New Beginnings

ByJoseph Travis

Beaker Crushed

 

I decided recently that the best thing to do was to start everything afresh.  That means I am going to archive my old blog that I haven’t used in 3 years.  I will also be adding posts from my research blog to have everything in one place.

Since I last blogged as Red Fox Pottery, I qualified as a teacher for post compulsory education, took a year out as a full time dad and then started a Masters Degree at Manchester Metropolitan University.

My wife Anthea is doing Nursing training, so I can’t see any new ceramic animals in the new future.

At the moment I’m not selling anything but plan on doing a pottery give away in the next few months so watch this space.

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