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Pottery Classes

Alan Cole — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:10:41 +0000

Our pottery classes are coming to an end so it’s been a little difficult to decide what to do next as there doesn’t seem to be much point starting new projects as we won’t have time to finish them – it takes weeks what with drying time, firing time, decorations, glazes and a second firing....

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Decorating Pottery

Alan Cole — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 10:42:38 +0000

Most of our time was spent decorating some of our pottery creations whilst at out pottery ‘class’ this week. I’ve decided that Anna’s is better at this part of the process than I am!

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Pottery Creations

Alan Cole — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:57:21 +0000

Our pottery lessons continue and are quite good fun. We may never become experts, but that’s not important. The process is quite time-consuming, partly because we attend just once a week. Additionally, there are drying times between each stage and two firing processes for each piece too. Yesterday, we finally brought home our first completed...

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Pottery Progression

Alan Cole — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:30:05 +0000

Week 4 at pottery (week 3 for me) and we’ve progressed to the potters wheel! I was expecting a complete mess, lots of wasted clay and much hilarity as we grappled with it. So, after a quick demo we sat at the wheels, slapped some clay onto them and got our hands dirty. Controlling the...

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Falling Behind at Pottery

Alan Cole — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:04:05 +0000

Uh oh, I think I’ve got some catching up to do – this is Anna’s latest pottery creation from lesson 2. I was away on the West Highland Way so didn’t attend this week. I think I may have missed out on some key skills!!

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Pottery

Alan Cole — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:49:24 +0000

Anna and I, armed with festive funds, delved into the muddy world of pottery, expecting more laughs than masterpieces. Our hands danced with clueless clay at a cozy gathering of equally inexperienced Picasso-wannabes. While Anna's squashed creation somehow turned artistic, my jug morphed into a wonky wonder. Anticipating merry mayhem with the wheel's introduction – stay tuned for the pottery pandemonium!

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