The challenge of pricing Hand carving large mahogany bowls is time-consuming and challenges the notion of putting a price to your time. Sometimes people under-estimate the time it takes to complete an item and sometime people have an idea of the most they will pay for an item. There is sometimes a conflict between commercial mass production and hand-made. When […]
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Wikipedia: The heart shape is an ideograph used to express the idea of the “heart” in its metaphorical or symbolic sense as the center of emotion, including affection and love. “Touch has a memory.” –John Keats “Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of […]
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Most beautiful mahogany ever. I have been carving wood for 50 years. I enjoy carving woods with distinct grains with the grain sometimes dictating the forms I carve. Never have I experienced a more beautiful mahogany than the last remaining piece of the historic Old Anguilla Tree I bought in 1980 from the gentleman on whose land the grew. The […]
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Top spot for handmade gifts and souvenirs Are you about to embark on your dream vacation to Anguilla? You should know where to shop for local handmade gifts and souvenirs. The Devonish Art Gallery is more than an art gallery, as the official name states, Devonish Art Gallery and Gift Shop. The CEO, Courtney Devonish, is not only one of […]
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Several persons have expressed an interest in tutoring under my headline, Anyone can be a Ceramic Artist. Allow me to help you prepare for your first lesson where I can guarantee you will be able to produce a set earning target from the first lesson, without any prior experience or training. 1. Set your income target and begin with a […]
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During the eighties, I was hired as a ceramic consultant to travel throughout the Eastern Caribbean, researching ceramic materials, mainly clay, sourcing Canadian ceramic materials and equipment, and setting up training workshops targeting school children and unemployed persons. As the owner of COD Pottery and Ceramics, I was faced with unskilled help, so I employed youngsters and trained them from […]
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Nice to know you are appreciated. It was an honor to be featured by the Anguilla Department of Youth and Culture, in their 1918-9 calendar. My wife and I and the gallery were featured on one and a half pages in the calendar, including the month of February, my birth month. Needless to say it was a surprise, but we […]
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The only existing photo of my work as an artist outside of ceramics, copper and carving——————————-> I have written about journalists publishing my address in articles. One journalist confessed that they could not understand how I could afford one of the most expensive apartments in the only central heated building in the heart of the traffic-free shopping center on a […]
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As soon as we landed in Barbados, we began to make preparations to open an Art Gallery/Gift Shop and Boutique. The intention was to take a teaching job and the wife would manage the business. A teaching job was offered, but the fear of teaching for the rest of my life was real. Creating art was my passion, so […]
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Life as a Teacher and Artist in England. My scrapbook is old and not in the best shape but it allows me to share some of the print media coverage starting 55 years ago in Coventry, England. As a school teacher, creating art in the summer […]
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