After the last blog you were probably expecting me to write about Yves Klein, but no! I met Miche at 'Art in clay' at Hatfield a wee while ago, I am a great fan of simplicity and - although you may not know it - blue and white pottery, and I loved every piece she had on show! That isn't to say that is all she makes, but it was the blue and white I saw that day that drew me in. Click on this image to go to Miche:Follano.com #art #artist #Potter #moirarae #moiraraecarter #moira

Mary Wondrausch - I've linked this image to a video of her on Vimeo Great lady, so very passionate about not only her own work but others, I know she also loved Barry Stedman's work, mentioned in a previous blog, as she told me at a Hatfield last summer ...while we were standing next to him! I only met her twice and both times she was a joy to talk to, the first time I was in my twenties and studying pottery - Adult Education classes in Surbiton and Twickenham - there was a

Yes, I know, not everyone's cup of tea, and my best friend Elaine was suitably unimpressed when I asked her to join me and Mum on a visit to: “Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay” at the Royal Academy in 1998. But, by the time we left she'd changed her mind - Mum had too! I fell in love with his ceramics on a birthday trip to Bonhams with a friend from work, many, many years ago - a goats head dish was up for auction - it may have been this one! And here I go again - freed

Artist and Potter - or is that Potter and Artist?! Either way I love the freedom in his work... I seem to be mentioning Freedom a lot! I've seen his pots several times and even bought a wee red one for my sister - she loves it. I've also noticed I seem to be picking images with a definite blue element. #art #artist #Potter #moirarae #moiraraecarter #moiracarter #inspiration #ceramic #barrysteadman #Inspiringartistoftheday