The old ‘Old warrior’s has flown the nest and is happily living on a dini g room table in Dinas Mawddwy!A new ‘Old warrior’s is now under way!
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Raku dragon
Just out of a Raku firing glazed with red crackle glaze and white crackle features. He is 20cm tall and selling at a bargain price of £32. Can be posted. Fired in our electric kiln to cone 05 1046 degrees. Reduction in straw on a bed of sawdust. Peter was disappointed he wasn’t shiny – …
Dragons and coffee
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 …
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 …
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; …
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 …
Caru Dolgellau 💜 Love Dolgellau
I’ve made these exciting little hearts to experiment with raku firing and have donated the results to the Caru Dolgellau 💜 Love Dolgellau Calonau Cymru fund raising. The clay I used was some end of bag Earthstone cranked. I decorated with some brush on Amaco Raku glaze: Lustrous copper and Smokey blue. I also used …
Maker of the Month: Celf Aran Arts: End of week 1
We are so chuffed at the end of week 1 having sold a few items including Wind & Tree in this dragon based ensemble! This Dipsy Dragon is looking very pleased too! It’s been a hectic week getting it all together. The Town & Mountain plaque came out of it’s glaze firing on …
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Visiting artist exhibition at Celf Aran Arts, Ty Siamus
It’s a relief to have set up the exhibition space in Celf Aran Arts. Having been all stressed about ceramics I am now all fired up again and ready to make lots of new bits and pieces. Here’s a quick pic of the set up. The exhibition runs from 1st to 30th November