Monthly Archives: May 2012

Oxides

Posted on May 25, 2012 by shelleyupton

Mixed with a little water. The magic of oxides is that the dull grey powders turn out to be interesting colours when they’re. fired.

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Glazing week two

Posted on May 18, 2012 by shelleyupton

 Today we glazed a few of the test tiles we made last week. We used the standard glazes available in the studio, but two of us had dug local clay and have done a couple of test tiles using it … Continue reading →

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Glazing and surface decoration

Posted on May 11, 2012 by shelleyupton

Started a new course today with Angharad Taris. Fortunately there were enough of us so the course should run. We concentrated on making lots of test tiles and going through the basics of the physical composition of clay. Sad creature … Continue reading →

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