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Planning

Posted on 27/08/2017 by Joseph Travis

So this isn’t going to be an in-depth blog entry, as I spent the time I should have been doing that on sitting down and planning.  You see things might be changing at the pottery soon and there will be … Continue reading →

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Slip decorating: the wobbly pot way

Posted on 13/08/2017 by Joseph Travis

You may remember my post on Saggars and some of my results.  I really want to talk a bit more how these wobbly pots are made.

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What’s in the Saggar?

Posted on 18/06/2017 by Joseph Travis

For the uninitiated, I should explain what a Saggar is, it is a big piece of pottery that smaller pottery is sealed in.  Traditionally this was done in Stoke on Trent to protect the pottery from the coal fire that … Continue reading →

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Throwing Down the Towel

Posted on 05/11/2015 by Joseph Travis

This week marks to start of the BBC’s Great British Pottery Throw Down, and from the pottery community there has been a mixed response as expected.  Personally I am feeling more upbeat about the program.

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How Making Ceramics and Web 2.0 taught me to speak out and gave me a voice.

Posted on 25/04/2015 by Joseph Travis

This is an extract from a talk first given at the Material Matters Seminar at Manchester Metropolitan University on 10th December 2014.  It was presented with the following Svend Bayer YouTube video in the playing Background. It was originally published … Continue reading →

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