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Email me at: claycraft.ed@kelsey.co.uk Spring feels like it’s just around the corner and that usually means it’s time to start the process of getting ready for this year’s pottery events –I even saw a potter unpacking a kiln full of Christmas pieces today, which is unbelievably organised! Working with potters for the magazine, I understand the challenges of getting a body of work together, especially if you’re working on something new. All the testing and refining needed to produce something that you’re happy with, takes time, and begins well before the deadline of the actual event. With everything having mostly ground to a halt over the past couple of years, I hope that this year will see very high numbers of attendees at the shows and sales, as we all…

The Stamford Pottery Market returns to The Stamford Arts Centre in its regular calendar slot in May. On the 1st and 2nd of May, around 25 local potters will display and sell their work at this two-day celebration of ceramics. There will be a huge range of pottery creations to suit everyone, from beautiful domestic ware to quirky ornaments and sculptures. Potters love to talk about their work and how it's been made, so this provides an opportunity for visitors to chat with the makers about their different techniques. There will be a charity raffle of items made by the organising potters in aid of Stamford MindSpace. With free admission and an exciting, fun atmosphere, the organisers hope the pottery market will be well received and supported.…

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The MPA is holding an audience with Harriet Coleridge and Dr Robin Wilson on Sunday, June 12th, at the Sundragon Community Pottery in Birmingham. Harriet will be joined by Dr Robin Wilson of Oxford Wytham Studio and Department of Anthropology and the Oxford Anagama project, an international forum with active participation from UK and Japanese potters, whose practical research links both materials and processes. The day holds extensive talks, illustrations and examples of different gas and anagama flamefired techniques, Shino glazes, carbon trap shinos and much more from these well-respected professionals. The opportunity to buy some pieces has also been requested. Please arrive in time for a prompt start at 11.30am. Cost: MPA members £12.50. Nonmembers/guests £15. To book your place, please email Giles Headley (Treasurer) at: treasurer@midlandspotters.co.uk 11.30am-4.30pm, 12 June…

PROJECT ONE These lovely cluster lights look fab as a feature in a living room or lighting a hallway, where they can hang at a longer length Before you begin: This project will be a good exercise in repeat throwing off the hump. It doesn’t matter if each shade is slightly different once thrown –a slight variation adds to the visual interest. However, the more you throw, the better you’ll get at repeating the shape more accurately, and it’s always best to throw more than you need for the cluster, so you have a selection to choose from when you’re putting them together. You can work directly from the wheel head for this project because each light shade will be cut from the top of the mass of clay. Note:…

PROJECT THREE Here’s a lively project to brighten up the miserable last weeks of winter. Your bowl doesn’t need to be as bold in colour as the one here, but it never hurts to go a bit wild at times! YOU WILL NEED: ■ Plaster mould – see ‘Before you Begin’ ■ Stiff card and tracing paper, pencil ■ Clay of choice – earthenware or stoneware – use a white body if you want bright colours ■ Rolling pin, 5mm thick roller guides, plastic sheet ■ Selection of stiff and soft ribs/kidneys ■ Pin ■ Underglaze colours of choice ■ Brushes in a selection of sizes ■ Transparent glaze BEFORE YOU BEGIN: For this project, we’re using a deep bowl mould with a narrow base. You can make a model…

If you have a news story, product launch or details of some other topical item you’d like our readers to know about, email claycraft.ed@kelsey.co.uk Ceramic Wales will take place on the 11th and 12th of June. The event has moved from its previous location. It will be brought to you in collaboration with Bodrhyddan Hall, combining the ceramics event with the long-established Bodrhyddan Plant Fayre, with the addition of a third, 'food', element, bringing together the perfect combination of 'Pots, Plants and Food'. The location forms a beautiful setting to showcase the very best ceramics from the UK and beyond. With plants and food to complement the variety of ceramics on display and the beautiful gardens to explore, Ceramic Wales 2022 aims to bring together a whole new experience, not…

GLAZING In the last issue I explained how to analyse your glaze test results and adjust the glaze or correct any defects. This month I will cover how to make and apply a larger batch of glaze Linda Bloomfield is a scientist turned potter. More glaze recipes can be found in her books, Advanced Pottery (2011), Colour in Glazes (A&C Black 2012), The Handbook of Glaze Recipes (Bloomsbury 2014) and Science for Potters (The American Ceramic Society 2017). Her new book Special Effect Glazes, and the second edition of Colour in Glazes are both out now. Linda has recently launched her online glazing course, How Glazes Work, on her website: lindabloomfield.co.uk 1 2 The first task is to scale up the glaze recipe from a 100g batch to a 3kg…

PROJECT FOUR Kurinuki is the traditional Japanese method of handbuilding and literally means ‘carving out’. It’s not a difficult way to work but requires an eye for balance of form, so bearing this in mind, now is probably the time to talk about the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi Sabi because this project embodies it perfectly. Read more on this at the end of the project DIFFICULTY RATING ★★★★★ 1 ▲ Roughly form the block of clay to the height and shape you want the vase to be. It needs to be quite substantial, although you will remove much of the clay in the making process. Leave the block to firm up to leather hard. You will need: ■ A solid block of clay – earthenware or stoneware, colour of…

I I always think about what I might write here in the weeks preceding the deadline, sitting at the dining room table to jot down my musings. This month was much the same as usual, and it was all in my head; stories of my trip to London, the making of the lamp base order and other tales. It was all going to be simple. Then the world changed, when Russia invaded Ukraine. I will tell you about those things shortly, but I will begin by talking about a Ukrainian potter called Serhiy Dutka. Serhiy lives in the West of Ukraine, in a village called Rozhniv. He makes the most beautiful sgraffito-decorated slipware pottery, inspired and inf luenced by his home tradition of folk pottery. We connected via Facebook and…