Wave Marks in the Sand, or…

ByJoseph Travis

Wave Marks in the Sand, or Soap Dishes? The answer is soap dishes, I’m making these to take to the Green Loop Eco Makers Market in Lytham St Annes at the end of April. They will be glazed in a wood ash glaze, which is waste from wood stoves, plus a powdered clay and the calcinated seashells from my saggar firings, once they have been used to stop pots sticking together in that firing they turn to powder which can then be used to help flux the glaze.

As well as these I will also be making the tools that I use to create the wave patterns for sale, they will be make from drift wood that I’ve found on Fleetwood beach when I go for walks.

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