Making dragons (and coffee in the background!) Sphere of two pinch pots, 100g of clay with necks of 40g added over hole cut in sphereHead added – pinch pot, 60g clay and hole cut – and smoothed.Wings made and allowed to dry so they can hold their shape.Tails made and added.All the other bits made …
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Earthenware trials and tribulations
So some of the Amaco velvet underglaze colours don’t do so well at stoneware temperatures so I’ve done a bit of earthenware experimenting using Potterycrafts CWE 12.5 white earthenware clay. The result is the coasters below. Most are painted with the velvet underglaze colours and glazed with Scarva high gloss clear but I tried out …
Terracolor Stoneware glaze
I needed a less glossy glaze for the trophies I made for the Winter trail race so am now trying out a number of Terracolor stoneware glazes. These glazes were bought as powder and most mixed with water but some of each of Romantic, Acropolis and Blue marble were mixed with the Scarva brush on …
More hearts, some stars and a witch
I’m using up my Amaco Potters choice glazes before having a glazing rethink. I’ve piled on loads of Saturation Gold on the inside of these heart pots and glazed the outside with Deep Firebrick. Amaco Celadon Rainforest is the base coat on these flower pots. The top coat on the pots is Indigo Float, Toasted …
Hearts and leaves and a Dipsy dragon for mother’s day!
I’ve used Amaco Potter’s choice glazes on my oak leaves and hearts and on a new Dipsy Dragon. The clay is briar buff earth/stoneware B106 from Potterycrafts. The leaves have a Dark green base coat (3 coats) with plain Dark green on the underside. I’ve used Art Deco Green, Oatmeal, Arctic Blue, Seaweed and Ironstone …
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6 months on …
A few years ago we took the opportunity of early retirement from jobs as university academics in order to ‘live the dream’ in Wales. We both knew the area well, having worked at the Outward Bound School in Aberdyfi and Peter also having worked at the Llanbedr airfield and climbed extensively throughout Snowdonia since childhood; …
Raku glaze testing
I have made 7 glazes as follows: I applied these to Bisque fired Earthstone Terracotta Crank and fired in our new Raku kiln. We took the temperature up to 1000 and left it there for 10 mins. We had a little difficulty as the pressure of the gas kept dropping off and we had to …
Getting busy
Following the success of the Caru Dolgellau heart Pots, Dipsy Dragon has decided to get a shop front! We are hoping to rent a shop on Eldon square in Dolgellau for the summer to see how it goes! The raku firing of the heart pots has proved very popular so we are planning to do …
Conjuring with clay
BBC Get creative weekend is happening: 7th, 8th, 9th April 2017 Events taking place all over the UK Events taking place in Wales As a pre-launch of Dipsy Dragon in Dolgellau we are offering you a chance to conjure with clay Grab a fist full of clay and create a masterpiece. Drop in between 10:00 …
BBC Get Creative 2017
No need to book. Just turn up between 10:00 and 3:30, grab your fist full of clay and make a masterpiece!