14/fracturing-the-concrete-rhizome/https://rachelceramics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/order.jpgorder2013-01-22T16:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rachelceramics.comdaily1.02018-03-14T12:36:53+00:00