Crystalline Glazed Bottle Shapes

Here's some photos of my latest crystalline glazed pieces. They are stoneware bottles tallest one 31cm by 10cm in diameter I am really pleased with them as I thought that it wouldn't work as crystalline glazing best suits a porcelain body for its whiteness and pure body. They will be for sale after my assessment near the end of May so email me if you are interested any of them rharrison1991@hotmail.co.uk

Manganese Dioxide 

 Copper Oxide

Cobalt Oxide

PCA Easter Craft Fair

Don't forget the PCA Easter Craft Fair is on Saturday 24th March 10am-2pm at Plymouth College of Art. I will be selling my ceramic work starting at £2.50-£30 so come on down there will be other stalls there such as handmade gifts, crafts, ceramics, jewellery, cake, coffee, prints, clothes and much more. Come and support local artists and students selling their work!

Crystalline Ring and Pendant

One of my glaze test piecs fell on the floor and broke so instead of throwing it out I wanted to reuse it in some way either by making a mosaic or jewellery. Because of the inside was a black background with light blue crystals on top I decided to make some rings and pendants using the pieces. Although I am not the best jeweller in the world I did learn some techniques last year that I remembered and put to good use. Over the next few weeks I will try and improve the techniques and make it look more professional and everyday wareable looking.

I didn't make the chain

Porcelain Badges

Here's a little teaser of what will be for sale at the Easter Craft fair at Plymouth College of Art on Saturday 24th March 10am-2pm

Crystalline Glazing

So I loaded and programmed my first crystalline glaze firing and I was expecting to get no crystal growth or they'd fall over in the kiln and stick to the walls or the glaze bubble and bloat. But I opened up the kiln lid and was i was grinning like the cheshire cat; I was so pleased with the results I think they are all beautiful especially the green one. I now have to gently tap the join of the pedestal and pot without the piece breaking the bottom.

One Zero Nine PCA Pop-Up Shop

One Zero Nine is a pop-up shop in which Plymouth College of Art set up where students and local artists can sell their work. The National Diploma students have used it for their 'Design to Sell' project where they made pieces in different materials to sell for Christmas at the shop. At the moment the MA's work is being displayed with all the work for sale. The organiser came to college and wanted some other work to be displayed too where he approached me and other people to mave our work displayed in fridges (yes, it does sound weird but it works!) So the work is being displayed in One Zero Nine, Cornwall Street, Plymouth near the indoor market from the 11th-16th February. Look on the map below.

Porcelain Beakers

Here's a photo of some on-going work that will be for sale at the Clothes Swap and the Easter Craft Fair too. It is slipcast porcelain with a celdon blue (pale blue colour) glaze fired to 1260°c in a reduction firing.