My ugly little teapot didn’t survive the biscuit firing. It turns out that the base was too thick, and it obviously still held a little ...

We were asked to do some test tiles for Triaxial Glaze Blending later in the month. I decided to do Terracotta as my final piece will be i...

 I thought I would practise my new found Sgrafitto skills on my kidney dishes. They had been dried to a leather hard state (not fired) and...

 This morning we had a ‘slip decorating’ demo planned, and our tutor had prepared a large dish to demonstrate on. As I was hanging about t...

 As I am planning to do some terracotta tiles soon, I decided I would make a flat glaze tester to test out some glazes before I use them on ...

 Remember this lovely (even if I do say so myself) dish I made ….. well, it’s now in the clay recycling tub ☹ I was looking through the...

 For this slump mould I drew a shape on a piece of A4 mountboard and cut it out with a sharp craft knife. Then I rolled out my clay to 0.6mm...

 Today we had a demo in making Sling or Slump Moulds. You create a sling over a frame, using a towel (or other fabric) – but first you nee...

  We were encouraged to try the three different types of clay available in the workshop – Stoneware, Earthenware and Porcelain. I decided ...

Another first in ceramics today for me – learning how to slab build. With slab building you have to roll out the clay to your desired thic...

It was the first of my ceramic lessons today – not a module I was particularly looking forward to, I must admit. Having done ceramics at s...

My first attempts at making coil pots. With this technique you make a base then build the sides of the pots up using coils, which you then s...

As I run workshops for young folks, I keep having to come up with new ideas so they keep coming back to take part. Sometimes the ideas ...