Pots and Paintings

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I’ve finally started spending more time at my pottery so here are just a few photos of what I’ve been making. As I’ve got back into throwing pots I’ve realised that I never really mastered the lifting process in that I’ve not managed to get a pronounced ‘step’ to my lifting so throwing large pots has been been a bit hit and miss. However, I made some progress last week so hope to soon be lifting the clay up more quickly and with fewer lifts. I’ve also been trying to improve my handles as they needed a more generous section to them.

Prior to setting up my pottery on the Isle of Wight the last batch of pots I had made were those thrown and fired at the school where I had been teaching. Many had been glazed with the taggs yard glazes (chun/tenmoku over either the red glaze or the reactive slip).  These glazes are capable of giving a wide variety of colours and can be pleasantly unpredictable.  A more recent firing done in my gas kiln, which I confess I’m still getting used to firing, was not an overall success but did produce a few interesting results.