Really looking forward to this weekend there are some fabulous makers joining me at York Racecourse on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th. The CPA are arranging free buses from York station to the exhibition so why not zip up to York this weekend by train and leave your car at home. Hopefully see you there…
Teapot
This Teapot is decorated with green copper slip and raw glazed with a lead bisilicate glaze. It’s important when using copper slip with lead to only use it on the outer surface of pots to ensure food safety (or in this case tea safety) The inside of this teapot is glazed terracotta.
Tapas…
These new Tapas dishes are a fresh redesign on a classic pot I made back in 2004. They fit nicely under the arch of my kiln snuggling lip to lip next to the pyrometer. Each piece is decorated with ball clay slip then glazed with a lead bisilicate glaze before being raw fired to 1100…
Summer Making
Sadly with Covid 19 forcing us to stay inside I’m not having as much fun in the sun as I’d like to. The bright side is that I work from home anyway so can fill my time making pots. Summer is the perfect time for making pots. The heat allows the clay to dry faster…
Check out my new brochure
Brochure – Online If you click on this link you can see my whole range of pottery. There is definitely a point where Instagram posts and word of mouth are just sadly not enough so I’ve had fun working with Paul Butler to compile my range in a brochure for retailers and collectors of my…
Back in the saddle despite the cold snap
I am a potter working in Essex, England. I use British Terracotta clay to make contemporary Slipware using traditional techniques, sustainable materials and firing methods. My pots are functional, demonstrating ergonomic design and a skilled mastery of throwing, I feel the warm colours of the terracotta and burnt yellows of the glaze that pool in…
Teapot part 1……
Everyone is always asking how you make teapots, well this is the first part, I’ll be posting a serial over the next week so keep watching this space