I made a bowl and flattened it over the course of several days as much as the porcelain (and my skills) would allow. And then I glued it on top of a cylinder…
Audrey Blackman porcelain; wax crayon.
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A small tribute to Janet Leach, whose work I don’t think gets the recognition it deserves.
Sibelco WM 2502 clay body, brushed Turner’s White, brushed copper oxide.
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I’d forgotten that playing with tape can be fun.
Sibelco WM clay body, E. Cooper’s #256 satin black, chrome-tin red.

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The instructor in a porcelain workshop asked us to make a mug and a bowl, neither of which I’ve ever managed to produce decently. Gluing was the inept’s way out…

Audrey Blackman porcelain; E. Cooper’s glaze No. 250.

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A little playtime in the studio.

I’ve been nudged into trying forms and ideas I might never have wandered toward on my own, and it’s been a fun kind of stretching.

Which one are you drawn to?

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A little playtime in the studio.

I’ve been nudged into trying forms and ideas I might never have wandered toward on my own, and it’s been a fun kind of stretching.

Which one are you drawn to?

#HandmadeCeramics #Pottery #GlazingTrails #StudioCeramics #CeramicArt #Handmade #Ceramics

Kilnload of disappointments, first instalment:
AB porcelain body, base of Turner’s White with Zircopax, sponged copper- and red iron-oxide wash, painted manganese-copper-iron wash along rim

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Goerg & Schneider 376 clay body, Turner’s White glaze in 3/2/1-coats from top, dripping copper-oxide wash along the rim.

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Goerg & Schneider 376 clay body, painted china- and ball-clay slip, single-fired.

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Access to the kiln after a while!
With gratitude and apologies to Lucie Rie and Hans Coper: Goerg & Schneider 376 clay body, slapdash copper-oxide wash under Turner’s White glaze.

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