Heather's first tooth pot

 

 

Frozen Planet Pot

Inspired by David Attenborough's Frozen Planet I wanted to make a pot that contrasted the smooth whiteness of glaciers with rocky outcrops that rise out at the edges of them.

White part of this pot is porcelain, burnished prior to firing. Top part is black coarse clay.

Inside glazed with double layer of Egyptian Blue (the inside glaze of choice this term for some reason). Some matt white thickly brushed onto the black clay to give the partial coverage.

Marbled bowl

About 20 cm across. Thrown, mixture of about 2/3 porcelain, 1/3 black clay. Turned both inside and outside when leather-hard. Glazed on the inside only with transparent glaze, and fired to earthenware.

Teacup

Thrown, black clay (680 smooth), fired to earthenware. Glazed in turquoise (first coat) followed by transparent on top (Liz's suggestion originally). Worked nicely in leaving patches of colour on top of a darker base. NB that the glaze ran off the pot slightly, so it stuck to the glaze shelf.

Coral bowl

Stoneware cut with Madelaine's curly wire tool and pressed together to form a bowl shape.

Painted with slip and oxides.

Glazed with clear transparent.

Like the look that its from under the sea - glazing and finishing wasn't subtle enough.

Pinch pot, black clay

Tiny pinch pot, black clay (680 smooth). Glazed on the top half only with 2 - 3 coats of matt white, and fired to stoneware. The glaze 'sinks in' to the black clay, giving it an uneven finish.

Harriet's Wavy Stalked Urn

Mixed clays - black coarse and architectural stoneware. Fired to stoneware temperature. Inside glazed with double dipped Egyptian blue. Egyptian blue painted on outside. Outside the colour sucked into the clay so shows only as a slight sheen. Stalk glazed in matt white, painted on rutile oxide and crocus martis oxide.