First thrown pot and what a lovely green colour

This was made with Delta stoneware clay, using the hand-building technique of coiling. Glazed with transparent green alkaline glaze which produces this gorgeous colour.

And here's my first "successful" attempt at throwing on the wheel. Inverted commas because I had several throws before I mastered centering, however, this is very small, has a very thick base and narrow edge at the top, so not much of a success. Nevertheless, it is the first thing that came out looking pot-like. I used turquoise glaze on the outside and shiny blue/green on the inside. Oh and it's stoneware clay.

Two terracotta pinch pots = a giant Malteser

After making a pinch pot, we progressed to making two pinch pots the same size, and then sticking them together to make a ball. Since I was using earthenware clay, I couldn't help thinking my brown ball looked a lot like a giant Malteser. I resisted eating it, however, and instead cut a wavy line through it with a wire. I proceeded to puncture lots of holes all over it and then, once biscuit fired, glazed the top half with turquoise glaze and the bottom half with transparent glaze. The idea is to put a tea light candle inside to see the light shining through the holes. It sort of works.

First pinch pot

I'm pretty new to ceramics, having just started this course a few weeks ago, so my work is not that great (yet) but hopefully will show my progression as I get better.

We made a lot of things in the first few weeks when learning - but not perfecting - new techniques. Those pieces have proved really useful, not just for learning the different methods, but also for testing out different glazes and seeing their effects.

My first piece is a pinch pot, made from earthenware clay, with honey glaze on the inside, which comes out a rich, dark brown on earthenware. The outside is glazed with tin white, with copper oxide on the etched pattern.

Again, matt black but I let it dry out then put a spiral of 'gold' over it.
The spiral is just visible but not even close to gold in colour - a great contrast if it had have worked.......

The round disk is like a raised coaster or a lid. The spiral was a pin tool against the clay on the wheel at the soft leatherhard stage same as for creating the "foot". Single dip in matt black.

The wheel-thrown cup/vase has the smoothest base I've made yet but the matt black needed another layer.

It's almost invisible here but I brushed a band of transparent violet alkaline glaze ~2/3 of the way up the side........creates an oil-on-water type effect. A bit thicker might work better?

I can't seem to make straight-sided cylinders - looks like a flared trouser!!

I really like black as a colour

This is from last semester's raku session.

Wax on base to give the dark blackened effect.

Not sure what I did with the glaze.....maybe a mix of turquoise & white? The inside is better than the outside.

Group five-minute handbuilt piece

Sweets dish

It's not good as a plate for ordinary food but as a bowl for sweets, it looks great (test not shown).
The coloured glass was inlaid into the indentations after bisque firing, alongside the edges in my own "midnight blue" crystalline glaze - kiln too hot & fast for the crystals?
Green transparent glaze dip at each corner is subtle but under flash photography, looks highlighter lime!!

Blue

The Egyptian blue looks like it slumped after double dipping but the effect is great.
Mustard yellow inside is mottled but still watertight.

Thrown "perfume" bottle.

Stone red (base & inside) with "misty" blue body - copper acrylic band & rim after firing.

Thrown terracotta clay tea light holder.

Clear glaze atop black slip.

Cabbage pot

Jake in the cabbage pot.

Clay was rolled over sliced red cabbage and formed round a cylinder.
Glazed with rough purple.

Georg Ware

cobalt carbonate and copper oxide on Jill's White

Earthenware bowl

Earthenware, thrown and turned with a fairly high footring. Glazed with tin white and then honey over the top - the combination runs together during firing giving a slightly mottled effect.

Slip plate

Earthenware plate - thrown, with white slip painted on and then black slip splashed on with a paintbrush. Earthenware transparent glaze over the top.