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When Debbie Page got in touch with us about what she has been doing during lockdown, I felt it was very timely and would provide our readers with valuable information about one particular aspect of being a potter. Over the past 10 years or so, the im

ClayCraft Magazine www.claycraft.co.uk Kelsey Media The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL Editor: Rachel Graham; claycraft.ed@kelsey.co.uk Consultant editors: Jacqui Atkin, Kevin Millward Contributors: Jacqui Atkin, Alan Ault

A reader in Tasmania is appealing for help identifying the maker of this jug. It was discovered in a charity shop in Kenilworth early last year and measures just over 29cm high, bottom diameter 10.5cm and top diameter 6.5cm. If you recognize the make

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“Until March and the dreaded lockdown, I was attending Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) to learn about ceramics and experimenting with the various clays, glazes etc they had. Before the lockdown, I had decided I would like to buy my own kiln and wheel, but

This year must have seemed very strange for the ceramics students who were graduating. The hectic shows to which the public flock are gone, replaced with an online version of their work. Each maker has a story to tell, and here we look at a student f

If you were a potter 100 years ago, digging and processing the clay was actually part of your job description. Nowadays it is all too easy; you just make an order to a company in Stoke-on-Trent and magically a ton of clay gets delivered to your doors

Of course, this also gave me an excuse to get back to my wheel, which can’t be a bad thing. Since the bells I made in the last issue, I’d been playing with a bit of red iron oxide, wedging it into my usual white stoneware. I love that deliciously smo

There’s a real sense here that summer is coming to an end, with the relentless rain turning the workshop lawn into marshland and holding up the progress of the various projects that are underway outside. One result of having a metal roof is that we’r

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