I went to the Affordable Art Fair the other day in London and these are some of the artists i liked in no particular order...check them out:

Simon Tozer: http://www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/341

Keith Hayman: www.keithhayman.co.uk - I'm not sure if this is the right Keith because his site is not up and running at the mo but will be soon so check it out when it's done.

Paul Bower: http://paulbower.co.uk/

Jonny Hannah: http://www.heartagency.com/artist/JonnyHannah/gallery/1

Maggie Jennings: http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ArtistID=1743

Alison Read: http://www.brumfield.co.uk/printmaking-gallery/alison-read/alison-read.html

I was advised by Living Etc magazine, not personally but because i bought the magazine and read about it, to join the private online members store: achica.com. I'm not to sure about it and am worried i've taken up limited space on the membership list...if you know of this sight please share your thoughts because i'm not sure i have the patience to get to know it any better but i'd love to be proven wrong and find out it's the best.

I'm loving Elle Decoration this month, i'm not always a fan but they've ticked the right boxes for me this month (April 2010).

I've actually found a very useful link through an article in it - i use a transfer process to get my designs on to the ceramics but i have been having major problems and loosing lots of the ceramics (and money!) in the kilning process not the fault of the wonderful compan, Jones and the Thimbles, whom do all my firing for me but the fault of the actual ceramics and my cheap skate self! But anyway back to the point, the website is www.homecrafts.co.uk and through them i will buy some transfer paper at a reasonable price and will just put the ceramics in the oven - not a long term solution but great for testing purposes!

I'm potty about these little pots i made! haaha

If you like cheese as much as i do then maybe you'd like to put it on this lovely cheese board i designed.

The ceramic plate is originally from Burleigh, which is a family business established in 1851 and is still manufacturing a pure English earthenware product in the 21st Century. Their stuff is beautiful and i feel very privileged to have transfered my design onto their ceramic. For more details on Burleigh please take a look at their website:

http://www.burleigh.co.uk/index.php

The fruits of my Valentine labour: