Recent Comments
pennimania on We Come in Peas. Sonny Hayes on We Come in Peas. We Come in Peas. | c… on Green fuse. 
julia cowie on La Fontana delle Scimmie.… julia cowie on SylvaC Stories: Bunny Boi…
Category Archives: Pleionexia
Ah, love. Let us be true to one another. *
You must have realised by now that I like puns. And root vegetables. I don’t think the two are incompatible. I began working on the Vegetable Tortures just before I went to EKWC* and the turnip on the right was … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, EKWC, Pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Tagged ceramics, consumption, EKWC, Greed, Matthew Arnold, pleonexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Leave a comment
Soft Words Butter No Parsnips.
They say soft words butter no parsnips. Nevertheless this gem from Kenny Be, whose work I have raved about before – check him out here is ‘tender and true”. But back to my own stuff and the never ending tortures. It’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Boboli Personality, ceramics, Pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Tagged The Vegetable Tortures
Leave a comment
Zebra Crossing
“ How far beyond zebra you go….” * I still don’t know how far I can or will go with the Vegetable Tortures. Every time I think I’m finished with them something tickles my fancy. (Oooh Matron!) and I start … Continue reading
Crambe Repetita (repetita): the return of the cabbage AND the flamingos.
A couple of years ago I quoted the Roman satirist Juvenal’s aphorism: occidit miseros crambe repetita magistros – literally cabbage repeated is the death of the wretched masters. Looks like I’m guilty myself. This is a piece that I made when I was … Continue reading
Posted in Boboli Personality, ceramics, Pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Tagged The Vegetable Tortures
Leave a comment
We Come in Peas.
In another lifetime I used to work on the Kidz Field at Glastonbury festival. One of the many joys of the job was the magnificent quality and variety of the ambient performance artists. I particularly remember a pair of extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Caterpillar Chronicles, ceramics, EKWC, Pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures, Uncategorized
Tagged The Vegetable Tortures
2 Comments
The Man from Monsanto: he say no!
I don’t much like eating pineapples – they make my mouth hurt, but I do admire their stylish form. In a previous post I briefly mentioned Wedgwood pineapple and cauliflower ware and how much I have been influenced by … Continue reading
Posted in Boboli Personality, ceramics, Pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Tagged GM food, The Vegetable Tortures
Leave a comment
The Vegetable Tortures: Myxomatosis. (Trigger warning: contains distressing image)
Cauliflowers have proved a very fruitful design source for ceramics; the delicious texture of their creamy, curdy centre that contrasts so well with the emerald leaves has been an absolute gift to anyone who works with white earthenware and copper … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, Pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Tagged The Vegetable Tortures
Leave a comment
A Melon for Ecstacy.
A woman for duty, A boy for pleasure, But a melon for ecstasy. – Old Turkish proverb For some months I’ve been playing about with the idea of the Vegetable Tortures. I would like to be able to say that … Continue reading
Raphanidosis: the birth of the vegetable tortures.
Rhaphanidosis is the act of inserting the root of a plant of the raphanogenus (commonly known as a radish) into the anus. It is mentioned by Aristophanes as a punishment for adultery in classical Athens in the fifth and fourth century BC. … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, Pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Tagged ceramics, consumption, pleionexia, The Vegetable Tortures
Leave a comment
caterpillar sandwiches 