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ClayCraft

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In The News
The Harewood Biennial 2024, 'Create/Elevate', celebrates craft and artisanal heritage through significant works from 16 international contemporary artists, designers, and craft collectives at Harewood House and Gardens. Four major new works have been
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Welcome
Jacqui Atkin, our consultant editor and creator of our hand-build projects, has a daughter, Charlie, in Australia who makes the most amazing plaster moulds for slip-casting. We’ll run a feature on Charlie in a future issue, but one of her recent comm
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ClayCraft Magazinewww.claycraft.co.ukKelsey Media The Granary, Downs Court,Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6ALEDITORIALEditor: Rachel Graham;claycraft.ed@kelsey.co.ukConsultant editors: Jacqui Atkin, Kevin MillwardContributors: Jacqui Atkin, Linda B
ClayCraft3 min readChemistry
Linda Bloomfield Strontium Versus Barium In Matt Crater Glazes
Barium is used as a flux in glazes and clays to enhance colour, and also in small amounts to prevent scumming from soluble salts in clay. Josiah Wedgwood used barium sulphate in his Jasperware coloured clay body. Potters nowadays more often use bariu
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Jewellery Dish With Thrown Pedestal Base
DIFFICULTY RATING Always compress the clay at the rim after each lift – pinch the rim gently between your fingers and thumb while resting the forefinger of your other hand on the rim and applying gentle pressure. ■ Clay of choice – earthenware or sto
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Little Owl
DIFFICULTY RATING ■ Stoneware or earthenware clay1■ General tools and ribs■ Glaze of choice to decorate or oxide/underglaze for a simple wash Look for a good image of an owl – one that is relatively simple in shape without too much fine detail. If yo
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Kitchen Scoop
DIFFICULTY RATING ■ Clay of choice – earthenware or stoneware■ Rolling pin, roller guides (no thicker than 5mm), plastic sheet■ General tools and ribs■ Decorating medium of choice – slip, underglaze, glaze Draw and cut out a template circle on paper
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Sgraffito Bud Vases
DIFFICULTY RATING ■ Clay of choice, earthenware or stoneware, preferably a smooth type for this particular decorating technique■ Rolling pin, roller guides (no thicker than 3-5mm), plastic sheet■ General making tools and ribs■ Slip or underglaze colo
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Meet the Maker – Matiu Bush
Jacqui takes up the story: Occasionally, in our busy lives, we meet people who are such independent thinkers that we are shocked (in the best sense) and, at the same time, thrilled by their aesthetic and attitude to life and people. Matiu Bush was on
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Back to Basics - Coils
Coil-building is one of the oldest pottery techniques, and many cultures have unique methods and styles. It allows for a wide range of shapes and sizes, from small pots to large, complex forms, and gives a unique finish, with subtle variations and te
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Doug's DIARY
I think May is probably my favourite month of the year. It is, in part, the knowledge that there's now enough distance from winter, that the evenings will be light until late, the chances of a frost are pretty much gone, and all around us is bird son
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Courses
Courses: Handbuilding & throwing day class drop-in. Night and weekend classes. 1-1 tuition & Raku classes. Suitable for all levels. Open access coming. Dates: see website Location; Govan, Glasgow stefbaxterpottery.com Courses: Beginner-intermediate
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The Accidental Studio Open all hours
Well, perhaps we aren’t open exactly 24/7, but it has certainly felt like it recently. Our Open Studio weekend took place on the 27th and 28th of April, and by good luck, our landlords were also hosting the Cheshire Beekeeping Association, where near

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