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This was designed as a simple comparison of black oxide design on buff vs black oxide design on (titanium?) white dip over buff. Both cup...

This was my first experiment with firing my new underglazes at stoneware temperatures! I was running a tile test at the same time so I reall...

Class results continue - 2nd firing, buff clays with a white dip. When wet, the PB103 and the Buff clay have a noticeable colour differen...

Item four in the Christmas firing was a small PB103 Iznik vase. I was experimenting with thin closed forms when I made the vase. It was r...

Glazing attempt 2 - blue! My first attempt at glazing was a single session to experiment with colour combinations and basic dip glazing ...

My first quest in my recent ceramic class was to make a quatrefoil cup. I threw three but squished two of them because the proportions just...

I believe I've achieved a +1 in pottery skills in the last couple of months. I've just completed a 5 week (three hours a week) cour...

On the 20th of September, I took a casual class in pot throwing at Claymake. This was my third ever time using a wheel, and my first exposur...

The Mughal flat hat! Late 15th Century. Shapur with the daughter of Mihrak, by Qāsim.  British Library MS 5600 - f.399v: Look at the de...

So, in my usual method of garb creation, I've started with a half remembered reference and jumped into my project. I've begun practi...

MS 6613 - A Safavid manuscript painted in 1665-1667. I had hoped the Princesses mentioned in this manuscript would all be wearing clothe...

  Detail: Folio 155r: Fitnah carrying the ox on her shoulders up steps to Bahrām Gūr.  Khamsah by Niẓāmī Ganjavī (1665-7) which conta...

I attend Pennsic again this year. I spent a lot of time hanging out at the Tudor House in the market place with Master Simon and all the am...

Embroidery chart by Christian Egenolff. 1535. Germany. The Met Museum accession number:  33.69(4r) I really like the zig-zag and so...

Embroidery chart by Christian Egenolff. 1535. Germany. The Met Museum accession number:  33.69(4r) I'm not sure where I'd use...