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Glaze the toad in your chosen colour – again applying
the recommended number of coats. Note – a brush-
on type really makes glazing this fiddly beastie much
easier.

c Finish up by painting the eyes in a glossy black to make

them shine once fired.

5

c Finally, glaze the pebbles in c Fire your toad house to the recommended temperature

a selection of colours to add a for your glazes.
little variety to the arrangement. The example shown here used: Amaco Cacao Matte for

You can dot, spatter or drip the inside of the house, the toad body and some of the
glazes over one another for pebbles, with Mayco Satin Patina and Weathered Grey on
added effect if you want a more the remainder of the pebbles.
varied finish. Again, brush-on glazes are much easier to
apply for details like this. Bisque-fired to cone 04 (1060°C, 1940°F) and glaze-
fired to cone 6 (1222°C, 2232°F) in an electric kiln.

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PROJECT BUTTERFLY
FOUR DRINKER

The premise of this project is to make something to encourage butterflies into the garden.
Of course, you can do this by planting nectar-rich flowers and shrubs, and there are many
they are particularly attracted to, but we don’t generally consider where they drink! This

project provides the perfect watering place

How the drinker works:

The idea is to fill the dish with sand and a few stones that the butterflies can land on. The sand is moistened and
kept that way – but not flooded. The butterflies will get the water they need from the sand and, more importantly,
the minerals contained within it.

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You will need: DIFFICULTY RATING ★★★★★
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■ Clay – stoneware
– the amount will Drape the slab into the mould carefully, taking care
depend on the size of not to stretch it as you ease it into the curve. Use a
dish you want to make damp sponge rather than your fingers to do this to
■ Simple plate avoid making marks on the surface.
mould (or you could
use the template-
former and foam
method of making)
■ Rolling pin, 5mm thick roller guides, plastic
sheet
■ Butterfly cookie cutter – or card template
■ Underglaze colours for butterfly, plus
transparent glaze
■ Glaze of choice to fit the rest of the dish

1

Prepare a block of clay big 3
enough to fill your mould
once rolled out.

Working on the sheet of
plastic, reduce the bulk of
the clay by beating it with
the side of your rolling pin. Work in measured, even
strokes from one side of the clay to the other to avoid
making deep grooves in the surface.

Roll out the clay between your roller guides.
You will find that periodically turning the slab will
make rolling much easier and give you more control
to achieve the approximate shape that you need – it
will need to be round to fill the plate mould shown
here.
Once rolled out, smooth over the surface of the
slab with a rib to compact the clay.

c Cut away the bulk of the overlapping clay at the rim .

with a knife, taking great care not to cut into the plaster.
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PROJECT

FOUR

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4

c Holding the sponge against the wall on the inside of c Look for a circle or ring that will fit over the rim of

the plate to prevent the clay from lifting out as you work, the plate in the way the Frisbee shown here does –
remove the remainder of the spare clay at the rim with a overlapping the edge on each side.
short length of batten.
If you don’t have anything suitable, make a card
Place the side of the batten onto the rim of the mould template to fit the dimensions of your plate.
and draw it sideways and backwards in small stages until
all the excess has been removed and the rim is level.

8

5 Place your template on the
slab and carefully cut out
c Allow the plate to firm to leather hard in the mould, the ring. Leave it in situ on
the board but remove all
then turn it out onto a batt. the surrounding clay.

6

c Roll a second large round slab of clay as you did the

first, but this time turn it over onto an absorbent board.
Peel the plastic sheet off the back when ready, then

smooth over the surface with a rib.

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c Run a finger around the edges of the ring to soften Place the downturned plate on the ring, making sure it’s
central. Apply a little pressure to ensure the surfaces seal
them and remove the sharp angle. together.

12

10

Run a coil of soft clay around the join, pressing it into
place with your finger.

13

Score the rim of the plate and the surface of the ring,
as shown, then apply slip to both.

c Blend the coil down .

onto the ring and up
onto the body, again
using your finger.

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FOUR c Roll another small slab of clay using no thicker than

14 3mm roller guides.

c Work over the 18

reinforcement with the round
end of a small rib to remove
the lumps and bumps.

Work over the area again
with a soft rib for a completely
smooth and seamless surface.

15 c Use a butterfly cookie cutter or template to cut a

c Turn the dish upright and run the rib around the rim butterfly from the slab.

edges to soften and round them off. 19

16

c Using a wooden tool, carefully remove the excess slip c Pinch around the edges of the cut-out butterfly to thin

from under the lip of the rim on the inside.  them as much as possible to look more like the real thing.

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Place the butterfly on the work surface, then impress
and draw the detail of the wings using a pin and a
tool to impress circles, like the old pen top shown.

Place the body along the centre of the butterfly to
check the size; then, when you’re happy, apply some
slip where the body will fit between the wings and fix
it in place, pressing gently to ensure it stays put.

21

Fold the wings upward slightly, then firm the butterfly
up a little in this position using a hairdryer – just until
the shape holds.

Now roll a short, thin coil and divide it into sections
using the side of a rib to look like a butterfly body.

.

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23 Score a series of radiating lines on the rim in an
arrangement to suit, to complete the dish. These will
Score the underside of the butterfly and the area on help provide grip for the butterflies if they land on
the rim where you want to attach it. Slip both areas the rim.
when ready.
Allow it to dry out thoroughly before bisque firing.

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c Fix the butterfly on the rim, making sure it’s secure, c Colour the butterfly in underglaze colours and

then tidy around the join with a wooden tool if you can transparent glaze and the rest of the dish in your glaze of
access it. choice – Amaco Indigo Float was used here.

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fired to cone 6 (1222°C, 2232°F) in an electric kiln.

ME AND MY POT

Robert Fleming
Clay type: White earthenware
Firing: Bisqued to 1000°C, fired to earthenware
Build technique: Slab built
Decoration process: Fully coated in Mayco Tuxedo Foundations then layered with
red and yellow Stroke and Coat. Then sgraffito work to reveal the layers. Final coat of
Mayco clear glaze.
Inspirations and influences: Everything is my inspiration, you see it everywhere,
nature, shapes… your magazine! This idea came from a piece of artwork that was on my
TV, which is a Samsung – The Frame.

I’m not formally selling yet as I’m still learning. I have sold a couple of pieces but am
working towards improving my work, and I am yet to buy a kiln. I am working out of an
Adult Ed studio in Bude, Cornwall doing a Level 2 in Ceramics. I’ve been busy running a
hotel in Devon for the past 14 years, so the pottery is an escape and a great pleasure of
mine and I have been doing it since 2016.
[email protected]

If you’d like to see your work in the magazine, email [email protected] for more details

AN INTRODUCTION TO
SURFACE DECORATION

T hroughout our 50 or so Sgraffito – showing how you can use Marbling & feathering – two or more
issues of ClayCraft, we a range of tools of various sizes and coloured slips are incorporated
have introduced many shapes to achieve different effects, in this technique, to achieve the
techniques for decorating then develop the surface with added marbled effect the name suggests.
colour to fill in particular areas or Feathering is similar in that you’re
the surfaces of the projects. This features. working with very liquid slip but in
a more controlled way by trailing
new series will look at the subject Mishima or inlay – this technique colours onto a base then drawing
will show you how to inlay line a quill through the lines to create a
in greater depth to build a ‘go-to’ drawings and textured impressions pattern.
with coloured slips. It is an effect
arsenal of ideas for you to adapt to that can only truly be achieved in Marbling
this way and is an exciting method of
your own work. decoration.

The options for surface decoration Mishima

are many and varied, and never

as simple as just one approach, so

bearing this in mind, each specific

method will be demonstrated in a

basic form then expanded at a later

date with more examples of how to

develop the technique to make more (Photo: Kevin Millward)

complex surfaces.

Our ultimate aim is to give you

enough information to get you

started on a journey of discovery to

finding and developing your own

signature style.

WHAT YOU CAN LOOK Slip trailing & tube lining – this Decorative sponging – as the name
FORWARD TO method of decorating a surface suggests, this technique involves the
using a trailing bulb was historically use of shaped sponges to build up a
Over the coming months, we done using a horn to trail a pattern design. We will show how the surface
will show you how to master the of liquid slip directly onto the raw can be further developed with
basic techniques for the following clay or over a layer of slip laid down sgraffito, tube lining and underglaze
processes. We’ll then follow them up earlier in another colour. Modern colour to create really sophisticated
with additional applications for each. approaches use a more controllable designs.
slip trailing bulb made from rubber,
SLIP plastic or silicone. Still, the same Printing with slips – this is an
skill is required to achieve the exciting way to use slips creatively
Paper resist technique – options desired effect as Hannah McAndrew using various methods of application,
including sponged and painted regularly shows us in Doug’s Diary. including newsprint and textured
layering of colour with paper stencils papers. Again, we will show you how
and showing ways to develop the to build the surface up using other
surface with other techniques such as methods for layered design.
sgraffito, tube lining/slip trailing etc.
Printing with
Sgraffito slips

(Photo: James Hazlewood)

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Burnishing – for smoke-firing or Textured wallpapers and fabrics – manipulated further or painted with
raku – not a difficult or complicated these can be used really creatively underglaze or glaze for dramatic
technique in essence, but one that with templates to build complex effect.
takes practice to achieve a smooth surface designs, which will be
and shiny finish. We will show completely transformed when Lino blocks – simple line drawings or
you the various tools you can use combined with underglaze and a images of great detail can be carved
and different ways of using them, little painterly expression. into a lino block that you can roll
including some you may not expect, into clay to create a relief surface.
and how to add a pattern for post- Fabric It is a labour-intensive process but,
bisque firings. once cut, the block can be used
many times over, which is great for
RAW CLAY – PRE- precision repeats of a form.
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
Lino-cutting
Some methods of surface decoration
must be applied to the raw clay Organic materials – create lovely, ADDITIONAL RAW CLAY
surface pre-construction, usually natural botanical surfaces with TECHNIQUES
because of the nature of the leaves, flowers and seed heads, then
technique or because applying bring them to life with underglaze or Casting slip technique – using
them afterwards would distort the oxide colour.
shape of the form. There are, as coloured casting slip to create an
always, exceptions to this rule, but Rubber/silicone textured mats –
for the greater part, the methods these can actually be used in many image on a plaster surface before
shown in this section will be applied more ways than just to impress a
to slabs and then formed using an design in clay, but they are great for casting in a background colour, then
appropriate method. creating large areas of pattern for
slip or underglaze mishima. Other using the slab to construct a form.
TEXTURE: uses include underglaze printing
and glaze-on-glaze printing, both of Stretching – this is a great technique
Wooden stamps and design blocks which will be demonstrated in this where thick slabs of clay are covered
– we have used these often in our section. with oxide or underglaze, then the
projects, but we will expand on their surface force-dried before rolling the
simple use to show the different Found objects and other tools – clay again to stretch it.
ways in which you can highlight literally anything will make a mark
the texture to create sophisticated in clay, and it’s lovely to find a use Designs can be created by cutting
designs. for everyday stuff that you would into the coloured surface before re-
otherwise discard. Looking for rolling for great effects.
Bisque rollers and stamps – great them can become an obsession, but
for the mishima inlay technique, and anything that can be saved from RAW CLAY – POST-
the best part is they can be made landfill and used creatively has to be CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
entirely to your own unique design. a good thing!
As the title suggests, these
Bisque rollers techniques are applied to the surface
of a constructed form pre-bisque-
Relief carved plaster batts – this firing.
technique first requires the making
of a framed plaster batt that is Incising – carving into a surface to .
then carved to create a pattern or create line detail for underglaze or
image. When the batt is either cast glaze mishima post-bisque-firing.
or press-moulded, the design will
stand in relief on the surface. From Issue 51 ClayCraft 63
that point, the slabs can be carefully

AN INTRODUCTION TO SURFACE DECORATION

Relief carving or bas relief – working Mono-printing
on bone-dry clay to carve an
elaborate design into the surface.

Completed with coloured
transparent glazes to highlight detail
and showing ways to enhance the
image further with other features like
lustre decoration.

rather than the glazing methods Shaped sponge printing with
themselves. underglaze.

Bas relief Oxide – used as a base for a design Screen printing – Easy screen
in wax and glaze, plus oxide washes printing using commercially
Water etching – washing the clay in texture. prepared screens – no equipment
away from around a wax painted required.
design so that it stands in relief when Oxide bubble surface – a great way
finished. of creating bubble effect surfaces. GLAZE TECHNIQUES

Underglaze – using underglaze When we cover glazes, we will, of
colours in a painterly way to create course, run through the several ways
expressive surfaces or working that glaze can be applied in basic
on a grid system to create repeat form. However, there are many more
patterns. ways to apply glaze for decorative
effect, and the following are just
Water some of those we will show you.
etching Cheat’s Majolica – interpreting the
historical technique using ready-
Printing techniques – will include Underglaze pencils and crayons – prepared commercial glazes.
tissue paper transfers, mono-printing detailed line drawing and imagery. Glaze-on-glaze – using glaze in
with oxides/underglazes, using layers of expressive brushwork for
rubber/silicone mats and textured specific reactions and rich surfaces.
papers. Reference here should be Sponging with glaze – a technique
made to the fact that you can also shown with other materials but
use some of these techniques with
glaze, so it’s not strictly a raw clay
technique – more an either-or!

TECHNIQUES FOR
BISQUE WARE

These techniques begin with

processes that are applied to the

bisque surface before glazing,

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creating quite different outcomes NON FIRING TECHNIQUES
when used with glaze because of its
flowing nature when fired. Metal leaf – how to apply metal leaf

to highlight areas of a design.

Spattering – the fun that can be had POST-GLAZE FIRING A FINAL WORD
when spattering! Jackson Pollock art TECHNIQUES
on clay. It’s widely accepted that both form
Glaze trailing – like slip trailing yet These are the techniques that come and surface are integral for a work to
not, because of the more liquid last in the creative clay process be successful – a beautiful form can
composition of glaze. and are usually applied as a final be ruined by bad surface decoration,
Painting with glaze – bold graphic embellishment. Some post-firing and similarly, a beautiful surface
brush marks or detailed imagery. treatments like decals, for instance, let down by an ill-conceived form.
Printing with glaze – using sponges, can be used as the sole surface Marrying these two elements is often
wallpaper texture, silicone mats. decoration or to enhance detail laid something the beginner struggles
Stencils – glaze-on-glaze with stencil down earlier - they are far more with. A balanced understanding only
resists. versatile than may be thought and really comes with time and practice,
Wax resists – building up a patina really complex designs can be built at which point the maker begins to
with layers of glaze and wax resist. up with care and attention to detail. develop their signature style.

Using resists The following techniques will be Part of the problem is not having
demonstrated: enough knowledge about what’s
possible, or how well a particular
Decals – showing simple and creative decorative technique may be suited
ways to apply decals to a glazed to a given form. We hope that this
surface. series will bridge the gap between
form and decoration by giving
Lustre – used for full surface suggestions for the suitability of
decoration on unglazed and glazed each method for particular wares –
surfaces, plus stamped and sponged functional, decorative, sculptural, to
for specific effects. name but three. However, there will
still be many techniques not included
On-glaze enamels – brushed and in this list. We may add to it as time
sponged. progresses, but if there is one you
particularly want to learn that isn’t
included above, do get in touch with
us, and if possible, we will show you
how.

HAPPY POTTING!

Latex resist – a different technique,
where the resist can be removed
between layers.

Paper tape resist – for sharp graphic
lines.

Directional pouring – for graphic
glaze-on-glaze effects.

Incised glaze-on-glaze – a glaze
inlay technique using a resist.

Creative ways to use speciality Decals
glazes – crawled effects, texture
glazes, crackle effects, cheats
crystals and more.

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CHESHIRE CLAY c The Cheshire Clay
COLLECTIVE UPDATE
Collective is now
At the end of 2018, we visited an entrepreneurial trading as the Cheshire
group of potters who had just set up The Cheshire Clay
Collective. Now trading as the Cheshire Clay Studio, we thought Clay Studio.
we’d find out how they’d fared over the past year 

How did you cope with the first other basics, which we posted on our c Large doors slide back to reveal
lockdown?  website, and we’re always available to
The very first lockdown shut us down chat with members on the WhatsApp an inviting, airy studio.
completely. Like everyone else, we were group. We developed a real community
unprepared for what was going to spirit during this time. What happened once the first
happen. We ended our term two weeks lockdown was over? Did you see the
early, and that was that. We abandoned Were you able to apply for any of the same, fewer, or more customers? 
our third term entirely.  government help? Did you receive If they were new, how did they find
enough information about what to do you, and how experienced are they?
When it became clear that things were with any staff you might have had? Has the profile/behaviour of your users
not going to return to normal any time We were not eligible for government help changed?
soon, the collective members had a as a collective because we operate it on a There is no doubt that the pandemic has
couple of Zoom meetings and decided voluntary basis, using all our income to been a real driver in encouraging people
that we could run our fourth term re-invest in the studio. The collective to look at more creative pursuits, and our
virtually. also pays the majority of the rent for our waiting list for classes has never been
studio between us. Fortunately, all the longer. It’s been quite painful to have to
We are lucky in that our studio is on a members of the collective were in keep putting people off, and we are
farm shop site, and we have a covered situations where their jobs or retirement extremely keen to be able to resume
public area outside our studio, which were not affected by the lockdowns, and normal activities as so many people are
enabled us to put a shelving unit outside we count ourselves extremely fortunate wanting to join our classes. 
and a table. Class members could not to have suffered financial difficulties
combine an essential trip to the shop as so many other creatives have had to We have a real mix of people
with picking up their clay and dropping bear. We were also blessed that we had a contacting us, beginners keen to get
off items to be fired. One of the collective reasonable ‘cushion’ of money from our started and more experienced
who lives local to the studio came down classes in our bank account. ceramicists who would like to take it up
once a week to pack and unpack the kilns once more. We have a website presence, a
and leave fired items on the table to be f ... to this! The studio has Facebook page and appear towards the
collected by class members.  top of any Google search for ‘pottery,
expanded into more than twice its classes, clay, Cheshire’, which is probably
We already have a class WhatsApp original size. the first place that most people look
group, and this came into its own, with when looking for clay classes. We are
class members sharing their makes, also very lucky that our studio is on the
asking questions and getting helpful rapidly expanding Lowes Farm Shop
tips. We produced a couple of step-by- site, and we get an awful lot of people
step guides to decorating techniques and passing our door.

c From this, initially just one half of

the space...

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c The outside area is light and airy, c … and was a perfect home for the c A collection and drop-off system

with good ventilation… small kilns. Three-phase electricity, due used during lockdown meant that
to be installed shortly, will mean the customers could continue to be
How did you cope with the subsequent studio can operate much larger kilns. creative.
tier restrictions and the last lockdown?
Were you more able to cope, having doing some much-needed planning and any danger that we would have to close
experienced the first lockdown? strategising. The opportunity that our our doors permanently. We know we are
When the subsequent tier restrictions studio has afforded us, our ability to so, so lucky in comparison with some of
were put into place, we knew we had to physically expand, and the development our other pottery colleagues.
restrict the number of people in our of the site as a whole has opened up new
classes, moving from seven to five. So possibilities. It became clear that some of Have you discovered anything, even in
that all of our existing class members the group were keen to look at the this most depressing of times, that was
had the opportunity of still attending, we opportunities of running more activities positive? 
added a fourth class on a Tuesday on a commercial basis, especially as our If this pandemic has provided anything
evening and, with a bit of juggling, were longed-for three-phase electricity is now positive, it’s that we realised what we do
able to accommodate most of our being run onto the site enabling us to in the pottery studio has a wider reach
existing class members who felt they run much bigger kilns. than just offering clay classes. We’ve
could attend. been a bit of a lifeline for some of our
We needed to find a solution that more isolated members, and it’s been
Once again, we are fortunate in that would give each member of the collective wonderful to see how some of them have
the studio is large and airy, and we have most of what they felt they wanted. After become even more enthusiastic about
a log burner, which kept things cosy many discussions and brainstorming, we ceramics since working from home. A
without the need for fan heaters or feel we have come up with a solution that couple of them have even bought
anything that blew air about. We bought continues to allow ‘collective’ time and wheels! ²
individual caddies that were stocked with also ‘class time’. It’s early days, but we
all the tools that people use in class and hope that we will have ‘Cheshire Clay Lowes Farm Shop
had individual crates of soapy warm Studio Ltd’ up and running as a subset of Moss Lane, Byley, Middlewich
water, sponges and cloths, so that class the Cheshire Clay Collective later this Cheshire
members didn’t have to go to the sink. year. (This has now happened. Ed) CW10 9NG
Hairdryers were kept in the corridor cheshireclay.com
outside so that drying pieces was still This is a sad one. Have you been able
possible. The extra work was rewarded to keep going? If you managed for a c Five of the six of the members of the
tenfold by seeing the enjoyment of our while but then had to call it a day,
classes. what was the final straw? If you did collective, which we visited in 2018.
have to close, do you hope to re-open in Issue 51 ClayCraft 67
When the latest lockdown descended, the future (in the same format, or
we returned to the virtual clay pretty maybe in a completely new one - if so,
seamlessly. However, there has been what will be different?).
rather a lot of frantic paddling Not a day goes by without us counting
underneath the graceful motion of the our blessings. The fact that there are six
collective’s swan! of us in the collective, and that we
initially ran the studio for our own
How have you changed things? benefit has meant that financially the
Physically, in your studio, and as a costs of the studio have always been split
business (eg, did you start offering between us, with the classes paying for
remotes services, ‘take away’ kits, take all of our materials and continued
the enforced time off to focus more on investment in capital items and studio
social media and building audiences, upgrades. The pandemic has meant that
sales of your own work via the our plans for our outside firing area,
internet, etc) drying room and extra storage area have
In the spirit of, “When life gives you had to go on hold, but we’ve been able to
lemons, make lemonade”, Cheshire Clay pay our rent, and there has never been
Collective has spent our ‘hiatus’ year

(Photo: Layton Thompson) Doug’Ds IARY

Doug Fitch

T he swallows are here! There
are just a few of them
twittering as they skim the
field behind the workshop, but with the
midgie season fast approaching, they’ll

soon be arriving in numbers, to fill

their bellies with fine Scottish fare. 

Dandelions are everywhere now, their
golden, sunshiny faces, that are so often

taken for granted, smiling up from

every meadow we pass along the route

to nursery. Although the buds are only
just opening here on the high ground

where we live and work, a few miles

away, along the nursery run, May

blossom froths amongst the vibrant
verdancy of the spring hedgerows. It’ll
be the same here in a week or so. In the

woodlands, the bluebells are starting to

bloom. I wonder to myself if they’re still

called English bluebells, when in

Scotland? I suppose the Spanish c Filming Hannah decorating a charger, using a makeshift, overhead boom.

bluebells are Spanish wherever they are. 

It’s still too risky to plant out the reasonably priced one on Facebook The latest such project is to fill in the

vegetable seedlings that Hannah is Marketplace, I invariably snap it up. I sides of the aforementioned lean-to roof
nurturing in a greenhouse that I built have stacks of them under the lean-to that adjoins the workshop. Originally it

for her from old, glazed doors, but the roof, and they constantly tempt me was built as a kiln shed, but because of

frosts are getting infrequent now and away from the clay when, as is often the insurance difficulties, we made other

soon will have passed. case, I’m looking for an excuse to plans that are still ongoing. Using old
doors is a quick, cheap and effective
Old doors are so useful; when I see a undertake procrastination projects. 

manner of building that can be

unscrewed again and altered if need be.

Back in the summer, we had a new

building erected to hold our finished
work. It’s too small for the job really,

and is currently set up as overnight

accommodation for Shannon, our

photographer. As an alternative, we’ve
decided to convert the lean-to roof into

a space to display and store our pots.

The other building will become

Hannah’s print studio when it’s no
longer required as a bedroom.

My excuse to start the latest building

work was because the doors were

c A selection of 19th century traditional slipware from our collection. stacked up in front of our materials
cupboard, and we needed access to get
the materials for mixing a fresh batch of

68 ClayCraft Issue 51

c Preparing to re-enter the real c ... and after for $59, you can get continued access to
the workshops, to watch over and over,
world, before... tremendous skill as she laid out the at your leisure.
geometrically arranged slip trailing
slip as part of a film we have been across the surface. I modelled a rookery It was poignant that just after we used
making. Well, it surely made sense that moneybox, and we showed our the Michael Cardew jug in the film, we
if I was going to have to move them, contrasting approaches to decorating learned that our old friend Tony Hill,
they should be moved into their final jugs. who had given us the jug, had died.
position, didn’t it? OK, maybe it was just Tony was a great collector of pots and
procrastination. We thought it would take a couple of an accomplished potter himself. He had
days to make the film, but by the time been a teacher of Art and Design until
A few months ago, we were invited to we had shot everything that we wanted his retirement some years ago. He was a
participate in an upcoming event called to show, then I had spent night after familiar face at the various pottery
the Ceramics Congress. It’s not night editing, it took two weeks. There shows up and down the country, where
something that I’d heard of before, but were a few sloppy edits, but in spite of he would chat at length to the potters
this is its third year. It’s an online event that, we were very pleased with the with his typical attentive enthusiasm. 
where makers provide an in-depth film, outcome, as was Joshua Collinson, the
introducing the viewer to their methods founder of the Ceramics Congress. I He was very good to me in my first
and processes. The contributor is should have had a beard and haircut few years and would enthuse about my
offered an enticing fee, and the kudos of before we started. Because of continuity pots, even though they probably weren’t
participating alongside some very while filming, I couldn’t, and by the all that great, but he could see potential
well-known ceramicists from across the time we’d finished, I really was very and encouraged me with kind words
globe. hairy! As soon as we were done, Hannah and purchases. That’s so important
took the scissors to me and got rid of when you’re first starting out, with very
The brief was completely open. We the lockdown look, in optimistic little confidence, particularly as hardly
decided to focus predominantly on the readiness for re-entering the real world. anyone buys your work. 
various slip decorating techniques that
we use in our practice, supported with The Congress is launched on the He very kindly gave me some of
examples from our collection of weekend of 27 May, and runs until 31 Cardew’s pots because he knew I would
traditional pottery, to show historical May. There are over 40 contributors,
context and influences. It’s so useful to with more than 70 hours of workshops .love them and that they would inform
have such a collection, and we were able in all aspects of ceramics. There are
to talk about traditional country pottery masterclasses in how to start a c Dear old Tony, at one of Nic
and how, as it slowly fell into decline, it successful pottery business and how to
developed into the beginning of the make films for sharing on Instagram, Collins’ firing courses.
British Studio Pottery Movement, in the how to make ceramic transfers etc, etc.
hands of Bernard Leach and Michael There are details of them all at www. (Photo: James Hazlewood)
Cardew. We don’t own any Leach pots, ceramic.school and there really is
but we do have some great Cardew pots something for everyone. Issue 51 ClayCraft
from the 1930s.
After each video workshop is aired,
After the brief history lesson, we the contributors are available for a live
began by mixing slip, which was then question and answer session. A $10
used to decorate press-moulded dishes. Earlybird ticket gives you access to the
Hannah decorated a huge charger, films as they go out live on the site and
which we filmed from overhead, then
speeded up. It really illustrated her

69

DougD’s IARY

c The lean-to, before.. c ... and after. Still a procrastination in progress.

my practice. I used to write to him, and phone call, saying they needed them in Studios, Dumfries (www.
I really regret that I hadn’t written time to be wired with fittings, ready for clayworksstudios.co.uk). Do please
more often, particularly in recent times, London Design Week, so they wanted check out their websites.
when life has been so busy here, but them by 11 May. I had to spring into
lockdown must have been so difficult for action.  The last of the pots will go into Chris
him. I knew he used to read this diary, and Lauren’s kiln in the morning, and
so I would think of him while I was I tried various weights of clay in order all being well, I’ll just make the
writing it, and I hope he felt that to make the pots taller. What I hadn’t deadline.
connection. He will be much missed on taken into account was that to gain just
the pottery scene. a few centimetres in height, the belly of Our closing words of the film that we
the pot would have to be considerably made spoke of how fortunate we are to
The film complete, we got back into larger. It was, if you’ll excuse the pun, a be part of this wonderful clay
production. I had a few wobbly days that tall order. My large jugs are made from community. Well, as Christine, Chris,
drove me away from the clay again, but 8lb of clay. These, by contrast, required and Lauren have proven, ain’t that the
thankfully, nothing as bad as the 16.5lb of clay. It was hard work, and truth! ²
negativity that occupied my thoughts night after night, I was in the workshop
and left me incapacitated early last until after midnight, throwing and c Pouring slip over a lamp base.
month. decorating, with the burner cranked up,
in order to dry the pots.  Everything about these bigger pots
A while ago, I was approached by a is tricky.
very upmarket interior designer, who All would have just about been well,
asked if I could make some lamp bases, had the kiln not suddenly failed.
similar in design to my big jugs, but a
little taller. We agreed on a price, and We had conversations, backwards and
they placed an order, and because of the forth, with our buddies at Northern
state of my mind, I made sheds instead. Kilns but couldn’t get to the bottom of
Then a couple of weeks ago, I received a the problem. They posted us out a new
contactor to try, but time was marching
c The lamp bases, freshly thrown. on, and we didn’t have half a day to
dismantle the kiln in the hope that we
That made my arms ache! might solve the issue.

70 ClayCraft Issue 51 I hate to let people down, but I had to
make the call to the designer and tell
them that it was looking likely that we
might not be able to get the pieces to
them. I could feel the adrenaline
pumping, and I could have easily cried
and given up were it not for the kind
help of some lovely potter friends. 

A couple of phone calls and coming to
my rescue were Christine Hester
Smith of Banbarroch Pottery
(barnbarroch-pottery.com) and Chris
Taylor and Lauren Gray of Clayworks

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Confessions
of a novice

Experiments in
naked raku

B ut what exactly is naked It’s nearly three years since the ClayCraft naked
raku? There seems to be raku projects, and I couldn’t wait any longer. Wrong
some confusion. It’s when ingredients and no raku kiln? Pah!

you take bisqueware and

apply a special thick slip (or a slip and a feathers or horsehair burned onto
them, as per this year’s Pottery Throw
glaze), which cracks when taken to Down, which also invented the use of
Henry hair as another option.
approximately 800°C in a raku kiln,
When those projects were published
allowing smoke to seep in and create in issues 19 and 20, I was besotted. It
wasn’t just the raku finishes, but the
patterns on the surface of the pot shapes of the pots were also right up
my alley. Unfortunately, I didn’t have
beneath. The slip or slip/glaze combo the skill to make the sort of pots that I
felt would do it justice. Neither did I
is then either scraped off or have a raku kiln. At some point, I
mixed up a batch of naked raku slip,
dramatically washed off in a cloud of but it had to be with a different recipe
than the one in the magazine because
steam by pouring water over the pots – you guessed it – I also didn’t have the
right ingredients. Sometime in 2019, I
after they come out of the smoking had a raku session with my pottery
camp ladies (see issue 32) and half-
vessel. The term naked raku is also heartedly had a go. I vaguely
remember that the slip fell off in the
sometimes used to refer to raku pots raku kiln. I stashed the bucket of slip in
the shed.
with no glaze, but which instead have That bucket was finally retrieved after
watching the aforementioned episode
c These patterns were made with of the Throw Down. They were doing c Masking tape carefully applied
feather and hair decoration, not cracked
wax resist that didn’t resist! Luckily, I resist slip, but it got me thinking. I still top and bottom (these areas are kept
could see the shapes through the slip didn’t have a raku kiln, but there are free of slip and therefore go black in
and draw over them with my finger to videos online of people using electric the smoke bin). I then poured the slip
clear them. kilns for the cracked slip method, and all over.
I’d watched these several times over
72 ClayCraft Issue 51 the last couple of years, a little more The time had finally come to take the
tempted each time. I’d even put a nice plunge.
long power cable on my mini kiln so I Before I go into the details, though, let
could fire it near the door of the shed. me give a few warnings, because I don’t
actually recommend this at all. It’s
much better to use a proper raku kiln.
First, sticking metal tongs into an
electric kiln is a very bad idea,
bordering on deadly. My little test kiln
has a safety cut-off when the lid is
opened, BUT I also had a second

person with me and developed a system c The Hartley and Noble Spider c I didn’t like how the tape resist
whereby I turned off the kiln and said
the words ‘kiln off ’ out loud before Batt was perfect for positioning this came out, so I burned off the black
opening it. Secondly, opening an narrow tape resist. stripes and sponged on some holly
electric kiln at these temperatures is shaped wax resist marks. You can
likely to be bad for the kiln bricks and This includes a recipe based on Lincoln see that where the black lines had
the elements. It is also making my kiln fire clay, EPK and alumina hydrate. I been, the smoke didn’t get absorbed
lid rust rapidly, which later causes used fireclay RM1078, which I found at so well the second time. One for the
flakes to fall into the kiln when it’s a UK supplier, and ended up adding sledgehammer, anyway.
opened or closed, potentially spoiling extra EPK and fireclay in attempts to
glazed surfaces. I would not do this make the slip crack more. I think that’s from my session. Some would have
with a lovely new kiln, only an old – something you have to experiment
and crucially, spare – one. Get me, with yourself depending on the exact feathers, some horsehair, and some the
talking about a spare kiln; it’s about as ingredients available to you.
likely as leftover chocolate, isn’t it! naked raku slip.
I had a whole batch of pots ready
I should also say that there are some with terra sigillata and did my usual When the day came, I started with
raku techniques that I absolutely trick of planning a new idea in my head
wouldn’t do in an electric kiln, such as while falling asleep at night, until I’d the feathers and horsehair since they
the use of ferric chloride, a strong acid mentally rehearsed it about 10 times. I
that gives beautiful red and orange wanted to try different things with seemed the easiest option, and I was
colours when used in foil saggars. That different pots so I’d get the best value
hazardous substance should only be confident of a good result as I’d done it
handled by people who know what
they’re doing. before. Unfortunately, my first attempt

So, on the basis that this is not to pick up a pot with my brand-new
recommended, and you do your own
research before trying anything along tongs resulted in the points puncturing
similar lines, I’ll continue.
I re-read the instructions in ClayCraft a hole straight through it. I realised
19 and 20 and those on the website
where I found my slip recipe. If you that I needed to pick my pots up by
search for ‘naked raku slip recipe’
online, you'll come across ‘Charlie and making the tongs push outwards from
Linda Riggs’ Naked Raku Technique’.
the inside instead of gripping the wall

of the pots directly. This will depend .
on the shape of your pots and the

c Using the tongs from the inside c Just out of the raku kiln at about c … and here’s how it looked after

protected the thin walls of my pots. 790°C, placed onto some sawdust, smoking.
which burns immediately, and with Issue 51 ClayCraft 73
some newspaper dropped inside. I
put the upended bin over the top of
this one. You can see how the slip
cracked and lifted…

BLOG

c This is one of the most recent c … leaving marks like these. I’d just c This one had been underfired, and

attempts, with slip that came off like to get it to crack in a smaller the blackened slip just wouldn’t come
easily with just a little water… pattern. off. I ended up breaking the pot as I
tried to remove it.
c There were disasters. I don’t think
EXPERIMENTS IN SLOP BUCKET TERRA SIGILLATA
this was too thin, but it was a bit
uneven in thickness, which I think I’ve had mixed results with terra sigillata in the past. It’s just slip made with
caused the cracking. only the finest particles of clay, but making it work properly is an art in itself.
I keep some pieces of smooth greenware handy and paint a little bit of each
new batch on those to see if it shines. I’ve had batches that shine the second
they hit the clay, even before I’ve buffed them up. I’ve also had batches that
just won’t shine, no matter what. It depends on so many factors that lots of
experimentation is needed to get it right. Or you get lucky straight away, as I
did, but then the trick is repeating it.

One thing that did work well, after I’d found that the ball clay I had in the
shed was a buff colour I didn’t like, was what I’m now calling ‘slop bucket
terra sig’. I often use Earthstone Extra Smooth stoneware clay, and I tried
making terra sig from my throwing water. Basically, the day after a throwing
session, I syphon (or syringe) the clear water from the top of the bucket and
then suck up the top layer of very fine sludge. How much you take is
something you’ll have to experiment with, and this didn’t work so well with
my coarser clay. Sometimes this worked straight away and was nice and shiny
when applied to dry clay. If not, I added a drop or two of sodium silicate to a
small jar of it and repeated the separation process the following day. It works
for me and avoids me having to play around with dry, powdered clay. A word
of caution, though, your reclaim needs most of these fine particles, or it’ll get
‘short’ and hard to work with. Use some for terra sig and then pour the rest
into the reclaim bucket.

c Another disaster, just to make It is always nice when they start coming
out something like you hoped.
sure you’ve got the message that you
need to be prepared to lose pots!

74 ClayCraft Issue 51

c Don’t put soggy pots back in after c The marks on this one remind me LEARNING POINTS

washing them. of a mermaid’s purse. ■ Bisque temperature. At first, I
bisque-fired too low - 800°C left me
thickness of their walls, so try it out at the slip was too thick for wax resist, with pots that snapped if I didn’t pick
room temperature before you try and I wasn’t very keen on the effects I them up carefully. Fired to 1000°C, the
lifting them out of a raku kiln! achieved, so I’ve saved this for later sheen was starting to disappear from
experimentation. You can see the first the terra sig. I understand that the
The rounded shape of my pots meant attempt in the photos. temperature at which the sheen is lost
I could pick them up from inside but will depend on the clay used to make
also that gravity was working against Overall, I’m ecstatic about this new the terra sig – it’s another one you just
the feathers and horsehair. I had a skill. I’ve even sent some of these pots have to try out.
safety observer but didn’t want to trust to the Anglian Potters Spring Up ■ Slip consistency. I’ve eventually
them with the tongs or horsehair. More exhibition at the Ferini Art Gallery in settled on ‘very thick custard’, but I
fool me. I really needed somebody to Lowestoft. It’s the first time any of my still need to tweak it as it doesn’t crack
hold the pot at different angles while I pots have been displayed in a gallery! as much as I’d like.
applied the decoration. It was such a Now that we can start doing things in ■ Dip vs pour. I rarely have enough
disaster that I just gave up and stuck real life, perhaps some of you will even in a bucket to dip the size of pots I
the pots back in the kiln to burn off the visit. If you can’t, follow my exploits on make. Plus, you use it very quickly
black marks. This would’ve been fine the usual social media channels via because it goes on so thick, and even a
– the marks tend to be gone by about @pottlemuddery. This is a technique big bucket is soon just dregs. Pouring
700°C – but I’d submerged it in water I’ll definitely be trying again. ² works okay for me.
to wash off the soot and forgotten that ■ Getting the slip off (after it’s been
the kiln was already very hot… a c The tulip wax resist pattern once in the smoke). At first, I really
moment after I closed the lid: struggled to get it off, and I thought
WHOOMP. The pot was in hundreds finished. Not bad! perhaps I’d overfired it. However, when
of pieces at the bottom of the kiln and I realised I could actually wash the
in the element grooves. That’s a residue off with water and elbow
mistake I’ll only make once. grease, I thought perhaps I was
actually underfiring the resist slip.
I moved onto the slip. Videos and Firing to 790°C and letting it sit for
reading had told me that it needed to five minutes has worked wonders. Test
be applied thickly and then put into a with your own pyrometer!
warm kiln within about five minutes, ■ Keeping the terra sig on. My
but you really just have to have a go white terra sig tended to stay nicely on
with this sort of thing. Generally, the the clay body I made it from, but flaked
first session was pretty successful. It easily from my groggy red stoneware.
was what I call proof of concept. I did It’s another trial and error, I’m afraid.
several more sessions over the next few ■ Making deliberate patterns. My
days and again a few weeks later. It slip is too thick for the wax to resist it!
took all of those to really start to feel Instead, use the instructions in issue 20,
confident. At one point, I tried to make with separate slip and glaze recipes, or try
deliberate patterns, as per issue 20, but tape, which can be peeled off (but be careful
not to peel off your terra sig with it!).
■ Procedure. I followed the Charlie
and Linda Riggs instructions, since I
was using their recipe: straight into a
warm kiln and up to about 260°C, held
until the sheen’s gone, then up to
790°C and into a smoke bin.
■ Time in the smoke. For me, in a
small smoke bin, two minutes was
usually enough to get the blacks nice
and solid without also allowing the
smoke to permeate the slip and make
the whole pot black.
■ Polish. I’ve been using beeswax
polish, which works really well on my
pots.

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Dates: Tues - Sat 10-5 arthousesheffield.co.uk Dates: Various E: [email protected]
Location: Muir of Ord, Highland Location: Preston Road Adult Education FB: jccermaics
KATIE BRAIDA Centre, Hull
thepottershouse.scot Courses: weekly class and day workshops hcctraining.ac.uk CLAYWORKS
Dates: Every Thursday evening and various Courses: Evening & daytime classes for all
POWDERHALL BRONZE ART STUDIO others LEAFY LANE POTTERY BY SUZIE abilities (with occasional weekend events
Course: Clay modelling with Alan Beattie Location: Scarborough Courses: Hand building courses for all such as 'Raku', etc)
Herriot. Figure making with Kenny Hunter katiebraida.com abilities. Learning disabilities, residential Dates: Weekly throughout the year
Dates: March 2019 homes, schools and private sessions, Location: Southport, Lancashire
Location: Edinburgh CLAYHOUSE STUDIO and sculptures for your home and gardens FB: arthousesca
powderhallbronze.co.uk Courses: All levels from beginners to Dates: Throughout the year and area sca-network.co.uk
intermediate. Taster courses, handbuilt Location: Hull and East Yorkshire
SEA DRIFT POTTERY STUDIO pottery and specialist workshops. Tel: 07886 841936 CRAFFITY POTTERY STUDIO
Courses: Weekly classes, wheel taster Dates: See website for details E: [email protected] Courses: 'Create with Clay' drop-in sessions,
sessions, 1-2-1 wheel tuition, monthly project Location: Sheffield S10 5DB with or without input. Regular and seasonal
workshops. Kiln hire available theclayhousesheffield.co.uk NORTHLIGHT ART STUDIO workshops
Dates: Various Courses: Evening and day workshops, Dates: Various
Location: Sandbank, nr Dunoon, Argyll BOO EVERETT summer schools and taster days. All levels Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
seadriftpottery.co.uk Courses: Day and evening courses in all Dates: Weekly and throughout the year craffitycreations.co.uk
aspects of hand building with clay. Location: Hebden Bridge, Yorks
SEATREE CRAFTS Further courses available in order to decorate Tel: 01422 843519 THE CRAFTY POTTER
Courses: Beginners' classes, workshops, after the fired bisque. Individual one to one or northlightstudio.co.uk Courses: Throwing, hand-building
school club, supervised open access group sessions. & modelling
Dates: Various All tailor made to your OLD STABLES STUDIO Dates: Various
Location: Innellan, Argyll requirements Courses: Throwing: bootcamp, weekends, Location: Chorley, Lancashire
seatreecrafts.co.uk Dates: The dates are flexible. My studio is tasters and regular classes thecraftypotter.co.uk
always open, so I can fit in with you Dates: Various
STUDIO MAMA Location: Castle Howard Estate, North Location: Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire THE DOWN TO EARTH POTTERY
Services: affordable kiln hire, 1-1 & group Yorkshire, about 12 miles from York. Courses: Hand-building for beginners
handbuilding workshops (for all ages and E: [email protected] JAMES OUGHTIBRIDGE to advanced.
abilities), glaze table hire, gift vouchers, a boo-artist.com Course: Large Scale Slab Building We are always trying out new techniques
webshop and bespoke commissions Dates: Contact for details such as use of decals and coloured
Dates: by arrangement via FANCY FROG POTTERY Location: Holmfirth, West Yorkshire clay
[email protected] Courses: Various options including: jamesoughtibridge.blogspot.co.uk Dates: Year-round: Tuesday pm
studiomama.co.uk 5 weeks beginner wheel throwing; taster and Wednesday eve. Some Saturdays
sessions; private groups and individual JIM ROBISON CERAMICS Location: Clitheroe. Lancs
THE WEE MUD HUT tuition Courses: Week-long Ceramics, and Glaze E: [email protected]
Courses: Handbuilding and throwing for all Location: Scarborough, N Yorks and surface courses FB: thedowntoearthpottery
ages/abilities. Groups and individual sessions Dates: Various options see website Dates: Various
Dates: Various fancyfrogpottery.co.uk Location: Holmfirth, Huddersfield Issue 51 ClayCraft 77
Location: East Kilbride, Scotland Lanarkshire boothhousegallery.co.uk
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FIRED 4 U THE CLAYROOMS E: [email protected] Location: Bodfari, North Wales
Courses: Guided evening workshops & do Courses: Handbuilding, throwing, sculpting T: 07811 171369 orielbodfarigallery.co.uk
your own, clay work and painting ceramics from beginners to experienced makers FB & IG: @potsinnotts
Dates: 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7pm, Dates: Various see website for dates SIRAMIK
pre-booking essential Location: Ashbourne, Derbyshire LINDA SOUTHWELL Courses: Throwing; half/full days, weekends
Location: Preston, Lancashire theclayrooms.co.uk Courses: Evening classes and one-to-one (accommodation included).
fired4u.co.uk experiences All Covid-19 compliant
CLAY STUDIO MANCHESTER Dates: Wednesday evenings and by Dates: Various
PAUL GOULD/MON CERAMICS Courses: One-off taster sessions to regular arrangement Location: Carmarthen
Courses: Beginners & intermediates weekly courses and 1-to-1 tuition. Anyone Location: The Harley Ceramics Studio, siramik.co.uk
Dates: Tuesdays & Wednesdays 2-4pm and from beginner upwards is welcome. monthly Welbeck, Worksop
7-9pm Saturdays and Sunday workshops: membership scheme for more advanced lindasouthwell.co.uk TREE HOUSE POTTERY
various dates throughout the year makers Courses: Pottery in a real Treehouse. We offer
Location: The Wirral Dates: Various DAVID STOCKS courses & taster sessions for beginners, clay
monceramics.co.uk Location: Hulme, Manchester Courses: Beginners Basics, although open building & potters wheel
claystudio.co.uk to all, including disabled (carers free when Dates: Various
GREEN MAN CERAMICS accompanying). Pinch pots through to slabs, Location: Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea
Courses: Pottery Discovery weekends THE HARLEY POTTERY STUDIO coil work and throwing and glazing gowerstoneart.co.uk/tree-house-
Dates: Various, Courses: Pottery and ceramics classes from Dates: Thursday Evenings 18.15-21.00 £15 pottery
Location: Colne, Lancs your first try at pottery throwing, to open per session (Dorridge), plus Tuesday &
Tel: 01282 871129 access sessions (with firing) for established Wednesday evenings at the Sense Pears CAMBS/LINCS
ceramicists. Centre. See web for details of 10 and 8 week
LEMON STUDIO Dates: see website courses. PAULA ARMSTRONG
Courses: Handbuilding for all levels, taster Location; Welbeck, Nottinghamshire Location: Dorridge Methodists Church and Courses: Handbuilding, workshops
sessions, workshops and parties harleygallery.co.uk Sense Pears Centre, Selly Oak (see above) Dates: Mon, Weds, Fri mornings. Tues, Thurs
Dates: Various RamOnTheRoundaboutPottery@gmail. evenings. Monthly Sat workshops, Sun
Location: Warrington LITTLE MOUSE POTTERY com for Dorridge, or for Selly Oak contact morning child/family workshops
lemonstudio.co.uk Courses: Adult & children handbuilding & Sense Pears Centre: sunney.sharma@sense. Location: Fenstanton, Cambs
wheel workshops org.uk parmstrongceramics.co.uk
PILLING POTTERY/NORTHERN KILNS Dates: Throughout the year
Courses: From novice to professional: Location: Keyworth, Nottingham WOODSETTON ART POTTERY ART BARN GAMLINGAY
throwing, hand-building, glazing, E: [email protected] Courses: A levels are taught by postgraduate Courses: Handbuilding, raku and pit-firing
making glazes, kiln loading, programming T: 0115 9375950 production thrower and designer maker with Dates: Wednesday and Thursday evening
kiln controllers, fitting elements FB, IG & littlemousepottery.co.uk 8 years experience in Stoke on Trent clay classes. 2-day raku making and firing
Dates: Various Dates: Various workshops, Saturday 27th April
Location: Pilling, Lancs MIDLANDS ART CENTRE Location: Woodsetton, Dudley W Mids and Saturday 18th May. Clay in a Day class,
pillingpottery.com Courses: Ceramics Open Studio woodsettonartpottery.com Saturday 28th September.
Dates: Various @woodsettonpots Location: Gamlingay, Cambs/Beds border
POT FACTORY Location: Birmingham E: [email protected]
Courses: Beginners & more advanced. macbirmingham.co.uk WALES T: 07715 206780
Handbuilding, throwing, glazing & playing FB: Art Barn Gamlingay
with clay! PARKWOOD THROWING COURSES JACKIE BARBER CERAMICS
Dates: Afternoons and evenings Courses: Basic and intermediate throwing Courses: One-to-one throwing lessons MATTHEW BLAKELY
Location: Liverpool Dates: 8-week Thurs evenings, weekend Dates: Various Courses: Weekend Courses: Throwing,
courses, taster sessions Location: Pencader, Ceredigion Porcelain throwing
thepotfactory.co.uk Location: Nr Alfreton, Derbyshire jackiebarberceramics.co.uk Dates: Monthly
parkwoodthrowingcourses.co.uk Location: Lode, Cambs
THE POTTERS BARN BASE ART STUDIO, GALLERY & matthewblakely.co.uk
Courses: Adult half & full day: beginners PLAY WITH CLAY POTTERY WORKSHOPS
throwing & handbuilding. Intermediate & Courses: Throwing, toddler clay Courses: Handbuilding; throwing; 1-2-1 BOURN POTTERY
advanced throwing. Raku & pit firing Dates: Saturday mornings, Tuesday one-off sessions; parties (adults, children, Courses: 6-week beginner’s course covering
Dates: Various afternoons, throwing weekly by appointment. team-building) slab, pinch, coil & throwing techniques.
Location: Sandbach, Cheshire/Staffs border Location: Loughborough Dates: Ongoing, days and evenings 2-hour throwing taster sessions for small
thepottersbarn.co.uk creationspottery.co.uk Location: Llanbradach, Caerphilly groups. 1:1 tuition in throwing and/or
baseart.org handbuilding and glazing.
CARLA POWNALL POTTERY ARTS Clay for a Day and 1-day specialist
Courses: Throwing, 6-week course, Courses: Fun adult workshops teaching CARDIFF POTTERY WORKSHOPS masterclasses. Corporate & team building
beginner to advanced using stoneware specialist techniques decorating functional Courses: Handbuilding; throwing; activities. Parties & events for adults &
and raku clay. One-off courses on last homewares: jugs, teapots, bowls, mugs, one-off Saturday sessions; 1-2-1 throwing; children. Studio and/or mobile. Suitable for all
Saturday of the month. coasters and more, in artist's home studio masterclasses with Anne Gibbs; parties abilities and ages
Dates: Weds am & pm, plus last weekend Dates: Various (children, adults, teambuilding); pottery Dates: Various weekday, evening & Saturday
of the month Location: Melton Mowbray membership tutored & un-tutored sessions
Location: Wirral potteryarts.co.uk Dates: 6-wk day & eve sessions, various Location: Bourn, Cambs
E: [email protected] Location: Cardiff bournpottery.co.uk
FB: carlapownallceramics SEVEN LIMES POTTERY cardiffpotteryworkshops.com
Courses: Varied courses/classes DEEPDALE POTTERY
SIMON SHAW Dates: All CARMEL POTTERY Courses: Handbuilding and throwing for
Courses: Introduction to the basics. Location: Moss Side, Manchester Courses: 6-week throwing courses. beginners and experienced
Small individual classes, max 5 students. 7Limes.co.uk Hand-building courses. One-to-one Dates: Weekend and weekday courses,
Handbuilding, sculptural, 1:1 throwing lessons. One-off half or full day experiences. including yurt accommodation if required,
Dates: Various SEYMOUR ROAD STUDIOS Beginners welcome throughout the year
Location: South Liverpool Courses: Weekly/1-day weekend classes Dates: Various Location: Barton upon Humber, North Lincs
E: [email protected] Dates: Various Location: Carmel, Carmarthenshire yurtatthechapel.co.uk
T: 07505 237 593 IG: @simonshawclay Location: West Bridgeford, Notts E: [email protected]
seymourroadstudios.co.uk HILLS ROAD SIXTH FORM COLLEGE
NOTTS/DERBYS/ T: 07740291608 Courses: Handbuilding, throwing, plus
LEICS/MIDLANDS THE SHIRE WORKSHOPS summer school workshops
Courses: Night school: Mon & Thurs - GLOSTERS Dates: Various
SANDY BYWATER  CURIOUS STUDIOS throwing, hand building & decoration. Course: Throwing Location: Cambridge
Courses: All pottery skills, suitable for the One-day sculpture workshops twice a month. Dates: April, hillsroadadulteducation.co.uk
beginner or the more experienced Raku days. Visiting guest artists throughout Location: Porthmadog
Dates: Tuesday afternoons and evenings. the year. Private & group bookings available. glosters.co.uk THE POT SHOP
Monthly, Saturday themed workshops Pay per hour to come and use our workshop Courses: Individual and small groups pottery
Location: Sneinton Market, Nottingham casually. Materials & kiln space available JANE MALVISI classes in a professional workshop
sandybywaterceramics.wordpress.com Dates: See website Courses: Pottery classes, including Raku. Dates: Various, throughout the year
Location: Wilbarston, Market Harborough All abilities welcome Location: Lincoln
CANDO POTTERY theshireworkshops.co.uk Dates: Mon/Tues/Weds days and evenings Facebook, Twitter & Instagram: @potshop1
Courses: Hand-building for beginners Location: Bridgend, S Wales Tel. 01522 528994
Dates: Thursdays 10.30am-12.30pm PAT SHORT CERAMICS janemalvisi.co.uk
Location: Mellor, Stockport Courses: Beginners’ handbuilding POTTERYDAYZ
candopottery.wixsite.com/group workshops MID WALES ARTS Courses: Wheel throwing for beginners and
Dates: Various Courses: Two-day course on wood-firing more experienced. Raku courses through
THE CLAY ROOM LEICESTER Location: Edgbaston, Birmingham kilns. Make your work then fire it the summer
Courses: Range of classes for all abilities, patshortceramics.com Dates: Various Dates: Saturdays, 9.30-3pm
plus membership scheme for more Location: Maesmawr, Powys Location: Peterborough/East Midlands
experienced makers POTS IN NOTTS midwalesarts.org.uk FB: @potterydayz
Dates: Throughout the year Courses: Weekly classes and wheel taster E: [email protected]
Location: Leicester sessions ORIEL BODFARI GALLERY AND POTTERY
theclayroom.co.uk Dates: throughout the year, contact Courses: Throwing, handbuilding, Raku, etc
for more details Dates: Various
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ROWAN ARTS CENTRE THE SCULPTURE PLACE NORFOLK/SUFFOLK/ Classes run all year round daytime and
Courses: Handbuilding, throwing, untutored Courses: Figurative Sculpture Classes ESSEX evenings between Monday - Wednesday
group for those with experience Dates: Weekly sessions: Monday, Wednesday 10.30 - 12.30, 2.30 - 4.30pm, 7-9pm
Dates: Various & Thursday (running for 6 weeks) DEBORAH BAYNES (Due to Covid 19 we will be opening with
Location: Cambridge Location: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Courses: Residential and nonresidential reduced class sizes of 1-2 people from late
rowanhumberstone.co.uk thesculptureplace.co.uk Dates: Weekends (spring/autumn), July / August - please email for details
full weeks (July/Aug) Ceramics Classes at Home also available
WOODNEWTON POTTERY STONEHOUSE STUDIOS Location: Shotley, Suffolk with Studio in a box.
Courses: Weekly; throwing, hand building, Courses: Throwing & handbuilt ceramics, potterycourses.net Kiln firing included. (Within 5 miles of Milton
decorating (Tues/Weds). sculpture & life sculpture. Keynes area only).
Clay sculpture Portrait drawing, painting, & general art. BRICK HOUSE CRAFTS Location: Milton Keynes
Dates: Throughout the year One off workshops & one-to-one tuition on Courses: handbuilding, throwing, E: [email protected]
Location: Near Peterborough request decoration, mould making, raku in the T: 07465608771
robbibbyceramics.co.uk Dates: Throughout the year summer.
One offs by arrangement Beginners to professional welcome. FB: The Studio at Creative Block Designs
ZOO CERAMICS Location: Drayton Basset, nr Tamworth, Staffs Leisure classes & City & Guilds L2 and L3
Courses: Half and full day handbuilding stonehousestudios.co.uk courses ART BARN GAMLINGAY
workshops, 10-week pottery classes Dates: Tues - Friday 10am to 4pm, Courses: Handbuilding, raku and pit-firing
Dates: Various WOBAGE FARM CRAFT WORKSHOPS Sat 10am - 12 midday Dates: Wednesday and Thursday evening
Location: Waddington, Lincolnshire Courses: Various multiple-day Location: Silver End, Essex clay classes.
zooceramics.co.uk throwing workshops brickhouseceramics.co.uk 2-day raku making and firing workshops,
Dates: Various Saturday 27th April and Saturday 18th May.
WORCS/SHROPS/ Location: South Herefordshire TONY CARTER POTTERY SCHOOL Clay in a Day class, Saturday 28th September.
STAFFS/HEREFORD workshops-at-wobage.co.uk Courses: Beginners to experienced potters, Location: Gamlingay, Cambs/Beds border
all hand building, throwing, design, model E: [email protected]
ALLYEARROUND POTTERY YAT POTTERY & mould making. T: 07715 206780
Courses: Weekly classes; taster sessions; Courses: Throwing Small friendly groups, personal tutor. FB: Art Barn Gamlingay
one & two-day courses in throwing, hand- Dates: Various Dates: Year-round
building and decorating; pottery parties Location: Symonds Yat, Wye Valley Location, Debenham Suffolk ARTSHED ARTS
for all ages. All for beginners and more yatpottery.com tonycarterpotteryschool.com Courses: Hand building, throwing
advanced & surface pattern.
Dates: Various all-year-round! WARKS/N’HANTS/ MARIAM CULLUM All levels.
Location: South Herefordshire OXON Courses: 1:1 tuition in throwing, hand- Throwing taster sessions, private
all-year-round.org.uk building, slip-casting, surface decoration throwing tuition & sculpture.
CATHERINE ANNE CERAMICS and glaze preparation and application. Pottery parties
AMERTON ARTS STUDIO Courses: Small groups and one-to-one of all Dates: Various - Monday to Friday 10am-4pm Dates: See website
Courses: Life sculpture. Working from a life ages and mixed ability. Location: Bury St Edmunds Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
model to create a figurative sculpture. Throwing, hand building, glazing. www.hallhouseceramics.co.uk artshedarts.co.uk
Step-by-step tuition, beginners welcome Family sessions during school holidays
Dates: Termly, Saturdays Dates: Weekdays. Various evenings LIBBI HUTCHENCE, HANDMADE AT CHARLIE’S POTS
Location: Stowe by Chartley and weekends available BRAMLEY COTTAGE Courses: Intensive day-long Sunday
amertonartstudio.com Location: Staverton, Northants Courses: 1:1 tuition in throwing, hand- throwing courses for beginners
catherineanneceramics.com building, surface decoration & glaze Dates: Various
BRITISH CERAMICS BIENNIAL making for all ages/abilities Location: Aylesbury, Bucks
Courses: Beginners & Intermediate CENTRE OF ENGLAND ARTS Dates: Throughout the year E: [email protected]
Dates: Tuesday & Thursday Courses: Novice to experienced, including Location: Culford, Nr Bury St Edmunds
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire throwing handmadeatbramleycottage.co.uk CLAY WITH CAROLE
The BCB operates a clay school and a variety Dates: Weekly, Thursday evenings 7-9pm Courses: Handbuilding, throwing
of courses throughout the year. Location: Nr Solihull KATIE'S POTTERY STUDIO Dates: Various
britishceramicsbiennial.com coea.co.uk Courses: One-to-one & small group tuition Location: Hitchin, Herts
tonycarterpotteryschool.com in throwing, handbuilding, decorating, claywithcarole.co.uk
EARTH AND FIRE CERAMICS glazing & firing for all ages and abilities.
Courses: hand-building, throwing by DAISYROOTS CERAMICS Children's Saturday class CREATIVE CLAY FOR BEGINNERS
arrangement, pop-up pottery. Courses: Beginner’s wheel sessions 1:1 or Dates: Throughout the year Courses: Handbuilding, various levels,
1:1 or small groups, 2-hour intensive lessons small groups. Handbuilding techniques Location: Leiston, Suffolk full-time/part-time
Dates: Various, 4-weekly courses taught with support for home hobby with katiespotterystudio.co.uk Dates: Various
Location: Great Haywood, Stafford kiln firing service. Paint-your-own pottery Location:Newbury, Berks
Facebook: @earthandfireceramics & craft studio THAXTED POTTERS newbury-college.ac.uk
Dates: Just book! Courses: Beginners and intermediates MADE WITH CLAY STUDIO
EASTNOR POTTERY & THE FLYING Location: Crawley Village, Witney, Dates: Various 6-week sessions Courses: Currently workshops are held on
POTTER Oxfordshire Location: Thaxted, Essex Tuesdays 10-1pm, Thursdays 12-3 and 6-9pm
Courses: Remarkable potter’s wheel thaxtedpotters.co.uk and alternate Saturdays
experiences for all ages and abilities, run DaisyrootsCeramics.co.uk Location: Letchworth
by studio potters Jon Williams and DOMINIC UPSON madewithclaystudio.com
Sarah Monk. Tasters, days and weekends M & K RAKU WORKSHOPS Courses: Adult classes in all the build
Dates: Regularly throughout the year (see Courses: One-day raku workshops run by techniques, running in six-week blocks. NORTH MARSTON POTTERY
website) Mark Compton and Kirsteen Holuj. Bring your One-to-one classes in throwing taller, Courses: Variety of pottery courses
Location: Ledbury, Herefordshire own bisque-fired pots or sculptures along or thinner and production making Dates: Contact directly for further details
Website: eastnorpottery.co.uk buy pots from us on the day to glaze and fire. Dates: Various Location: North Marston, Bucks
All levels. Location: Battisford, Suffolk northmarstonpottery.co.uk
LOVECLAY AT VALENTINE CLAYS Dates: Workshops run monthly from April dominicupson.com
Courses: Basic/intermediate/professional/ to October KATE RADFORD POTTERY
families. Location: Milton Keynes WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE Courses: Hand building, throwing and
Throwing, slip casting & slip decorating, mkraku.co.uk Courses: Beginners, intermediate, mixed sculpture for all abilities and ages.
sculpture, basic ceramic techniques, abilities & workshop classes in hand-building, Electric, gas and raku firings
professional masterclasses, ceramic POTTERYDAYZ throwing, glazing & decorative surfaces & Dates: Weekly courses on a Wednesday,
painting Courses: Handbuilding, throwing lessons other techniques Thursday and Friday daytime and
Dates: Evenings & weekends (various) from Richard Gibbons Dates: Saturday daytime and evening for evenings, one to one and group
Location: Stoke-on-Trent Dates: Full and half days by arrangement 6 or 10 weeks. sessions available
loveclay.co.uk Location: Kings' Cliffe, Northants Terms starts January 2020 & April 2020 Location: Kensworth, South Bedfordshire
E: [email protected] Location: Bury St Edmunds kateradfordpottery.co.uk
POP UP POTTERY STUDIO FB: potterydayz wsc.ac.uk
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Courses: Beginner courses to learn simple PUP RUGBY BEDS/BUCKS/HERTS Courses: Hand building, throwing,
techniques Courses: Pop-up pottery, pay-as-you-go. decorating pots, sculpture for home and
Dates: Tuesday evenings & Friday afternoons Come and have a go! ALONDENE PHILLIPS garden
Location: Great Haywood (near Stafford), Dates: Wednesdays, fortnightly Courses: Hand-building for beginners to Dates: Throughout the year (weekend &
Staffordshire Location: Newton Village Hall, nr Rugby intermediate. day sessions available)
E: [email protected] FB: @popuppotteryrugby 1:1 and small group workshops. Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire
E: [email protected] Opportunities to do sgraffito, mishima, rubysharppottery.co.uk
POTCLAYS slipwork, simple mould making.
Courses: Basic/Intermediate/Advanced SWANSPOOL CERAMICS Plus creating & applying sprigs, decorative WHERE INSPIRATION BLOOMS
Throwing, Intro to glazes, Pottery Basics, Courses: Handbuilding, throwing, all levels. stencilling & printing on clay. Courses: Beginners’ classes,
Moulding and Slipcasting, Tilemaking Open access studio. Weekend courses & one- Workshops can also be tailored around workshops, hand-building, family sessions,
Dates: Various off experiences specialist techniques. pottery room hire, kiln space hire
Location: Stoke-on-Trent Dates: Termly, year-round Dates: Year round
potclays.co.uk Location: Castle Ashby, Northants Location: Chesham,
swanspoolceramics.co.uk Buckinghamshire
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WILTS/HANTS/ NEW DIRECTIONS RACHEL FOOKS: CERAMICS Location: St Buryan, Cornwall
BERKS Courses: Exciting range of ceramics courses Courses: Weekly classes and one-off sessions, E: [email protected]
to suit all abilities in a well-equipped studio. hand-building & throwing for all abilities FB & IG: @lucktaylorceramics
ANGELS FARM POTTERY Taught by specialist tutors and technician. Location: Wareham, Dorset lucktaylorceramics.co.uk
Courses: Residential (B&B) & non-residential. Dates: Various, see website rachelfooksceramics.com
Throwing, handbuilding, decorating Location: Reading TARKA POTTERY
Dates: Sat and w/ends once a month. Weekly newdirectionsreading.ac.uk KITE STUDIOS CLAY STUDIO Courses: All levels from beginners to
evening classes & Fri am. One-off days for Courses: Throwing, handbuilding, intermediate all year round.
groups, min 4, max 8 attendees DIANA PATTENDEN glazing, adult & children courses weekly Taster sessions for individuals or groups,
Location: Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hants. Courses: Sculpture, throwing, hand building, & weekend. One-to-one sessions and pottery weekly throwing and handbuilding courses.
angelsfarm.co.uk Prosecco & Clay sessions, children's parties, birthday parties Child/family workshops, parties
hand casting. Dates: Mon-Sat various times Dates: Tuesday to Saturday
ACTIVATE LEARNING AT BRACKNELL All ages and abilities welcome Location: Kemerton, Gloucestershire, Location: North Devon
AND WOKINGHAM COLLEGE Dates: Daytime, evenings and weekends and London tarkapottery.co.uk
Courses: Mixed ability adult leisure classes Location: Newbury, West Berkshire kitestudios.org
taught throughout the daytime and evening. dianapattenden.co.uk ALISON WEST CERAMICS
All abilities welcome in our well-equipped JULIE MASSIE POTTERY CLUB Courses: Weekend raku, saggar and barrel
pottery studio, where a range of pottery SASHA WARDELL Courses: Hand building pottery club for firing
techniques are taught by experienced tutors. Courses: Bone china & mould making all. Children and adults welcome. School Dates: Various
One-day specialist courses taught courses workshops available. Home Pottery Club Location: Chagford, Devon
throughout the year Dates: May to September ( incl.) in service available - deliveries and pickups to alisonwestceramics.com
Dates: Mon – Thurs, daytime and evening SW France /Feb & March in Wiltshire your doorstep
Location: Woodley Hill House, Earley, Berks Location: SW France/ Wiltshire Dates: Various KENT/SUSSEX/
activatelearning.ac.uk/study/subjects/ sashawardell.com Location: Southbourne, Bournemouth SURREY/LONDON
ceramics-and-pottery juliemassie.co.uk
Tel: 01344 868600 STONEHENGE POTTERY ART OF MINE
Courses: weekly classes, Tuesday and CHARLOTTE MILLER CERAMICS Courses: 1-1 throwing tuition, hand building,
CÁIT GOULD CERAMICS  THE BASE Thursday, hand building and throwing. Courses: Throwing, handbuilding, surface decoration for all ages and abilities.
Courses: All levels from beginners to Weekender workshops and group sessions mould-making, surface decoration Birthday parties, team building and taster
intermediate. Taster courses, general pottery by arrangement Dates: Termly part-time, taster workshops, sessions
and throwing courses. Pottery parties by Dates: Various all year round pottery parties Dates: Various
appointment Location: Winterbourne Stoke, Near Location: Bournemouth Location: Maidstone, Kent
Dates: See website Salisbury and Amesbury charlottemillerceramics.com E: [email protected]
Location: Newbury & Reading Tel: 01980 620328
caitgould.com [email protected] MOON STUDIO AYLESFORD POTTERY
Courses: Hand building, throwing, surface Courses: Raku days, 1-day, 10-week Pottery
CERAMICSPACE BRADFORD ON AVON STUPOTS POTTERY STUDIO design. Taster sessions, short courses, pottery classes, Mould Making, Glaze Theory &
Courses: Full time access and/or practice Courses: Wheel taster sessions, hand parties, kids clay time & mobile pop up Application
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experienced potters. decoration, glazing
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experienced potters. NEW LIFE CERAMICS experimental firing days. Obvara, Raku, sashawardell.com
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