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A SLIP-CAST BAUBLE PART TWO

At the end of my last blog, I had finished making my first slip-casting mould and managed a successful test on the kitchen table. “Be careful,” editor Rachel advised, “it’s addictive,” and I could see what she meant. I pictured making a mould of the huge pot I thrown in two parts in the summer, casting endless repeats in the blink of an eye, but that was running before I could walk. First, I’d need to make a batch of baubles using the mould I already had. I set aside a day in which I would cast as many as I could, tidying up my workspace in the pauses while I waited for the slip to

Let’s go back though, to a spot of luck

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