Upwey Potters Soda Firing Number Eleven
March 2002
The Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live & work in Upwey, Dorset, England, making and selling their work and running Workshops.
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Upwey Potters Soda Firing Number Eleven March 2002 The Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live & work in Upwey, Dorset, England, making and selling their work and running Workshops. |
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Return to Upwey Potters Home Page Return to Upwey Potters Main Soda Firing Page This page gives images of Bill's pots from the 11th soda kiln firing
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Subtle vertical patches created by the soda vapour being screened by adjacent pots |
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Facets carved from surface of leather-hard pot using a spoke-shave, creating an interesting vertical alignment. |
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Heavily grogged clay produces an attractive open texture when turned. The exposed grog is lighter colour because the soda vapour does not react with it as much as the clay body. |
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An incised decoration carved into the rotating pot, forming harmonic waveforms. |
A piece of thin rope was pressed into this pot when very wet, to leave impressions evocative of a field of wheat. This is a very ancient method of simple decoration, but is very effective. |
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The runic incisions on the shoulder of this barrel have been glazed over to create contrast with the lower section of the pot. |
More wheat! Notice also the maker's stamp, grandfather's sealing wax signet. W C |
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Three timeless vases showing the subtle enhancement of form by the treatment of the lips. |
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