Things are changing
For simplicities sake, Joseph’s Pottery is moving to JosephTravis.com Both sites are undergoing development so it will be a short while whilst I get them where I want them. Thank you for being Patient. ~Joseph
Testing 1 2 3
At the start of every project, there is a lot of testing as I enjoy that part and a new project is often a great excuse to try something new, new glazes, new clay etc. In the last post I already showed the new clays I am starting with, plus add on to those Blackpool School of Arts buff clay and crank clay, as well as my own standard clay plus my standard clay with approx 5% red iron oxide, added and some addition grog. The first job was rolling out small slabs and measuring 10cm lines on each so…
Blackpool School of Art
This year I am taking part in Artist Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) and I will be working out of the studios at Blackpool School of Art this year. I’m approaching my time at the Blackpool School of Art to combine a series of different skills. I want to finally work at AA2A cover a small part of the costs but I once I have my initial stages of testing I will be doing some crowdfunding to help pay for further development of the work, which will allow access to limited edition work. Think along the lines of hand-pulled prints,…
What is a Saggar?
I make these saggars on the wheel but I have also made them using formers in the past. Using formers means rolling out slaps rather than wrestling large amounts of clay into one place. I made one recently that was the size of my kiln interior by wrapping clay slabs around a bucket wrapped in paper.
Rocks have Lids?
Or how something I created due to injury became of of my favourite ceramic creations. In 2018 I was preparing for Earth and Fire in Nottinghamshire and working as a Design Technology Technician (wood, metal and plastics) as a day job, I was using a bandsaw which was something I did most days as I was generally using the laser cutter and supervising classes at the same time. Our bandsaw wasn’t the best, it was in all likelihood bought by the school long before I was born and it was in constant need of TLC. Regardless, as I made a…