Gallery of Pots
The broad and varied techniques emerging from The Clay Yard ceramics studio.
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Slip Decoration
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Liquid Clays
Stains added to a white base stoneware give the potter a chance to build texture and colour into the surface. Slips to not blend to give a new tone so are best used for layering or block colour. Two three layers on leather-hard will give good coverage. Force dry using a hot-air gun between each layer to avoid brushing to expose the uncoloured clay beneath.
Beads of slip help you to make decisions about colour choices. Stains on a white clay-base.
Emma's delicate sgraffito with painted slip in terracotta blush, gooseberry green and dots of bubblegum pink.
Coloured slip stippled through stencils creates texture.
Coloured slip using stencils
Black and White slip under transparent
Blue-Grey, black and white slip penguins of Kate's.
Sgraffito: Plate in a mould with layer of blue slip
Range of coloured slips under transparent.
Sgraffito, layers of black slip on white. Scratched into the black to suggest an outline.
Clever use of Diana's two slips to give a sense of depth to the flowers.
Emma Bell's pastel shades of slips work really beautifully.
Gently sprayed slip adds interest under a transparent glaze.
Nancy Murgatroyd's beautiful slip decoration using black slip on white earthenware. Such a talent.
A nice way of playing with slips and sgraffito.
Graceful and beautiful line work from Jennifer. The crisp edge of slip working well to define a line.
Slip decoration and texture.
Cush's delicate detailed sgraffito on the teal plate.
Blue slip with graffito pattern and white inside on slab-built stacked cylinders from Kezia.
Rachel's black slip sgrafitto on plates using slabs of clay on small plaster plate moulds.
Kate's representation of her lovely dog Mia.
Use of lemon slip on the lemon works well.
Glazes
The glaze palette at the studio has been developed over time in order to provide our potters with a broad and safe range of glazes that use materials that have minimal impact on the environment.
Celadon Green with Copper Oxide in texture of the clay.
Celadon Green - double dip over quick dip gives lovely tapered effect.
Celadon Green with Amaryllis Pink gives a turquoise hue.
Celadon Green with a crackle effect which happens when a thick coat (longer dip) is applied. Not always guaranteed.
Celadon Green enhances texture.
Almond white rim over celadon green body with a red/black iron oxide layer on rim.
Celadon Green with almond white. Dark black/brown is usually where the glaze is thinner.
Celadon Green cup with white pot and red iron oxide.
Cream and Celadon Green. A line of orange appears where it migrates with the clay.
Celadon Green falls on edges exposing some of the clay.
Copper Oxide on bisque under celadon green.
More pots in Celadon Green.
Jess's thrown bowl with a celadon green rim over copper red. Hugh of migrating iron gives the orange line.
Copper Patina is not a stable glaze - avoid using on surfaces in contact with food.
Patina is a bit random - can appear where the glaze is thicker but difficult to predict.
Quicker dip gives lighter tone. Orange hue is pleasant in contrast.
Orange tone where glaze migrates on surface of clay.
Transparent inside when used with food is a nice glossy contrast.
Texture enhanced with black iron oxide works well.
Copper Patina is a matt glaze - opaque and a lovely green/blue.
Mug with transparent inside.
Goblets in a copper patina with transparent inside. Quick 1 second dip gives less coverage.
Glossy White plate with oxide pencil lines
Glossy white with blue interior
White falls nicely to accentuate edges.
Brown oxide paint marks with cobalt under glossy white.
Quick dip allows speckles of iron in the clay to appear.
Edges often have a brown/orange hue to them.
Cobalt Blue Glossy with White
Cobalt Blue over stoneware clay
Glossy White with rim of cobalt blue
Cobalt Blue accentuates the texture.
Very drippy - keep well away from the kiln shelf
Reliably glossy
Rich and deep in colour
Jilly's Fjord Blue coiled pot in mould. Glaze has been scraped away to give an inlaid stripy effect.
Amaryllis Pink highlights texture nicely.
Overlaps with celadon produce this turquoise
That familiar orange hue is a nice feature of this glaze.
A crazy example of crawling... steer clear of white and pink. Doesn't work.
Nice glaze test dishes to highlight variations.
Glazed pots
Risky gloop of celadon green.