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Ceramic sculpture smoke firing.

Another glorious day of high windy weather, perfect for smoke firing! I place my sculpture in a galvanized dustbin Fill the empty space with sawdust, dry leaves, straw, newspaper; anything organic. Put some newspaper on top, and light them. When … Continue reading

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Whales!

My totem pole is almost finished and this is the top sphere – a smoke fired globe with whales and water I have only used metal oxides to colour the clay I used manganese, red iron and cobalt oxide – … Continue reading

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January 29th smoke firing workshop

We lucked out during today’s smoke firing workshop because the moment we had lit the barrel, the rain came pouring down. The technique we used is quite simple; bisque fired work is painted with copper, iron and manganese oxide and … Continue reading

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