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I t’s with great pleasure that I make the following announcement. After the six-and-a-half years that ClayCraft has been going, my youngest daughter has finally shown an interest in clay! That’s not quite fair. She does prefer my plates to the bought versions, in fact she and her brother (the apron ad model!) fight over who’s going to use them – Ireally should make some more – and they mock me mercilessly if something I do goes wrong, so she obviously has some awareness of the process behind handmade ceramics. She’s also the one who reported that Tracey Parson’s agate reminded her of bacon (see issue 15). She’s away at university, but is currently home for the summer, and spends an inordinate amount of time sitting in my office talking…

You will need: ■ 2kg (4 ½lb) clay of choice – earthenware or stoneware in your preferred colour, plus extra to throw a pad for a batt unless you have a quick-fix mechanism ■ Tools for throwing – water bowl, sponge, ribs, cutting wire ■ Glazes of choice Before you begin: This form is essentially a wide, flat-bottomed bowl with a central tube to hold the roll and, therefore, must be thrown on a batt because it would be impossible to lift it off the wheel head otherwise. If you don’t have a quick-fit mechanism for your wheel, you’ll need to throw a pad to secure the batt onto – instructions for how to do this can be found in issue 65, project 1 – 'Pasta set', but the first…

Anna has owned a pottery painting studio in South Lincolnshire for over 10 years and set up Cutters for Clay a couple of years ago after designing her own range of 3D printed cutters, stamps and textured rolling pins for playing with clay. Here is a typical day in the life of Anna... A few months ago, one of my best friends from school told me about a book he was reading called The 5am Club. It’s about how much more productive you are in the early hours of the morning and how those precious few hours before the rest of the world wakes are when you can get so much more done than at any other time of the day. Every weekday since that conversation, my husband and I…

SCOTLAND STEF BAXTER POTTERY 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 CLAY WORKS STUDIO Courses: All levels from beginners to intermediate. Taster courses, general pottery and throwing courses. Open access facility for more advanced makers coming soon Dates: See website Location: Dumfries & Galloway clayworksstudios.co.uk DUNDEE CERAMICS WORKSHOP Courses: Classes for all levels from beginner to intermediate, for individuals and groups. 1-1 tuition available. Open studio access and kiln hire for members Dates: Throughout the year (see website) Location: Dundee dundeeceramicsworkshop.com FORGAN ARTS CENTRE Courses: All levels and ages catered for in hand building, throwing & Raku 12 pottery classes per week plus specialist technique weekend workshops…

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Yellow is a cheerful colour, with glaze and stain names such as honey, buttercup, primrose and sunshine yellow. They were used on porcelain bowls in Ming China and functional slipware pancheons in medieval Europe. Nowadays, stains and underglaze colours can be bought in a variety of bright yellow hues, and it is possible to make shades of mustard and ochre yellow using colouring oxides. However, it is difficult to make a bright yellow using oxides, so stains and underglazes are often preferred. Yellow glazes can be made using small quantities of iron oxide fired in oxidation (in reduction firings, iron oxide turns celadon blue-green). For example, the classic honey-yellow earthenware glaze contains around 1% red iron oxide, which you can either add to a clear glaze or source from red…

PROJECT TWO You will need: ■ Clay of choice – earthenware or stoneware– preferably white firing for a better colour response when decorating ■ Rolling pin, roller guides (max 5mm-thick), plastic sheet ■ General tools and ribs ■ Blank newsprint paper (available online from the Bag & Box Man) ■ Large sheet of paper – wall lining paper is perfect ■ Pencil, craft knife, ruler ■ Underglazes in a selection of colours – we used Amaco Velvets ■ Brushes for underglaze application and another to attach stencils ■ Transparent glaze Note: To make even a small vase, the circle needs to be large – this will become evident as you work, but the ultimate scale of the vase is your choice, so a specific…

PROJECT Before you begin: Make a paper template to your chosen depth, which is long enough to fit around your tube former with a 2-3cm overlap You will need: ■ A forming tube – plastic drainpipes are useful, or carpet inner tubes etc ■ Ruler, craft knife, pencil and paper to make a template Also: ■ Extra thin roller guides – no thicker than 3mm – preferably 2mm ■ Rolling pin, plastic sheet ■ Clay of choice – earthenware or stoneware, preferably white-firing ■ Newsprint paper for paper resist ■ Tissue paper decals (optional – you can decorate entirely using paper resist if you prefer ■ Underglaze colours with brushes for application ■ Transparent glaze Prepare a block of clay large enough to accommodate your template. Working on the sheet…

2 AUG – 1 SEPT SUMMER ART EXHIBITION Harrow Open Studios and Harrow Art Centre present a wide variety of artists, in age, area, styles and mediums. On those hot, sultry summer days (or rainy ones) it is a welcome relief to enter a cool clean space, full of vibrant art in all mediums and styles. From aged 10 to 85 years, the artists in this exhibition are from Harrow and the surrounding areas and have a wealth of creative talent, ready and willing to share with you. Free to enter, the White Cube Gallery is the borough’s only purpose-built space designated solely for visual arts. It can be found at the Harrow Art Centre, immediately on your right as you enter the building. 171 Uxbridge Road Hatch End, HA5…

Thanks to funding from Wasps (Workspace Artist Studio Provision Scotland), a group of five glass and ceramic artists – Janice Affleck, Ruth Mae Martin, Cath Maskell, Charlott Rodgers and Siân Patterson – all based in Glasgow Ceramics Studios, have just finished a six-week summer exhibition at Perth Creative Exchange, responding to their theme; to re-imagine the everyday domestic. The artists explore narratives inherent within the domestic realms via familiar objects and experiments in materiality. They examine and challenge traditionally accepted gendered performance inside the home. The translation of difficult emotions, such as sadness and rage, via a vintage tea set that is pushed to breaking point – too full and too hot with foam glass and tableware communicating grief via form and surface treatment. They also delved into traces that…

ROJECT HREE YOU WILL NEED: ■ Large sheets of paper to make the templates – plus pencil, ruler and craft knife ■ The template created to make a sprig mould ■ A stoneware grogged clay, eg craft crank ■ Rolling pin, plastic sheet, roller guides (8 10mm thick) ■ General tools and ribs ■ Sprig mould – see page 64 ■ Texture roller or similar – we used an MKM tools mini-roller ■ Glaze of choice BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Our planter is triangular, but if you wanted to make it square or multi-sided, the construction principles would be the same. You don’t have to decorate your planter with sprigs, but if you do, you will need to make the mould in advance – see Project 5 on page 64. Note:…

I'veoften heard it said that you can tell the schools have broken up because the weather changes for the worse, and so far, this has been the case for us in southwest Scotland. Term ended for the kiddies about four weeks ago, and since the holidays began, we’ve had just a handful of dry days. Tonight, we’re in a caravan a few miles from Penrith. The sound of rain on a caravan roof is so evocative of the English summer, having spent many a childhood holiday sheltering from the weather in rather less elaborate accommodation than this swanky mobile home. Today, however, it’s been predominantly dry, and fingers crossed, it’ll stay that way for the weekend, as we’re here in Penrith for Potfest in the Park. We’re all set up…