Just a quick walk from the studio is small bay with a rock little beach. This is the view before you walk down the stone steps leading to the beach.
Stone steps.
View from the beach.
Class trip out to Dunbeath castle. They call the drive a keyhole drive due to the slow emerging image of the castle slowly revealing itself as you approach. Although we weren't able to tour the castle .... as it is still a privately owned house .... or castle ... the owners kindly allow Northland to tour then stunning gardens.
View from the Victorian garden door. The front of the castle was built in the 14th century with the rear section, gardens and keyhole drive being designed and added in the 19th.
Inside the victorian gardens
Each of the gardens is surrounded by a high wall ...... We had to make sure to close the door so rabbits didn't get it ....... I am not sure what kind of rabbits they have in Scotland that need a 3 meter stone fence to keep them out but I hope I never meet one!
Wall and door of the Victorian gardens ....... looks a little like the secret garden ...... feels a bit like the secret garden inside.
Some round spiky thistles in the garden ... Scotland has the most amazing varieties of thistles. It seems like every one you pick if different then the last.
Ebony and I sitting by the large egg that the owner of the castle drew up and had built.
Some local frozen cuisine and all this for only 1.19 pound
This seems to be the standard Scottish breakfast ..... not frozen like this one but our landlady is more then happy to cook you up a full breakfast of sausage, bacon, beans, mushroom, black pudding, tomatoes, toast, and I am sure I am forgetting something..... Let's just say that I'm not losing weight.
Night out at the Bay View hotel
Having a few drinks with some of the locals.
After a few drinks.
After a few to many drinks.
Isabella working on her wax.
Wax ready to be invested.
A gel-flex mould of a stone for my casting.
A band of packing tape around the mould makes a quick and easy seal for pouring my wax stone.
Ready to pour my branch mould for my core.
Shaun working on his mould getting it ready for the kiln.
Bubble bubble toil and trouble max didn't shave so he has stubble ..... and is making a gel-flex mould.
More demo's
The mould of the left has been filled with refractory mix reinforced with kiln wire. I am getting my wax cleaned up and ready for mould making.
Refractory branch out of the gel-flex mould ready to be put inside of stone.
I made two mating stones one with the branch on the stone and the other with the branch through the mould.
Part the Scottish class on sweets and chocolate ..... this is a little bit of a side class that has been running along side Angela's class.
Terracotta pots drilled out and ready for the kiln.
All packed and ready!!!
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