Living the life aquatic.⁠ Testing aqua crackle glaze over aqua underglaze. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
Laced aqua ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
“If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.” ⁠ - Paul Gauguin⁠ ⁠ Tree plate, in process.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #southafricanceramics⁠ #capetownceramics⁠ ⁠
It excites me when an indigo glaze forms a dark pool next to a watery pale blue one.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Styled by @tinamariemalherbe⁠ Photograph @dirkpieters⁠ For @plasconsa⁠
MARCH plate, halfway there. ⁠Now to find the right verse ...⁠ ⁠ Sometimes inspiration will come from the plants themselves, but other times it’s the poem that inspires me.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ I am considering painting the first verse from Leipoldt's poem, 'Di
Close up of nasturtiums on a blue MARCH plate⁠ for a client @dorp_street_gallery⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #southafricanceramics⁠ #capetownceramics⁠ #amonthonaplate⁠ #botanicalartcapetown⁠ #bluebotanicalartplates⁠
'Blue eyes see blue⁠⁠'⁠ ⁠ Words @annetaylortalk⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
'Ek hou van hoe blou ink in water vloei.'⁠ ⁠ I love the way blue ink flows.⁠ ⁠ Styled by @tinamariemalherbe⁠ Photograph @henk_hattingh_photography⁠ For @plasconsa⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
'liggaamsoefeninge' ⁠ by Breyten Breytenbach. ⁠ The poet references summer blooms ⁠ and jubilant long, hot summer evenings.⁠
For a MARCH plate I wanted a verse that evoked the heat of mid summer and found 'liggaamsoefeninge' by Breyten Breytenbach. The poet references summer blooms and jubilant long, hot summer evenings.⁠ ⁠ 'laat ons langs die strate hardloop ⁠ my beminde
Greek skies. Greek domes… ⁠ ⁠The expansive vaulted ceiling is washed in a breathtaking cornflower blue that reminds of heavenly sky and sea. Glancing up, I feel a peacefulness, a timelessness and a supreme sense of wellbeing. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamari
Blue and white like the sea and the sky⁠ ... blue underglaze on white porcelain⁠ test tile⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
Vanoggend. Is dit die sagte sluier van seemis oor die baai wat die see se blou so intens laat gloei? Die fluweelagtige pluime van die hanekamme, Celosia cristata, laat my dink aan kartelende korale.⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
Krismisrose is mos somer  “Jy pluk my hart: 'n oopgebarste krismisroos verlep in jou hand" - Martina Klopper The poet compares her exposed heart to the bloom of a hydrangea. True blue hydrangea dinner plate @dorp_street_gallery
To the ‘stoep’! ⁠ This once-off platter took me years to complete. I enlarged an illustration of a rose till it pixelated, forming the little blocks, which I then hand-painted one by one. #tinamariemalherbe
“Ek hou van hoe blou ink in water vloei. Ek is mal oor diep inkblou poele saam met mistige, waterige ‘washes’ van baie yl ligbloue."⁠ ⁠ I love the way blue ink finds its own way within water. Dark inky blues give depth and pale
I never tire of working with blue.⁠ Blue on white is complete. ⁠ It asks for no more. ⁠ Pure indigo to powder blue and ⁠ navy to cornflower blue ... ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #ceramicplateart⁠ #botanicalceramicart⁠ #ceramicartcapetown⁠ ⁠
Letting a fresh idea take form ⁠ is like nursing a new seedling. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe
In ceramics a perfect grey-green glaze is hard to find. ⁠ ⁠ 'In music, absolute green is represented by the placid, middle notes of a violin."⁠ - Analogies of colours and music, Wassily Kandinsky⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #ceramicplateart⁠ #bot
 
Living the life aquatic.⁠ Testing aqua crackle glaze over aqua underglaze. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
Laced aqua ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
“If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.” ⁠ - Paul Gauguin⁠ ⁠ Tree plate, in process.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #southafricanceramics⁠ #capetownceramics⁠ ⁠
It excites me when an indigo glaze forms a dark pool next to a watery pale blue one.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Styled by @tinamariemalherbe⁠ Photograph @dirkpieters⁠ For @plasconsa⁠
MARCH plate, halfway there. ⁠Now to find the right verse ...⁠ ⁠ Sometimes inspiration will come from the plants themselves, but other times it’s the poem that inspires me.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ I am considering painting the first verse from Leipoldt's poem, 'Di
Close up of nasturtiums on a blue MARCH plate⁠ for a client @dorp_street_gallery⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #southafricanceramics⁠ #capetownceramics⁠ #amonthonaplate⁠ #botanicalartcapetown⁠ #bluebotanicalartplates⁠
'Blue eyes see blue⁠⁠'⁠ ⁠ Words @annetaylortalk⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
'Ek hou van hoe blou ink in water vloei.'⁠ ⁠ I love the way blue ink flows.⁠ ⁠ Styled by @tinamariemalherbe⁠ Photograph @henk_hattingh_photography⁠ For @plasconsa⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
'liggaamsoefeninge' ⁠ by Breyten Breytenbach. ⁠ The poet references summer blooms ⁠ and jubilant long, hot summer evenings.⁠
For a MARCH plate I wanted a verse that evoked the heat of mid summer and found 'liggaamsoefeninge' by Breyten Breytenbach. The poet references summer blooms and jubilant long, hot summer evenings.⁠ ⁠ 'laat ons langs die strate hardloop ⁠ my beminde
Greek skies. Greek domes… ⁠ ⁠The expansive vaulted ceiling is washed in a breathtaking cornflower blue that reminds of heavenly sky and sea. Glancing up, I feel a peacefulness, a timelessness and a supreme sense of wellbeing. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamari
Blue and white like the sea and the sky⁠ ... blue underglaze on white porcelain⁠ test tile⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
Vanoggend. Is dit die sagte sluier van seemis oor die baai wat die see se blou so intens laat gloei? Die fluweelagtige pluime van die hanekamme, Celosia cristata, laat my dink aan kartelende korale.⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠
Krismisrose is mos somer  “Jy pluk my hart: 'n oopgebarste krismisroos verlep in jou hand" - Martina Klopper The poet compares her exposed heart to the bloom of a hydrangea. True blue hydrangea dinner plate @dorp_street_gallery
To the ‘stoep’! ⁠ This once-off platter took me years to complete. I enlarged an illustration of a rose till it pixelated, forming the little blocks, which I then hand-painted one by one. #tinamariemalherbe
“Ek hou van hoe blou ink in water vloei. Ek is mal oor diep inkblou poele saam met mistige, waterige ‘washes’ van baie yl ligbloue."⁠ ⁠ I love the way blue ink finds its own way within water. Dark inky blues give depth and pale
I never tire of working with blue.⁠ Blue on white is complete. ⁠ It asks for no more. ⁠ Pure indigo to powder blue and ⁠ navy to cornflower blue ... ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #ceramicplateart⁠ #botanicalceramicart⁠ #ceramicartcapetown⁠ ⁠
Letting a fresh idea take form ⁠ is like nursing a new seedling. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe
In ceramics a perfect grey-green glaze is hard to find. ⁠ ⁠ 'In music, absolute green is represented by the placid, middle notes of a violin."⁠ - Analogies of colours and music, Wassily Kandinsky⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #tinamariemalherbe⁠ #ceramicplateart⁠ #bot
 

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