2025-07-09

Let's get crafty

The bowl pictured (left) was made entirely from coloured liquid clays called slips. The inside of a plaster mould was splashed and painted on the surface using the coloured slips. White slip was then poured inside the mould and a skin was allowed to form. When the skin was thick enough the excess slip was poured out leaving this bowl shape. It’s a bit like how Easter eggs are made. Fired with a transparent glaze.
The bowl pictured (centre) Sally Made over a former and when the clay had dried a little she squeezed it into the oval shape. The outside was textured using a surform. It is made from a white stoneware clay and finished with a celadon glaze which gives a range of effects depending on thickness. It was finished by adding some blue glass to the inside.
The super crafty yarn bowl (right) was made by Jess, a long-standing student, for her friend to place balls of wool in. It's a neat and useful tool that keeps the yarn tangle free whilst you work. "Knitting and music, on wrong move and you're in treble"