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NEW RELEASE (15th July 2010)

• Terry has now released his first design on the new circular box (SH6). This has been made exclusively for Terry and Steve and is a beautiful shape. The subject is Winter Robins. Surprisingly this is the first time Terry has used this subject either on Moorcroft Enamels or on china and what a brilliant job he has done. Details are now on his SALES PAGE...... where you will find a link to further images and information.

NEW RELEASE (20th February 2010)

• Terry has now released his first design for 2010. This Badger piece was hinted at below and is painted on a new shape of outside only vase (SH5). Details are now on his SALES PAGE...... where you will find a link to further images and information.

NEW RELEASES (26th January 2010)

• Steve has now released his three new designs. Details can be found on his sales page......NEW PIECES. Descriptions of each piece can be found in the catalogue by following the links on the Sales page.
• Steve has, as usual, excelled himself - once again my photos can't do justice to the beauty of his work. Retailers will be receiving stock over the coming months. Only No. 1 of each piece is currently available - proceeds from the sale of these pieces will be donated to UK wildlife conservation....please see my other website for details.....WEBSITE
• Now for news of Terry. He has had a couple of small operations which have set his work plans back somewhat. I am pleased to report that everything has gone well and he is beginning to get back to normal. He is well on the way to completing a "hound" piece on the new circular box, has one or two commission pieces on the go and is busy sketching a design for a new vase - Badgers and/or owls may feature here. Watch this space.

NEWS OF NEW RELEASES (7th January 2010)

• Steve has been working hard over the last few weeks on three new designs for 2010 and he is now approaching the finishing stages on the first piece of each edition. Full details will be available soon, but for the moment I can give you the subjects and shapes. First, there will be a Meerkat vase, painted outside only, which Steve has wanted to do for some time as a completely different type of subject. Having mentioned this subject to one or two people we've found that it could well be popular. Then there will be two inside-outside pieces - one of Kingfishers and one of Avocets. Steve's Kingfisher box sold out very quickly and is much sought after, so he wanted to revisit the subject, but in a different way. The Avocet is a striking bird and symbol of the RSPB. Again, this is one Steve has been thinking about for some time and, after initial difficulties getting the design for the outside to his liking, Steve is really delighted with the way it has turned out and thinks it looks the very striking piece he had hoped to create. Clearly there will be some months work to paint these three editions, so pieces will be arriving at retailers over a period of time.

NEWS ITEM (8th December 2009)

• Simon King of BBC wildlife fame has chosen Steve's Woodpecker vase as December's prize in the competition on his website. If you would like to enter - a simple question needs answering based on the website contest - details at www.simonkingwildlife.com

NEWS ITEMS (1st AUGUST 2009)

• Steve and Terry are now well on the way to having their own special circular box - the final plaster version is complete (see picture) and work is under way to make the moulds. When they started their own businesses they used a standard circular box which, although of high quality, was not ideal for their unique "inside-outside" technique. The new box, very cleverly, will have a slightly curved interior so that designs can flow more easily round the corners, avoiding the 90' bend on the standard box. The gold band at the base will balance nicely with that on the lid.
• Steve has been invited by Simon King to provide a monthly prize for his website. Well known to viewers of BBC wildlife programmes like Spring Watch, Simon is a superb wildlife film-maker and runs his own website with news of his activities, photos and merchandise for sale. The competition will not be until later this year or early next year but I will post details here when I know more. A free entry would give you the chance to win a unique one-off piece.
• I have only one NUMBER 1 (Terry's "Watching and Waiting") still for sale with proceeds going to a conservation charity. I will also have Steve's Puffins jar for sale soon, although that will be No. 2/10. The rest have sold following advertising in the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Magazine...CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

NOW RELEASED (10th JUNE 2009)

Terry will be releasing his first design on the lidded vase SH4. Here is a preliminary image of an incredibly detailed piece featuring Blue Tits, Great Tits, and Coal Tits painted both INSIDE and OUTSIDE, with some gorgeous insects for added interest.

No. 1 is available for sale immediately (SORRY - NOW SOLD) via this website or phone 01229 586737 with the profit being donated to conservation projects ...CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

NOW RELEASED .............more details and images at:
.......SALES PAGE
.......TERRY'S CATALOGUE

NEWS ITEMS (20th MAY 2009)

• Steve and Terry recently attended a very successful fair at Builth Wells with Nick Garner and demonstrated their painting. They were pleased to meet old friends and new and had two very successful days, with much interest being shown in their pieces and orders placed. Even after nearly three years some collectors of Moorcroft Enamels are delighted to find that Steve and Terry are still painting, when they thought or had been told they had retired!! Nick does stirling work touring the country and providing an opportunity for the pieces to be examined in the hand - check out his website for details of where he will be going in the coming months.
• Steve and Terry have recently been busy designing their next shapes so that Mark can get on with producing and testing the moulds. In the pipeline is a new vase for outside only painting (see photo of plaster model - it's in the middle between the lidded vase and the prestige vase just to give an idea of size). They have also designed a new circular box which is going to be quite special and unique. Mark has also been busy preparing some very thin (almost paper thin), very small plaques for which Steve and Terry have some quite ambitious plans for the future.
• Steve is working hard to paint the Puffins edition so that retailers can have their stock over the next few weeks - most seem to be sold though even before they've received them, so unfortunately I don't think there are any that can be viewed just at the moment.
• Terry is close to finishing his first design on the lidded jar which will have an autumn theme and feature birds. Terry was delighted with his Grey Wagtail vase and was keen to paint birds again as most of his designs on china to date have been mammals. Watch this page for details and images in the next few weeks. No. 1 will be available through this website, raising money for conservation.

NEW RELEASE - STEPHEN SMITH (2nd APRIL 2009)
"LITTLE BROTHERS " - L/E of 10 - PRICE £1265
NEW SHAPE LIDDED VASE

Steve has now released the first design on the new "ginger" type or lidded jar. A tremendous amount of work has gone into this piece and it is quite beautiful. Puffins are very popular and this one is sure to sell out quickly - such was the confidence of retailers that all 10 of the edition were ordered before the release of the design!

DETAILS ON THE SALES PAGE
MORE IMAGES AND DETAILS...STEVE'S CATALOGUE

NEWS SNIPPETS (14th MARCH 2009)

• The April edition of Collect It magazine, just out, has a very interesting article about Steve and Terry's work, although the photos are a little dark. It covers the progress they have made in the last two years and the popularity of their work (about 95% of the production in 2008 has already been sold!).
• Steve is close to finishing the first design on the new lidded vase or ginger jar (see right). It will be painted inside and outside. He has chosen PUFFINS as his subject - watch this space for further details.
• At the end of March and early April two adverts will be appearing in Wildlife magazines offering several of Steve and Terry's pieces, including some numbered 1. The magazines have a joint circulation of almost half a million so we anticipate some interest. In future, Steve and Terry will allocate number 1 of each edition to be sold to raise money for wildlife conservation.
  Details of pieces for sale for this purpose can be found at:
  http://www.cumbria-wildlife.org.uk/china.html

NEW RELEASE - TERRY HALLORAN (1st JANUARY 2009)
"SUMMER WAGTAIL " - L/E of 10 - PRICE £450
NEW BUD VASE SHAPE SH3

Terry has now completed the first design on the new bud vase (SH3). This vase is just over 10 cm tall and was designed by Steve and Terry to sit alongside and complement the SH2 vase. Like their other china, it is hand made for them by a local craftsman of great skill and is a beautiful piece in its own right, even before painting.
Terry's design, of a Grey Wagtail and Water Lilies, recreates a summer scene beside a pool. The design is beautifully balanced and really makes you feel that you are enjoying those sultry days of mid-summer - the perfect anti-dote to our current cold winter weather. Do take a look at these links for the full picture:

Full images on the SALES PAGE.
See TERRY'S CATALOGUE for further details.

COLLECTORS' CLUB SHOW - NOV. 22/23 2008 - PETERBOROUGH

Steve and Terry spent two enjoyable days demonstrating at the show. Visitors were fascinated to see the inside-outside technique in action and many expressed their amazement that the inside of a vase could be painted in this way. One visitor to the stand was none other than Eric Knowles, the well-known antiques expert and leading authority on ceramics. Eric was so impressed with the pieces he saw that he kept returning, each time bringing with him another colleague or expert to make sure they had seen Steve and Terry's work. With an endorsement like this, these pieces are surely destined to be the antiques of the future! Ever obliging, Eric readily agreed to be photographed holding one of Steve's vases and with Steve's wife and son (see photos left, below and on the biography page).

The vase Eric is holding is a piece Steve is currently painting as an exclusive for Church's China of Northampton. In a limited edition of 10, "Safely Home" features the popular subject of Blue Tits. The title of the piece stems from the scene Steve has cleverly designed for the inside - it shows the view from the inside of a nest in a tree hole, with one adult sitting on eggs as the other is seen returning through the entrance hole, with the outside world beyond. Contact Stephen Church at Church's China (01604 627031) if you would like further details or to order this vase.

Eric Knowles examines Steve's "Safely Home" vase at the Peterborough Show	Terry, Stephen Church and Steve at the show. Photo taken by and reproduced with the kind permission of "Collect It" magazine.

or visit STEVE'S BIOGRAPHY or TERRY'S BIOGRAPHY for some interesting information,
plus lots more elsewhere.