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As I blended up an ice cream container of slip for my Mishima experiment I thought perhaps I could use some of it for slip painting. I used...

I’ve been following a YouTube channel called Karen’s Pots and Glass. Karen’s is a ceramics teaching and during the covid restrictions she ha...

My first oil lamp - essentially a thick bottomed bowl with the sides pinched in and sealed. Glazed in a yellow outer with a clear semi-glo...

I really wasn't sure how this would turn out. This is a rather short cup and I wasn't sure how to decorate it. I was cruising aro...

There is no extant item to go with this globe cup as I designed it myself. I'm quite happy with the light/dark balance though I wish ...

I fell in love with this pattern. I cannot find this extant bowl anywhere though. I can't even find it in any of my Pinterest colle...

This was my 5th attempt at a green globe cup. I think I have figured out the difference between batch 1 & batch 2. Batch 1 was glazed ...

A short post about the creation of this item can be found here. I'm really happy with how this green turned out! These fish are lovely....

Finished - green glaze conical cup with black underglaze in the style of 12-13th century Iran. I've been focusing on achieving ...

I moved out of Leederville over a year ago and I was quite sad to no longer interact with the Willy Wag Tail I'd tamed while she wa...

Wheel cut glass bowl. Persian (Syria? Iran?), 10th Century. Sotheby's - Arts of the Islamic World. 5/10/2011 lot 203 I thought...

I got impatient while waiting for the previous attempt at hydro-abrasion to be fired. So I started on the next project. The aim of this one ...

Recently I encountered a fellow potter at Claymake. She had the most lovely relief patterns on a cup. When I inquired how she'd achieve...

13-14th century, Syria. The Met Museum. Accession 56.185.8 I thought this design would translate nicely. The bisque was undergla...

Front Back Not everything needs to be medieval. I thought these designs would provide a nice balance between thin and thick...

I made some glaze pallets so I could see how well the various colours worked on stoneware and the difference between the local buff clay and...

I found a lovely cup on a viking related blog ( Bjornthisway ) and thought it was the perfect thing to aim for to continue developing ...

I don’t really care how the overglaze on this one turns out. I’m already very happy with how this design has turned out. I copied th...

Hats of MS 6613 - a safavid manuscript with many lovely illuminated pages These images were gleaned off multiple pages and there are a few...