Very good women

As a reward for hard work Sonia took me to Heath Ceramics yesterday – a factory producing tiles and ceramic tableware, founded fifty years ago by Edith Heath. Edith was a fascinating woman. She found a source of clay, developed glazes, and made forms so elegant and practical that many of her originals are still [...]

How to stop seeing what isn’t there

I am sure this is obvious to many of you, but perhaps not to everyone. I have spent the weekend teaching a course on Colour and Design. There are many aspects of the course, but I’m going to talk about one, as it is an approach to looking that can be taught. It might seem [...]