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A very (ceramic) festive gift guide

This Christmas Gift Guide highlights the charm of hand-crafted ceramic pieces, emphasizing their quality and individual artistry. Featured items include poppy seed heads, handmade mugs, Horizon vases, Tidelines, meteorites, ceramic pumpkins, and rosehips, each catering to different preferences. Gift cards are also available for those unsure of what to choose.

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Ceramic design General

I am listening….

So, what I have learned from you….. What have I learned from lovely my customers? Most of all I have learned to listen! Not every idea is a flyer from the start, but I take everything into consideration. Some ideas are technically impossible. My experience in working with clay for more than 20 years taught […]

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making of ceramics

The Art of Sculpting Poppy Seed Heads

The creation of poppy seed heads involves meticulous craftsmanship, requiring approximately 40 touches per piece. Each head is handmade by shaping clay on a wheel, followed by drying, glazing, and firing at high temperatures. Support structures are used during glazing, and all pieces undergo grinding for a refined finish, making them display-ready.

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making of ceramics

Allium: making of a ceramic version

A ceramic allium is a reminder of summer and gives this lovely purple colour all year round; in this post I describe how the post-firing processing is done