Bird and Pomegranate
In the 1860s the designer and leading light of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris, designed a block-printed repeat image...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 23, 2021
- 4 min
Trials and tribulations of a ceramic tile maker
Before I left France to move back to London in 2018 I received a commission for a large tile splash back for a kitchen in a new build...
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Jonquil Cook
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
Lockdown pots
I have thought a lot about writing a post about my feelings and my work during the 'lockdown' of these past few months; thought about it,...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
Umbell-ievable
I have a thing with umbellifers. It began when I was living in southern Burgundy, in the beautiful French countryside. The month of May...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
Commissioned work
One of the great pleasures of being a studio potter, aiming to create functional and beautiful ceramics, is when a client comes to you...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Fish pots
I produced my first sgraffito on a stoneware fish bowl around ten years ago and displayed it in the exhibition, 'Impressions', that I...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
Flood
It was winter, early in 2018. Rain battered the glass panes in my bedroom window and a howling wind stole through all the nooks and...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 11, 2020
- 4 min
Fforest
I was enjoying a gorgeous wood-fired pizza in a tepee in the Welsh coastal town of Cardigan when I first came across the word 'forest'...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
India
Once again I find myself describing work in one medium, inspired by work in another, and once again it's all about the carving of wood...
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Jonquil Cook
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
Blackwell, a love of the Lakes
The Blackwell series This particular design is named after the beautiful National Trust property that hugs the hillside to the south-east...
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