Some finished glazed work just in time for the degree show.

At last it has all come together just at the right time! After a long glazing session the kiln went on just before the end of the day.  Have to wait for three days for the results as this is a very slow firing. The glaze has worked out well, no more crazing and the colours are what I have been looking for.

The contrast between glazed and unglazed surfaces works well

I'm really happy with these

Photography lighting studio

spent an hour or so in the lighting studio and got some interesting images. I prefer natural light for photography but these worked out OK. The images from natural light are warmer and softer.

Photo shoot in the Studio

The light in the studio was beautiful this morning so I decided to set up an area to take some pictures. The large windows allow lots of light in which gives great results with soft light rather than the photography Lighting studio with flash.

wire cut porcelain vessel

cast paper clay

folded cardboard

paper slip texture

translucent porcelain leaves

fragile paper slip!

Ready to glaze

After lots of testing and many problems I am ready to glaze the first batch of thrown work...... fingers crossed!

Hope this one survives

Paper clay

Ready to fire! these are the full size versions that I wanted lets hope they survive the kiln.

Other things happening in the studio

The strange world of ceramics

Ali's space

Amina's space

Rosie's casting of a head

Jo's coloured thrown things

Things that can happen in the kiln

Good things happening

Things are coming together after all. I set up a makeshift photography studio in my work space so that I could see what was working. This was a big help to start to see where things were going.

deeeeep blue!

Contrasting glazed and unglazed surfaces

I really like the way that the surface texture is revealed below the glaze on these pieces

Water etched surfaces

Wire cut surface is getting more interesting now

I need to make more of these

This would be interesting in multiples stacked

Series of small prototypes

Plaster, clay and colour

this form has possibilities on a larger scale