Whilst most pottery materials are non-renewable there is one special ingredient that can be turned into pottery glazes with incredibly beautiful results - the ash from fallen leaves! Join me for this episode where I talk about how ash made from fallen leaves is a truly renewable pottery ingredient.

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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)

Potters often need to dry their work quickly leading to the use of heat-guns for paint stripping and hairdryers! But what if there was a way to dry pottery quickly using minimal energy consumption.

Join me for this episode of the podcast where I talk about a very easy way to dry pottery using a desk fan - saving HUGE amounts of energy.

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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)

Yes you can recycle a pottery glaze - before its fired! Join me for this episode of the podcast where I talk about two ways to recycle pottery glaze removed from the base of bisque-ware pots.

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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)

Raw glazing is where a pot is glazed at the leather-hard or greenware stage before being fired straight up to glazing temperatures! Join me for this episode where I talk you through how I raw glaze pottery.

You can watch a series about how to make and glaze a raw-glazed mug here.

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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)

Join me for this episode of the podcast, where I talk about what Cornish stone is, what Cornish stone is used for in pottery, and some alternatives if you can't find Cornish stone from pottery suppliers near you.

*Always use an FFP3 Face Mask when making Pottery Glazes to protect your lungs from the silica dust in pottery glaze-making materials.

The glaze recipes used in this episode are:

Recipe 1

40 parts - Soda Feldspar

40 parts - Sieved Hardwood Ash

20 parts - Quartz

Recipe 2

40 parts - FFF Feldspar

40 parts - Sieved Hardwood Ash

20 parts - Quartz

Recipe 3 (not good!)

40 parts - Sieved Hardwood Ash

60 parts - Quartz

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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)

It can be very frustrating when you're making a pot on the potter's wheel, and the clay is not centring!

Join me for this episode of the podcast, where I talk about five common reasons clay may not be centring properly on the potter’s wheel and what to do about it.

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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)

A maker’s mark in pottery tells everyone (including yourself!) that you made that beautiful pot! There are several different ways of creating maker’s marks on your pottery. Join me for this episode where I talk you through the different options.

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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)

Ash glazing can have a negative environmental impact due to the particulates created when plants are burned.

However, there are ways to reduce the environmental impact of Ash glazing in pottery. Join me for this episode, where I talk you through some things I think about when creating ash for ash glazing to reduce its environmental impact.

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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)