First piece ready for bisque firing. Learning points so far have been: prefer more round, curvy forms, need a heavy base for...

My project involves making structural forms inspired by steam turbine designs, building on my work undertaken on the Stand & Deliver...

Test tiles have been produced comparing oxidation with reduction firing using established UCLAN glaze recipes.

Picked up my raw materials for testing this week. The picture above shows the shale material mixed with reclaimed clay 50:50 ratio,...

The pieces are out of the kiln ready for the Christmas party tomorrow. I’m very pleased how the items look and I feel both met the...

My second piece for this project has been inspired by my mum. She was a housewife and stayed at home to bring up her family. Time was...

Last week was the date for finishing work ready for a bisque firing if we were to hit the deadline of 13th December for using the pieces...

Demo relating to slip. Learning points include: Salt glaze is really slip and the salt creates the glaze. Interesting results using...

Loved the results from my Raku firing session. Very happy with the white crackle glaze under the dark copper glaze. You can see on the...

Time is running out for the 13 December deadline, but big push today is helping to ease my stress levels! More pictures below.

We have been let loose until the end of term and have been given the brief “stand and deliver” which is to make a vessel and stand using...

Brief discussion on glazes this week. My summary is that it’s a minefield out there. So many possible options so many possible problems!...

We have had fun making moulds this week from plaster. Biggest learning point has been when it is best to pour the plaster into the frame...

So what influences our work? We have been asked this week to produce a mind map describing what influences our work whether that be our...

It’s been awhile since I’ve done some slab building. The technique maybe quite useful for me in the future as I develop my signature...

Hand-building techniques have been explored this week. Although not new to me it’s good to have a refresher to check you are not...

Two months to go before handing in my first assignment and time is ticking. So off I go to my local library in search of books on...

Our first real taste of clay arrived today at the Uclan workshop. Playing with texture and mark making were on the agenda. Using...

I had a weekend away in Glasgow and decided to stop off at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery. We only had an hour to spare so we had to use our...

At the end of September I started my new journey at UCLAN undertaking my Master of Arts degree in Ceramics. It has definitely been a...