Hand Thrown Bowls

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Hand Thrown Bowls



These bowls were hand thrown on the potters wheel. I used a lightly grogged earthenware clay. they were dip glazed on the inside and I brush glazed the outside before layering with different designs. They were fired to 1002c.

This bowl was also hand thrown. Brush glazed and layered. Inspired by oriental designs.

The fruit bowl was wheel thrown. I used the layering technique to create a pretty floral design in contrasting colours. Using mayco glazes. Final firing at 1002c.

This bowl was inspired by the rich colours of the orient. Again it was wheel thrown and layered with glaze before firing.

Brush holder/rack

I made this demonstration piece for a school workshop. The GCSE brief was on organic and natural forms. 

 It was made using white earthenware. The clay was slab rolled and when it was leather hard I cut the 3 pieces out using a prepared stencil. Holes were then pierced before score and slip joining.

 I then extruded some clay using my extruding tool and threaded the thin coil through the piercings.


I then hand moulded the leaves before score and slip joining them on.

After bisque firing I glazed it in contrasting colours before firing again at a higher rate. The threaded coils hold the brushes or pencils in place. The piece helped to inspire the students for their brief.

Ceramic beads and pendants

 I recently joined a jewellery beading class at my local library and made a number of necklaces and bracelets using various crystal beads. The beads were interwoven almost like lace making. The class inspired me to make my own beads and pendants.

 These beads were made using porcelain clay. Porcelain has quite a high shrinkage rate so I made them large enough to compensate. I strung the beads on fine camphor wire that I threaded onto a tile rack. After the initial bisquit firing I glazed them using high fire porcelain glazes and mayco glazes.

Some of the beads I fired were used to make necklaces like this one. I used a mixture of pearls and ceramic beads and threaded them onto fishing wire.

Hand painted plate

I painted this design onto earthenware bisque using Mayco colours and glazes. As you can see, I adapted the previous painting to fit and compliment the round plate.The layered technique was fired to over 1000c.

This is a painting I did using Chinese water colours on rice paper. The paints have similar properties to ordinary water colour and gouache, giving the appearance of translucency.

pinch pots

This pinch pot was made as a demonstration for a pottery workshop. It is a very simple design to follow and prettily decorated using porcelain glazes.

This pinch pot was made in two parts and then joined to form a vessel.I added a coil of clay to create a lip. The embellishments were made using a clay extruder and were added when the pot was leather hard. The pot was bisque fired to 1000c. I glazed it using a metalic high fire porcelain to 1200c.

This pinch pot was made using stoneware clay and the spiky parts were added at the leather hard stage. It was fired to bisque, then glazed and high fired.


It was made to accompany a large commissioned fruit bowl.