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Oxford Clay

Chats about pottery with an environmental focus. Tune in for pottery tips and a discussion of issues in the handmade pottery industry today. Oxford Clay creates resources for Potters seeking a more environmentally friendly pottery practice. Oxford Clay website: www.oxfordclay.co.uk

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77. How to Find Your Own Unique Creative Style in...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/12/15

Every person creating in clay is totally unique and therefore has a totally unique creative style in pottery! In this episode, I talk about the ways you can cultivate your own unique creative style in pottery, such as;*The importance of following your curiosity and joy in pottery.*How practising pottery techniques reduces the gap between what you want to make and what you can actually make, opening up new creative possibilities.*The importance of making ‘mistakes’ and things going ‘wrong’ in pottery

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76. What is refiring and why would a Potter refire a...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/12/08

Refiring is firing pottery again after it has already been glaze-fired once. But why on earth would a Potter want to do that?! In this episode we discuss what refiring is, and some reasons why a Potter may want to fire their work again.Potters may re-fire their work for example if their pot has been underfired in the first firing, which can sometimes happen if the kiln switches off accidentally during the firing cycle or if the kiln hasn’t reached a hot enough temperature.Another reason to refire

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75. Building a Second Brain in Pottery

Oxford Clay ·

2024/12/01

I learned the concept of a ‘Second Brain’ from the book: ‘Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential’ by Tiago Forte.In this episode, I talk about what a second brain is, and why it’s so amazing for anyone with creative ideas (ie everyone!).I explain four reasons why having a second brain is particularly useful for Pottery makers. As well as what my own second brain looks like at Oxford Clay.-------------------------------*New book:

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74. 13 Best Tips for Making Casting Slip in Pottery

Oxford Clay ·

2024/11/24

Making your own casting slip can save money and be more environmentally friendly.CO2 is saved from transporting powdered ingredients rather than the water present in ready-made casting slips. In addition, Potters can control exactly what ingredients they are using, sourcing ones mined in areas of high regulation.Making casting slip is also really fun, especially when you see the magic of how a deflocculant works to make the clay runny!You can find an eco-conscious casting slip recipe in the book:

73. How to create a perfectly flat base or rim on...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/11/17

Having a perfectly flat base or rim on a pot adds a professional feel to handmade pottery.In this episode, I tell you about an amazingly simple and easy technique to create perfectly flat bases or rims on your pottery. After having read about this pottery technique in a book, it is now something I use on every one of my pots!-------------------------------*New book: Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here.*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available

72. Dealing with disappointment in pottery: 3 new...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/11/10

Disappointment in pottery can happen when the pot in your mind's eye isn’t the same as the one that comes out of the kiln! That sinking feeling of disappointment can really hold us back as potters and can affect even the most experienced of Potters.In this episode, I talk about three mindset shifts that I use to deal with my own feelings of disappointment in pottery;1. That disappointment is a natural part of the creative process.2. That disappointment is a natural part of pottery-making so much out

71. How to Make a Pottery Glaze from Fallen Leaves -...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/11/03

It's Autumn here in the UK and the leaves on the trees are starting to fall! But did you know that you can actually make a pottery glaze from fallen leaves?!Whilst wood ash is often quoted in glaze recipes, leaf ash can actually be used instead. In fact it is often the leaves of plants which have fallen naturally at the end of their growing cycle which create the most beautiful pottery glazes!In part two of this two-part episode series on making pottery glazes with fallen leaf ash we discuss:*How to

70. How to Make a Pottery Glaze with Fallen Leaf Ash...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/10/27

It's Autumn here in the UK and the leaves on the trees are starting to fall! But did you know that you can actually make a pottery glaze from fallen leaves?!Whilst wood ash is often quoted in glaze recipes, leaf ash can actually be used instead. In fact it is often the leaves of plants which have fallen naturally at the end of their growing cycle which create the most beautiful pottery glazes!In part one of this two-part episode series on making pottery glazes with fallen leaf ash we discuss:*How to

69. How Much Does Clay Shrink By in Pottery?

Oxford Clay ·

2024/10/20

Clay shrinks at every stage of the pottery-making process. This can make creating the right size of pot quite tricky!Another confusing thing is that different clays shrink by differing amounts up to around 25 per cent, from wet clay to finished pot.Join me for this episode, where I talk about a simple way to find out how much your specific type of clay will shrink by. I talk you through how I discovered that my clay at Oxford Clay shrinks by 15 per cent from leather-hard clay to final glaze-fired

68. Give Yourself Permission to Grow in Pottery -...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/10/13

Because the process of making pottery is so prone to technical ‘failures’ it can often feel like you're constantly doing pottery ‘wrong’!In this episode, we explore how giving yourself permission to get things ‘wrong’ in pottery as you learn and grow in your pottery-making skills and experience, opens up infinite creative opportunities for your work.I share some things I’ve changed in my own pottery recently and some tips for how to give yourself permission to grow in your pottery-making. Knowing

67. Failed Colour Creation Experiments! Some things I...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/10/06

Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.In a special bonus episode of this podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore some things I've used in pottery to try to create colour that haven’t worked, including sugar molasses, kale stems, Chia seeds and fermented seaweed fertiliser!*Eco-conscious

66. Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour with...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/09/29

Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.In the fifth of this special five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful colours in pottery, using metal-rich clays.*Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here.*A paper copy of

65. Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour with Plant...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/09/22

Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.In the fourth of this special five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful colours in pottery, using the ashes of plants!*Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here.*A paper copy of

64. Creating Eco-conscious pottery colour with glass...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/09/15

Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.In the third of this special five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful decorative colours in pottery, using scrap glass.*Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here.*A paper copy of

63. Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour with Scrap...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/09/08

Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.In the second of this five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore how to create beautiful glaze colours in pottery, using scrap copper and iron.*Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here (from 14 September

62. What is Eco-conscious Pottery Colour? -...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/09/01

Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains. In the first of this five-part podcast series to celebrate the release of the book ‘Eco-conscious Pottery Colour: A guide to colouring ceramics with scrap metals, glass, plant ash and clay’, we explore what Eco-conscious pottery colour is and why it’s great for Potters, and the Earth.*Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here (from 14 September

61. How to join clay together without it cracking: 5...

Oxford Clay ·

2024/08/18

So many pottery projects involve joining clay together and it’s not unusual for clay to crack apart after it's been joined.Join me for this episode where I talk about my 5 simple steps for joining clay together to stop clay from cracking apart!*Join clay that is the same level of dryness, you can encourage this by keeping clay in a damp box.*Use vinegar to ‘melt’ the joining surface of the clay.*Score the surface of the areas to be joined.*Use slip on the joint (and superpower this by mixing in

60. Listener Questions: Glaze Crazing and Pinholing

Oxford Clay ·

2024/08/04

Thank you for your listener questions! This is the first listener question episode, and we're talking about about crazing and pinholing in pottery glazes. The listener questions in this episode are:Is it a defect of the glaze to have pinholes or hairline cracks after firing?Are these fired glazes permeable and will food residues settle in them over time, especially if you only wash them by hand?Can crazed and pinholed pottery go in the dishwasher?----------------------------------Get your pottery

59. How to make pottery glaze tests

Oxford Clay ·

2024/07/21

Experimenting with making pottery glazes is one of my absolute favourite things to do.In this episode, I tell you how I make my glaze tests at Oxford Clay, and how you can do the same!----------------------------------------------Get your pottery question answered on the podcast!Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.ukwith the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.--------------------------------------------------Resources for

58. 5 Ways to Recycle in Pottery

Oxford Clay ·

2024/07/07

In this episode, I talk about 5 simple things you can do to recycle resources in pottery!The 5 things I talk about today are:*Collecting Rainwater to use in pottery*Reclaiming used clay back into new clay*Turning scrap metal into colouring oxides*Making pottery glazes from plant ashes*Using glass in pottery to add colour and decorative detail-----------------------------------------------Get your pottery question answered on the podcast!Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by

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