Oxford Clay

Potters often need to dry their work quickly leading to the use of heat-guns for paint stripping and hairdryers! But what if there was a way to dry pottery quickly using minimal energy consumption.
Join me for this episode of the podcast where I talk about a very easy way to dry pottery using a desk fan - saving HUGE amounts of energy.
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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

Yes you can recycle a pottery glaze - before its fired! Join me for this episode of the podcast where I talk about two ways to recycle pottery glaze removed from the base of bisque-ware pots.
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✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

Raw glazing is where a pot is glazed at the leather-hard or greenware stage before being fired straight up to glazing temperatures! Join me for this episode where I talk you through how I raw glaze pottery.

You can watch a series about how to make and glaze a raw-glazed mug here.

Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube

✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

Join me for this episode of the podcast, where I talk about what Cornish stone is, what Cornish stone is used for in pottery, and some alternatives if you can't find Cornish stone from pottery suppliers near you.

*Always use an FFP3 Face Mask when making Pottery Glazes to protect your lungs from the silica dust in pottery glaze-making materials.

The glaze recipes used in this episode are:

Recipe 1
40 parts - Soda Feldspar
40 parts - Sieved Hardwood Ash
20 parts - Quartz

Recipe 2
40 parts - FFF Feldspar
40 parts - Sieved Hardwood Ash
20 parts - Quartz

Recipe 3 (not good!)
40 parts - Sieved Hardwood Ash
60 parts - Quartz

Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube

✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

It can be very frustrating when you're making a pot on the potter's wheel, and the clay is not centring!
Join me for this episode of the podcast, where I talk about five common reasons clay may not be centring properly on the potter’s wheel and what to do about it.

Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube

✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)