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The Ancient Monument Pot is Finished

Here it is, Waylands Smithy up on the Ridgeway, in low winter sun. Very pleased with this, I don’t usually glaze these but it’s come out really well.

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Another Ancient Monument on a Pot

I joined a co-working hour the other day hosted by the author Clover Stroud, instead of writing (though i did write a bit too) I got on with thsi pot, which suddently decided it wanted to have Wayland’s Smithy on it. So here’s the beginning of that.

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Sodium Silicate mania! 🤣🤣

I often like to make pots that look like they have been at the bottom of the sea for a few decades/centuries (it's the archaeologist in me I think). The technique of using sodium silicate to allow the clay surface to be cracked is horribly addictive! Here's test pot from a few weeks ago using crank terracotta & porcelain.

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Landscape Pot - Childrey Warren, The Ridgeway.

Not the best photo and unfortunately I completely failed to get a picture after it was fired, and before it went to it’s new home! This is inspired by Childrey Warren, up on the Ridgeway.

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Excited to be at Celebrating Ceramic Creations at The Dolphin Gallery 🐬 in Wantage tomorrow (5th April) from 9am. I'm one of ten local potters showing and selling our work. Hope to see lots of lovely pottery fans there 😊

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Three Little Pots

Three little pots enjoying the spring sunshine. Like the larger Labyrinth and Spiral pots these are stoneware with a tuquoise glaze. The middlle one has an ‘arches’ motif found in Newgrange Tomb, Eire (I’m fairly sure it pops up elsewhere too).

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