I have been digging up wild clay from my garden and processing it into a clay I can throw and mould with. This is labour intensive and such a wonderful process and I’m testing its limits through trying different techniques. I am firing these mugs to a high temperature to expose the rich burgundy tones, but sometimes this warps the clay and bloating occurs which I personally enjoy. On each mug I’m aiming to either expose the burgundy tone in full on the external surface or demonstrate what happens with different glazes. I mix all glazes myself and find that they react differently on my wild clay to regulated shop purchased clay, I’m assuming due to the extra iron and minerals found in my Cotswold clay rich garden. Some are more primitive than others in appearance! Each mug is usable and watertight! This is a smaller more primitive looking mug.
8cm diam x 6.5cm tall
I have been digging up wild clay from my garden and processing it into a clay I can throw and mould with. This is labour intensive and such a wonderful process and I’m testing its limits through trying different techniques. I am firing these mugs to a high temperature to expose the rich burgundy tones, but sometimes this warps the clay and bloating occurs which I personally enjoy. On each mug I’m aiming to either expose the burgundy tone in full on the external surface or demonstrate what happens with different glazes. I mix all glazes myself and find that they react differently on my wild clay to regulated shop purchased clay, I’m assuming due to the extra iron and minerals found in my Cotswold clay rich garden. Some are more primitive than others in appearance! Each mug is usable and watertight! This is a smaller more primitive looking mug.
8cm diam x 6.5cm tall
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