Slipware potter, working with my potter wife, Hannah McAndrew, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland www.fitchandmcandrew.co.uk https://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3ljqq4qybnk2wFresh from the kiln, a big pot I made, that Hannah @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social decorated. Here she is, checking it over. This is one of two that are destined for the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh07 Mar 2025 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqq4qybnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lhmganh34s2eI made a big pot, and Hannah @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social decorated it. This will be for an exhibition at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh if it comes out well 🙂07 Feb 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmganh34s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lgygsnwgvs2sHannah @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social and I were featured on ITV Border Life on Friday. Here's the excerpt 🙂 https://youtu.be/17aorAqCg2M?si=khyqoq8Zw2TdQbd_30 Jan 2025 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgygsnwgvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lgxemhccgs23Three large press moulded dishes, photographed recently in our workshop by Shannon Tofts30 Jan 2025 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxemhccgs23https://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lgvtpz3v3c27@fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social Hannah, decorating one of the big pots that I threw last week. This is for an upcoming exhibition at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh in April29 Jan 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvtpz3v3c27https://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lgnvk6u2jk2cHere's our Repair Shop episode from last week https://youtube.com/watch?v=LjiC7oamGc0&si=nbJzIMY9GVlLq-0U26 Jan 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnvk6u2jk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lgd6rilosc27Hannah @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social was asked to make these plates at the request of the King himself, who, I kid you not, asked for her by name. Such extraordinary skills.22 Jan 2025 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgd6rilosc27https://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lg7jvcpc622lWell @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social Hannah and I were on the telly this evening, demonstrating slipware techniques on the Repair Shop. It wasn't too bad. The section about Lockerbie was very moving, I remember it very well https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00278bc/the-repair-shop-on-the-road-series-1-dumfries-and-galloway-a-book-for-lockerbie20 Jan 2025 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7jvcpc622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lg6gcfetjc2mSo, we're on telly tonight on The Repair Shop on the Road. We will be cringing and hiding behind the sofa. It's being shown in Scotland tonight and on iplayer, then the rest of the UK, next month. Here we @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social are with ceramics restorer Kirsten Ramsay, back in July20 Jan 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6gcfetjc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lg54xmz7es2pA rookery money box. I love watching crows. When we fired our wood kiln, there was a horse chestnut tree full of rooks and jackdaws, and they inspired these money boxes. I would model them on firing days. www.fitchandmcandrew.co.uk20 Jan 2025 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg54xmz7es2phttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfxqeryrr22tTonight was the private view of the Upland exhibition, Decade, in the Kirkcudbright Galleries. It's a beautiful exhibition of art and craft, and good to see our pots in the cabinet. I always feel terribly shy at these things and want to hide away in a corner, but lovely to see lots of friends there17 Jan 2025 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxqeryrr22thttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfuxwh4rlk2rThis was a naff photo eleven years ago when it was taken 😄. Why they used this in the paper today is beyond me, but anyway, @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social and I are going to be on telly on Monday, on Repair Shop on the Road16 Jan 2025 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfuxwh4rlk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfsbmlabrk2wExtraordinary work by my great friend @andrewgrundon.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsbmlabrk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfnscohve227About 15 years ago, I was lucky enough to be able to rescue Michael Cardew's dish moulds from the defunct Wenford Bridge Pottery. I made these two fish dishes on those old moulds. They're a great shape, thank you, Michael Cardew. Photo: Shannon Tofts13 Jan 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnscohve227https://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfkzrchkf22tOur boy Fred is seven today. He's had a lovely day, bless him. My shirt has aged rather better than I have, although I'm sure it's shrunk 😉12 Jan 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfkzrchkf22thttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfghp56jek2yLate night working again tonight. I've got a big order to do, and I'm avoiding it by making another big pot. I want to get better at this, so I'm going to keep practising. Curves and proportions are tricky. The order will have to wait until Monday11 Jan 2025 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfghp56jek2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfeta5teok2sLots of birdie stuff going on in the workshop at the moment, cuckoo whistles, moneyboxes, and pressed dishes, amongst other things. We have our photographer coming next week, so we're working long days to get things finished up ready for that.10 Jan 2025 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfeta5teok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfbhtuqdkc27Sloppy slip trailing in the workshop this evening, grumpy fish and a spotty bird09 Jan 2025 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfbhtuqdkc27https://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lfa7esjck22nHannah @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social and I delivered the big pots to Kirkcudbright Galleries this morning in readiness for the Upland: Decade exhibition. Each piece represents one of the four seasons in Galloway. I was never aware that there were more than two 😀08 Jan 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfa7esjck22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lf6ao4miec2fMy hands (and belly) were on the telly last night in Scotland. They'll be on the telly in England in February. One thing that's apparent is that I haven't tidied up since June. A shot from the telly on the left and my wheel this evening on the right.07 Jan 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6ao4miec2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lf3vvxwb3c2oFour big pots completed, ready to deliver to Kirkcudbright Galleries later this week, much relief from Hannah @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social and myself06 Jan 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3vvxwb3c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lezxmiql2s2tSnow was just a nuisance to me until I had small children. The perfect end to the Christmas holidays with @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social06 Jan 2025 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lezxmiql2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lewjxyot3c2nHappy New Year! Our big pots are on their way through the kilns. The first one is now finished and awaiting its three companions. Number two will join it tomorrow. Here's Hannah @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social, paining on glaze04 Jan 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lewjxyot3c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3leicvzjoak2gHere's @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social Hannah, glazing the first of our recently-made set of four big pots for an exhibition in Kirkcudbright Galleries. It's in the kiln now. Fingers crossed for a good result.30 Dec 2024 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3leicvzjoak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3ldtlgwicsk2uWe're still working on the big pots. All four are thrown now, and @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social Hannah is getting them decorated so they can be drying over the next few days, ready for firing. Thank goodness that there's an elf here to help 🙂21 Dec 2024 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtlgwicsk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3ldp7i2yxnc2nLate night working with @fitchandmcandrew.bsky.social, making collaborative big pots that represent the four seasons with Galloway flowers, for an upcoming exhibition in January.20 Dec 2024 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldp7i2yxnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3ldmjctftfc2fPippin and Fred went to @tescoofficial.bsky.social Castle Douglas tonight to spend the £1600 they have raised this year for our local food bank. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to their fundraising, and to the Tesco staff who were brilliant this evening.18 Dec 2024 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmjctftfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lde5k42bv223Slipped15 Dec 2024 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lde5k42bv223https://bsky.app/profile/theslipwareman.bsky.social/post/3lde3vmjlsk23Finishing up Christmas orders. It's all a bit of a last-minute panic. Everything in our life always is. These are rookery money boxes, pre slipping. Hopefully, none will drop off their perches once they are rehydrated by the slip15 Dec 2024 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:bkemkoptxvtxvvipyolaky6i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lde3vmjlsk23