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Mug in local clay

Local (Inderwick Road) clay, thrown, glazed in honey, and fired to standard earthenware temperature. It is tricky to glaze it, as the clay is mostly vitrified after biscuit firing, and so the glaze doesn't stick well. The clay is also not very pure, and little lumps of calcium carbonate give rise to lime pops (my favourite new phrase): areas of bloating where the lime evolves CO2 during the firing. You can see some small lime pops on the inside of the mug.

Fran's crystalline glaze on teacup

Fran's teacup, coiled in grogged porcelain. Manganese and cobalt give the colours

Stubby vase

Porcelain off cuts mixed with paper fibre. Kind of ok on the top, but an ugly bottom.

Tray and dishes

Small porcelain dishes, thrown and glazed with transparent stoneware glaze. Bamboo tray from Stockholm Design Centre (bought from Skandium).