So finally, here is my coilware vase, lately referred to as the termite mound vase, in all its matt blue-grey glazed glory. Coilware is hand built using sausages of clay layered up and ‘glued’ with slip and then smoothed together. It’s an easy construction method to learn but getting a finished object that doesn’t look [...]
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Coilware
Posted in Ceramic techniques, Professional Potters, Vessels, tagged ceramics, coilware, David Wright, hand built, handmade, photographs, Professional Potters on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A rather different update
Posted in Professional Potters, tagged BBC, ceramic design, ceramics, early pottery, history, Jessie Tait, radio 4 on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t have any more finished pieces or even works in progress to show off because I’ve been laid up with a badly infected wisdom tooth and missed the last 2 classes. But I thought I’d share a couple of interesting links with you: Today’s Woman’s Hour featured a piece about the ceramic designs of [...]
Meeting the Professionals
Posted in Events, Inspiration, Professional Potters, tagged ceramics, potfest, pottery studios, Professional Potters on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spend a happy few hours at Potfest Scotland on Saturday. This is the 3rd year I’ve been to the event and it was interesting to see what has changed and what hasn’t. There was a very noticeable increase in the number of people with jewellery on their stalls (I guess because of the economy), [...]
