Katie Plumb

Having read the section by Kathleen Standen in the book Additions to Clay Bodies, I had an urge to make my own collection of stained clay test tiles - similar to the 'sweetie box' of tiles made by Kathleen. The best clay to test colour is a white clay. I had a bag of grogged porcelain to hand and so began the process of weighing, mixing, adding, blending, shaping and marking. I used 30 balls of 50g of porcelain. Each ball was flattened and the colour added. Initially, I add

New shelves in the corridor have meant that we can store our current work out of the way of the glaze room and in a safe place. I took over the top shelf as my work is quite tall and, hopefully, getting taller. This image shows the result of using Terracotta, Ashraff Hanna,, Toasted Biscuit and Ashraff Hanna again. I am in two minds about whether to glaze the pieces as I like the detail and shadows on the bare clay. One way to find out is to actually glaze them! When lookin