Jonquil Cook

Potter, ceramic design, printmaker

[Jonquil Cook @jonquilcook]

Fresh from the kiln today, this part thrown part handbuilt vase will be on it’s way to join more of my sgraffito decorated Wildflower collection at Glynde Place next weekend. The video posted after the photos shows the piece with the carving nearly comp… https://t.co/ZuqyLEBgsb

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Spring is officially sprung here in south London; what a totally gorgeous weekend it’s been- full of birdsong, buds, blossom and the brightest of yellows! It’s been good for the soul but now it’s going to be nose to the grindstone for a couple of weeks a… https://t.co/K4YamYYa7B

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Did I post this one already…? Oh well never mind ; remembering that lovely afternoon at #fontayneroadstudios with @stoov67 here are some pots with a little of what fuelled the creativity ! #maconvillages #photographysession #stonewarepottery #studioc… https://t.co/VIaMcj2Xfq

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Back home in London after a short birthday-treat break with my wonderful daughter @luciedcook and thinking about these designs again: I started making this very free-hand, brightly coloured tin glazed ware about a year ago, feeling a little exhausted and… https://t.co/eGANKfcvr2

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@Nigel_Farage @GaryLineker You absolute scum @Nigel_Farage

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Swimming koi sgraffito-carved onto porcelain bowls and a part thrown, part slab built vase. These and other fishy works will be on show at my first ceramics event of 2023: Potfest Southeast at beautiful Glynde Place, April 21,22,23. Visit @potfest.co.uk … https://t.co/1yz1uaNSWZ

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I’ve made a few of these stoneware coffee pots with filter section, decorated with my sgraffito wildflower designs and glazed a satin matt white. These were a mini global phenomenon when they appeared in the pages of a country living magazine supplement!… https://t.co/qTEBrxMndv

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Umbellifer and Wildflower vase with hellebores and early magnolia, soon to be blooming alongside lots of other wonderful pots @potfest.co.uk #ceramicdesign #stonewarepottery #springflowers #wildflowers #hellebores #ceramiquecontemporaine #vegetale #sgraf… https://t.co/kKpuRx2iAj

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Preparations are underway for a series of shows I am participating in this year, starting with a return to beautiful Glynde Place with the first Potfest of the year! New designs such as the ‘modern Minoan’ octopus pieces will be on show alongside the wor… https://t.co/iq32fmQiQr

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@guardian An awful lot of lifetime labour people won’t be voting labour at the next election

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Matt Hancock gave a PPE contract to his sisters company which he owned 20% of. Then denied it when confronted and covered up the evidence which has only just come out.

In total he has been personally involved in more than £600,000,000 of PPE fraud.

Arrest him, NOW.

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Black stoneware with white sgraffito Koi design: plates and ginger jar available for last minute Christmas shoppers at Skylark Gallery on Gabriel’s Wharf, open 7 days a week from 11-5pm right up until Xmas eve @skylark_galleries_london @gabriels_wharf @s… https://t.co/AtBXBJkYA6

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So last year at Potfest this bloke was admiring my Koi pots; we had a chat during which he admitted that what he was really into was octopuses ( it was actually pretty obvious judging by the enormous beautiful octopus tattoo up his arm). I don’t know if … https://t.co/V6DqQVoYMA

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Our Christmas window is in place at Skylark Galleries on Gabriel’s Wharf: I am sharing the shelves with ceramics by @cnuttallsmithceramicsandprints @rjd.greenwich and @tobiasheather This cosy gallery is run by a collective of around 40 artists and is ope… https://t.co/BUBa5WXEUD

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A change from potting today: installing a Christmas window decoration at Made in Greenwich with fellow ceramicist @cnuttallsmithceramicsandprints We think our window looks pretty amazing! come and stock up on gifts at this beautiful community craft shop … https://t.co/ATem2YU81R

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My latest display of ceramics at @skylark_galleries_london looks very happy alongside Carol Edgar’s beautiful paintings and with Caroline Nuttall-Smith’s characterful birds and sculptures snuggled beneath. We are a contented little bunch here @gabriels_w… https://t.co/5A0lVlDyeE

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

The Daily Mail backed the libertarian ideologues who crashed our economy
(Location: Wakefield)

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I’ve been carving trees again today; these take ages but I think I love creating tree forms almost more than any other. Quietly working on these came as a big relief after yesterday’s exhausting hours of glazing.The inspiration for these particular trees… https://t.co/eUIruUimPX

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

This should be compulsory viewing for all media bookers who have done so much to legitimise these dark money hard right free market fundamentalists. @BBCNews @SkyNews @itvnews @Channel4News They should only be on the tv as the subject of investigative journalism

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

A historic failure