by Andrea Wenner | Mar 5, 2023 | Potters Journal
“Where do you get your clay from?” is a question I am asked a lot. There are two options: Option 1. I buy it in clean 12.5 kg bags mixed in Stoke-on-Trent or option 2: I forage wild clay. While buying clay is reliable and convenient, I find that foraging for wild clay...
by mountbrandon_cxcy1n | Dec 8, 2022 | Potters Journal
As a business that’s all about tourism and embracing nature, sustainability is a major part of Mount Brandon Cottages. Much of the philosophy is to take the thinking away from the guests, meaning guests are encouraged to use clearly marked bins, it has solar panels...
by mountbrandon_cxcy1n | Oct 7, 2018 | Potters Journal
When you want to decorate a leather hard piece of pottery and you have some doilies to spare (or even some cut out pieces of newspaper), you can attach the paper doilies really well to the wetted clay surface (be careful not to trap air under the paper, because the...
by mountbrandon_cxcy1n | Nov 12, 2017 | Potters Journal
Recently I have been really busy making and there was no time for blog writing. So today I finally got to write how I make my sheep sculptures: First I start by making two similar sized pinch pots (weighing out the clay will help). It is important not to overwork the...
by mountbrandon_cxcy1n | May 6, 2014 | Potters Journal
What colours do you like??? Kids have very definite ideas and in this post they are getting to grips with glazing After a few busy weeks of making pottery it was finally time for another bisque firing. Last night Joanne, Zoe, Paul and Erin came back to do some serious...
by mountbrandon_cxcy1n | Mar 10, 2014 | Potters Journal
Why do children love pottery? I found several quick answers when I asked them to write down their thoughts on this question. So they all agree that it is fun and that there are no limits to what they can do. I have been running children’s pottery classes from my...
