Saturday afternoon I took a few hours off from the studio to attend an artist talk by Paul Scott, a UK ceramicist who wrote a book on print and ceramics. He does traditional blue willow ware with modern British  landscapes that often comment on contemporary social issues like nuclear power and foot and mouth disease.

In sharp contrast to images of radioactive pigeons and burning cows, there was a show in the same space of an artist named Cathy Miles, who does the most wonderful metal bird sculptures that are laugh out loud whimsical.