- Leather hard ready for the first firing
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These two came out of the kiln yesterday (10.4.’12). They are spoken for but mark a step up in size for the potter. Throwing large is a new skill which I am still mastering,eg. the blue one on the right was thrown in two parts. Can you see the join?
The Big bowl is a commission which specified 15″ ( sorry 38cms) wide. Someone makes a lot of bread! The vases will go to our electrician and the butter dish to our son and his wife. Several of our local villages run regular events for craft makers to sell their products. The other main outlet for most of us is commissions from This a typical display. You can’t get much on a 6′ by 2′ table (sorry about the old money sizes! ) so we tend to extend upwards with things like adapted shoe racks (my solution ). Little spotlights add a special sparkle. As you may have noticed I do drawings of birds too; the Parish magazine likes them for its frontals. Bless!
Now is the winter of our freezing garage made summer by a warm workshop! It’s lovely and there’s more. I have bought a 50 year old Alsager wheel just like my old one at college. Just like rediscovering an old friend and picking up where you left off all those years ago. (Poor old duffer’s getting sentimental again). These are some of the first fruits from wheel and workshop.
I have finally made it! There’s a str
Guess what? The casserole came out of the kiln with a huge crack across the bottom. Lid’s OK so I’ll throw a new base. Watch this space. There’s a lot of work in thrown teapots because three of the parts are thrown and the handle is formed by cutting out, extruding or pulling out from a lump on the side of the pot. This one is cut and smoothed |
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Craft Event customers, other craft makers. and of course friends and family (they don’t ask for freebies so I often give them anyway!)
