Recent Blog Posts

Thimble/tube shapes

All the Weavers and Burlers at Sunny Bank Mills had thimbles in their tool kits. They were mainly metal ones made locally by a firm

Pricing exercise

Some of our group have taken part in ceramic selling exhibitions but for most of us this is new. Rob held a pricing exercise yesterday

Making for Ceramic Wales

It is now less than 4 weeks to Ceramic Wales! So we really start to feel the life of studio potters working to deadlines. My

Archive visit 14th May

I had a wonderful day in the archive at Sunny Bank Mills with the curator Rachel and her new digital media assistant Sally. I had

New plaster moulds

I have been using some oldish moulds and wanted some different shapes and sizes to develop my ideas. So I spent a few days finding

Public Art in Halifax

Had a trip to Halifax over Easter. I have started thinking about public art which is used to interact with the public. I have previously

Ceramic Art London 2022

So CAL ran for the first time since 2019. It was a really good event. Lots of chat and sharing. A few of the ceramicists