Fired in the local pottery club gas kiln

Ash glaze

Early 1980s no potters stamp

Taken in the pottery I had set up in the end of the garage in our first Warwick home. This was also where the small cross draft kiln was built.

Still using the same kickwheel

A small cross draft kiln built of dense brick and very problematic to fire.

Built and used late 1980s

160mm x 95mm

Fired in the small cross draft wood kiln. Still used in our kitchen.

This shows the early stages of the construction of my woodfired kiln. The firebox arches are in place and the firebox walls are near final height.

This kiln was built in the mid 1980s and is still in use.

This stamp was used on pots made through to the mid 1990s

115mm x 80mm x 85mm ht

An attempt to produce a more 'commercial and colourful' line with sponge stamped decoration

150mm x 95mm ht

Blue ash glaze inside unglazed out

Ash glazed fired upside down on seashells

Ash glaze

185mm x 140mm

Ash and basalt glaze with 'mayfly' pattern

Tallest 120mm x 290mm

Commercial Clay body with added local clay

Tallest 110mm x 290mm

Ash and basalt glaze

165mm x 195mm x 105mm ht

Early attempt with a local clay body, unglazed fired on its side on seashells

Early 1990s

145mm x 85mm ht

This pot is made from an early test body that has developed into the current clay body. This was hand blunged but ball milling and vinegar treatment has made the body more workable.

This is the stamp I have used since recommencing pottery in about 2011. The two 'J's are impressed from a cowrie shell.

On restarting pottery I needed to develop new glazes and spent a lot of time gathering and testing local materials. Many different plant ashes have been tested using line blending to develop my ash glazes. All glazes are now 100 % local ash and rock dusts.