Week of studio

Wednesday 14th November Slight chaos is reigning in the studio I'm getting ready to fill a kiln on Sunday for a bisque firing, I've a mixture of slip cast  and press moulded peat slices. I've been using a couple of metal tools to explore metal tool marks on the clay, as the tairsgeir would mark …

Studio this week

I've been press moulding this week, as discussed last week I was worried that I'd lost the correct proportion when I cut down the size of the peat slice, and that the moulds were too square in section. I press moulded a few full sized crank peat slices, then started wiring them in half and …

Press mould

On Friday, after I finished the five-part slip casting mould, I made a two-part press mould of the 10% small plaster model of the peat slice. I am planning to press mould raw clay blocks for stacking, incorporating additions from on site, like leaves etc that were on the raw slices I was experimenting with …

More decoration for the flasks

Still having lots of discussion regarding methods for printing on clay. When I'm down in  a month I'm going to test some methods, eg laser etching. In the meantime I am halfway through trying screen printing, and ready to cut out and stick on some decals. Still working out the best glaze medium, Conor suggested …

Moon flask slab/press moulding

First quick attempt quite good Scarva flax paper clay porcelain, slab rolled, press mould, joined by hand. City Ceramic Studio, 16/2/18 Will work on refining the construction, on getting a very think slab, less handling when joining, refining the seam while expressing it to look like paper edge. Work on rolling the slab on folded …