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Night of fire and smoke…

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Anna

so this time I trashed my ceramic tiles… A smoke firing usually takes about 24 hours from start to finish. Not all the ceramic plaques made it, but I think I can work with these two; ‘Whistling for Snow’ This … Continue reading →

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Female Ceramic Torsos

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Anna

Ceramic torso with a cold bronze finish, 20” x 16” (50cm x 40 cm) Ceramic torso with a turquoise glaze which I later smoke fired along with some added copper and manganese oxides, 20” x 14” (51 cm x 37 … Continue reading →

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Ceramic Fat Birds

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Anna

A newly hatched clutch of ceramic bird sculptures have emerged overnight… I call them Fat Birds. This one is app 16 cm x 12 cm This Fat Bird is a bit smaller; 13 cm x 10 cm. I am not … Continue reading →

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Ceramic torso commission, final results

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Anna

During the last few days I have been finishing off a recent body cast commission. I first wrote a post about it a few days ago here. The client wanted a smoke fired sculpture of herself to present to her … Continue reading →

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The ceramic totem pole – Maggot the Badger

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Anna

A very fat and grubby little badger turned up in my garden a while back. I call her Maggot. She is quite scatty and distracted; she’ll quite happily bumble along doing her badger thing in my company for a while … Continue reading →

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Whales!

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Anna

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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Ceramic Fat Birds

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Anna

My ceramic Fat Birds are hand coiled and daubed with metal oxides before they are placed in a galvanised dustbin and set alight. The process of smoke firing is unpredictable and can throw up many variations; you may think that … Continue reading →

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Ceramic torso vase, the final result.

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Anna

The ceramic torso vase looks pretty different  from side to side, and that is down to what happened during the smoke firing process. I used red Botz glaze for the hearts, while the body had a wash of copper, manganese … Continue reading →

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Sold!

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Anna

Smoke fired ceramic torso with copper, cobalt and manganese oxides…I am really sad to see this one go – it was one of my favourites and I only had it on my wall for about a week… To see more … Continue reading →

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Ceramic Fat Birds

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Anna

Another smoke firing session in driving rain                                                                              This time I used dry leaves, straw and wood shavings in my galvanized dust bins. These smoke fired Fat Birds are made with white molochite clay, the eyes and combs are glazed … Continue reading →

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