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The Accidental Studio Burn, Baby, Burn!

We’ve just done our first outside firing weekend here at Cheshire Clay Studio, trialling our spanking new outside firing area.

We started to develop the outside area last year and very unfortunately were badly let down by the contractor who said they would clear the area and build a covered space for us. We retired hurt, poorer and licking our wounds, and the outside area went on hold. Fortunately, Liz’s very practical husband had a small window in his diary, which Liz quickly filled for him, and he did the work for us, finishing up in mid-March this year. So now we have a lovely big space and a covered area for those less-than-perfect days. We already own three raku kilns and three dustbins for

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