Katie PlumbMar 7, 20191 minCuboidsI have decided to work on a more upright cube for this piece. It is made using ES10 clay which has a fine grog in it. Once it is dry I sh...
Katie PlumbMar 3, 20191 minBack bloggingIt's been a while! Since my last post I have now graduated as a fully fledged MA Ceramicist! Yay! It was a really great experience and I ...
KatieOct 1, 20181 minMore haste, less speed? Although...With two new cubes roughly gouged and ready to be dried before bisque firing, all looked well. However, the following morning - more disa...
KatieSep 25, 20182 minDouble Disaster!It was with great excitement (and a little trepidation) that I travelled to Uclan this morning. I was anxious to see how my pebble bowls ...
KatieSep 25, 20181 minFrom the Ashes of Disaster....So much time spent on wedging, colouring, layering, forming, gouging... the result being crumbs! Very disheartening to come and find all ...
KatieSep 2, 20181 minTreyarnon Bay, CornwallAn impromptu trip to Cornwall for a 'last fling' with daughter Lucy before she flies the nest to go to University. Felt quite guilty as t...
KatieAug 24, 20182 minPebble Bowls - Vessels or Sculpture.Following on from the Earth and Fire experience I felt a need to branch away from cubes, even if it was only for a temporary experiment. ...
KatieAug 21, 20181 minRefiningAn important part of making using clay is the finish, the refining. With the coloured clay, ripples and dents can be disguised to some ex...
KatieAug 3, 20181 minProcess - layering and colouringAbove the images show how the clay is weighed in relation to how big the sculpture is going to be. Colour is added as a percentage of the...
KatieJun 17, 20181 minUpdate in a few words..Lack of blogging recently due to warm weather!... and preparing pieces for Earth and Fire International Ceramics at The Harley Gallery, W...
KatieFeb 26, 20181 minThe Slug! (Dave's favourite piece!)This was an impromptu piece that I just felt I had to do. I had been looking at the cube form as a shape to show a contrast against the c...
KatieFeb 24, 20181 minShardsI wanted to find out how the colours from two clay cubes would turn out when fired to Reduction. I used the shards from gouging so they w...
KatieFeb 17, 20182 minCultural Trip to EdinburghThe Scottish Gallery Moyra Stewart Straight away I was totally drawn towards and excited by this work by Moyra Stewart. It totally connec...
KatieFeb 17, 20181 minThrowing for Hungary - handles...It was suggested that we take our own plate, mug and bowl to Hungary which I thought was a great idea. I set to throwing on my wheel at h...
KatieFeb 8, 20181 minKaren Howarth Demonstration and workshopI'd heard of mono printing but had never investigated it or questioned what the process was so, when Karen came to demonstrate, I was int...
KatieFeb 6, 20181 minRutile, Black Iron Oxide and a StainThese three shades are my favourite combination (this week!) I plan to strata a cube in order to gouge. It's a messy business! After laye...
KatieFeb 6, 20181 minBlue Stain, Red Iron Oxide and Rutile.Testing different colour combinations and thicknesses of layers. Rutile is my 'go to 'colour at the moment. Again there are cracks. These...
KatieFeb 1, 20181 minJanuary AssessmentI felt as though I had a good range of work to show for my assessment with Dave and Karen (Howarth). There was definite progress to be se...
KatieJan 22, 20181 minVarious ColoursReally pleased with the fired porcelain tiles. The higher temperature has thrown up some amazing variants in colour and tone. The left 3r...
KatieJan 17, 20181 minStripes Galore!I am working on two pieces which are just about hard enough to gouge. The are made of grogged porcelain and grogged black clay (red at th...