Ceramics Night Out

Thought I would post some pictures from last night's Ceramics Guild meeting. We meet around 6 times a year for an evening of discussion with a professional potter, who has kindly given their time to visit us. About twice a year we also have a "Potter's Day" where as the name suggests, a Potter spends a day with us. Everyone contributes food and a good time is had messing with clay.




Yesterday's guest was London based Katie Adams (http://www.katieadamsceramics.com/) who spoke about her personal history and influences, ably supported by a range of images of her work over the years. The second half of the evening was devoted to a demonstration of her techniques.

Here can be seen some stages involved in the production of a jug: (top) centering and opening out, (above right) lifting or pulling up and (below) adding decorative effect with a scalpel. So as not to bore everyone, I've not included forming the spout, turning the footring or pulling the handle!

Obviously a small amount of "cheating" was required for the purposes of the demo: Katie brought a leather hard piece with her- so she could add the pulled handle and decorate- plus a range of her finished work.