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- 71. How to Make a Pottery Glaze from Fallen Leaves - Making the Glaze
It's Autumn here in the UK and the leaves on the trees are starting to fall! But did you know that you can actually make a pottery glaze from fallen leaves?!
Whilst wood ash is often quoted in glaze recipes, leaf ash can actually be used instead. In fact it is often the leaves of plants which have fallen naturally at the end of their growing cycle which create the most beautiful pottery glazes!
In part two of this two-part episode series on making pottery glazes with fallen leaf ash we discuss:
*How to make a stoneware glaze using quartz, cornish stone, leaf ash and water.
*How to weigh out glaze-making ingredients.
*How to mix a glaze and sieve it.
The ash glazing recipe in this episode and also used in the book Leaf Ash Glazing: A guide to sustainable pottery glazing with fallen leaves is:
*Quartz - 20 Parts
*Cornish Stone - 40 Parts
*Leaf Ash - 40 Parts
*Water - to make up to the consistency of single cream.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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13 min - 70. How to Make a Pottery Glaze with Fallen Leaf Ash - Creating the Leaf Ash
It's Autumn here in the UK and the leaves on the trees are starting to fall! But did you know that you can actually make a pottery glaze from fallen leaves?!
Whilst wood ash is often quoted in glaze recipes, leaf ash can actually be used instead. In fact it is often the leaves of plants which have fallen naturally at the end of their growing cycle which create the most beautiful pottery glazes!
In part one of this two-part episode series on making pottery glazes with fallen leaf ash we discuss:
*How to identify plants so that leaves can be safely collected from non-toxic plants.
*How to collect leaves without accidentally collecting insects and other invertebrates.
*How to sort and dry leaves ready for burning.
*How to burn leaves into an ash that can be used as an ingredient in pottery glazing.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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21 min - 69. How Much Does Clay Shrink By in Pottery?
Clay shrinks at every stage of the pottery-making process. This can make creating the right size of pot quite tricky!
Another confusing thing is that different clays shrink by differing amounts up to around 25 per cent, from wet clay to finished pot.
Join me for this episode, where I talk about a simple way to find out how much your specific type of clay will shrink by. I talk you through how I discovered that my clay at Oxford Clay shrinks by 15 per cent from leather-hard clay to final glaze-fired pottery.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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10 min - 68. Give Yourself Permission to Grow in Pottery - You’re Doing it Right!
Because the process of making pottery is so prone to technical ‘failures’ it can often feel like you're constantly doing pottery ‘wrong’!
In this episode, we explore how giving yourself permission to get things ‘wrong’ in pottery as you learn and grow in your pottery-making skills and experience, opens up infinite creative opportunities for your work.
I share some things I’ve changed in my own pottery recently and some tips for how to give yourself permission to grow in your pottery-making. Knowing that pottery isn't meant to be ‘perfect’ and choosing thoughts such as ‘I'm doing it right’ (even though it often doesn't feel that way!), really supports our pottery-making learning journey.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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21 min - 67. Failed Colour Creation Experiments! Some things I thought would create eco-conscious pottery colour that didn’t work - Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Bonus Episode
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In a special bonus episode of this podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore some things I've used in pottery to try to create colour that haven’t worked, including sugar molasses, kale stems, Chia seeds and fermented seaweed fertiliser!
*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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14 min - 66. Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour with Metal-Rich Clays - Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Part 5
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In the fifth of this special five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful colours in pottery, using metal-rich clays.
*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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14 min - 65. Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour with Plant Ashes - Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Part 4
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In the fourth of this special five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful colours in pottery, using the ashes of plants!
*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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15 min - 64. Creating Eco-conscious pottery colour with glass - Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Part 3
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In the third of this special five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful decorative colours in pottery, using scrap glass.
*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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20 min - 63. Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour with Scrap Metals - Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Part 2
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In the second of this five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful glaze colours in pottery, using scrap copper and iron.
*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
✨Support the Podcast
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Resources for Potters:
⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
Free Pottery Guides:
🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
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14 min - 62. What is Eco-conscious Pottery Colour? - Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Part 1
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In the first of this five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore what Eco-conscious pottery colour is and why it’s great for Potters, and the Earth.
*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube
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Resources for Potters:
Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):
Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)
Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon
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About Oxford Clay
From the publisher's feed
Chats about pottery with an environmental focus. Tune in for pottery tips and a discussion of issues in the handmade pottery industry today. Oxford Clay creates resources for Potters seeking a more environmentally friendly pottery practice.
Oxford Clay website: www.oxfordclay.co.uk