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This glaze recipe has very quickly become one of my favourite bases, and the variation with minor changes in colourants makes it one of the most interesting.
Recipes and explanation for the Limited Edition glaze I used for Valentine’s Day 2021, a pink base glaze with darker pink and white speckles.
There are a lot of thing I don’t like about the Squarespace shop interface, but there is one thing they did well - the CSV export and import
The Foot Trimming Tool is a really easy way to add a shaped foot to a piece.
There are some glaze ingredients that are volatile during a firing, even in a cone 5 electric kiln, and will evaporate and travel around the kiln. These pieces make use of that, with a glaze where the volatile colourant is removed from the recipe and placed nearby in the kiln to give a flash of colour during the firing.
The Nautilus pattern is a very simple process, created by stamping a pattern in thick slip while the piece turns slowly. It is an interesting pattern on its own, but also provides a textured surface for glazes to flow over.
The Drippy Slippy pieces came about from a desire to replicate the glorious drippiness of some glazes, but in the clay itself.
Slip is just another name for liquid clay. You can buy it ready made or mix it from powdered ingredients, but the simplest way to make it is to use the dried clay leftovers from trimming pots. The process really couldn't be much simpler.
Having a shaped foot on a piece has many advantages, practically as well as aesthetically. The main disadvantage is the extra time it can take to trim one, especially when you're making many copies of a simple form. This simple tool allows you to add a consistent shaped foot to a piece at the same time as undercutting the base, so doesn't even add an extra step to the process.
The technique to add the Swirly pattern is incredibly simple, but there are a few tricks to make it easier.
The Pebble pattern is produced by contrasting glazes mixing and flowing over a stamped design in the clay. It's a very simple process that can easily be modified and applied to a wide range of pieces
The Peacock Eye pattern is produced by contrasting glazes mixing and flowing over a stamped design in the clay. It's a very simple process that can easily be modified and applied to a wide range of pieces.
