I decided to have a bash at doing a figurine today … Still a bit shiny and wet in this photo, but you’ll get the gist of it! Really enjoyed doing this, so I’ll definitely be making some more! First time I’ve hollowed out anything I’ve made before, which was a scary experience. Nothing more [...]
Have been playing a bit more with the clay today and have produced … a mushroom candle holder and a ‘rustic’ bowl … The foliage in the bowl will burn off during firing and hopefully leave a nice imprint behind! Am really still trying to get used to working with the terracotta clay, but I’m [...]
My brother writes short stories and the latest stories he’s working on are based around a Green Man-inspired villain. So today I decided to have a go of making a Green Man from clay I’m quite pleased with it, for a first attempt! The leaves will burn off in the firing, [hopefully] leaving a nice [...]
I was chuffed to bits today to get 250 red bricks for free via West Fife ReCycle, which were left over from someone’s building job. Absolutely brilliant, as it’ll let me make a storage area for drying wood out to use in my pottery pit kiln project! The other thing I really needed for the [...]
I seem to recall back in January I said I was going to try a bit harder to keep up with blogging …. now here I am two months after my last blog post finally getting round to doing my next one. Oops!! Must try harder Life has been hectic as always! As well as [...]
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