Process: Making hand thrown pottery bowls

I’ve been wanting to do a post like this for a while, this takes you through the process of making a set of bowls. The first stage is preparing the clay and getting it ready for throwing. You need to ensure that the clay is free from air bubbles and to do this you ‘wedge’ [...]

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2 Jan 12

Vanilla cream

I hope you’ve had a great new year and a fabulous festive season! There’s so much potential to be had in the year ahead, January is always a strange month sometimes full of the winter blues. So far its been quite a mild winter but my thoughts already wander to the heady days of spring, [...]

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Tagged cream pottery, handmade pottery, speckled cream glaze, stoneware pottery, uk pottery

19 Dec 11

The Christmas rush

There’s been a lot going on in the studio the last week or two in the run up to Christmas. I’ve been working on custom orders, glazing and packing pieces up to send off to their new homes. The end of the year always brings a time of reflection. A moment to pause and look [...]

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Tagged christmas, english pottery, handmade, pottery, stoneware pottery, studio pottery, uk

5 Dec 11

The cafe collection

It’s been such a long time since I’ve had a ‘normal’ blog post and I’ve been wanting to formally introduce some new items into the shop. There’s something very comforting about a good mug, as you cup it in your hands it warms your fingers and while very sturdy they sometimes lack a little sophistication. [...]

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Tagged cappuccino cups, ceramics, cups and saucers, espresso cups, formal dining, handmade pottery, mugs, pottery, tableware, uk

28 Nov 11

Hello Harrogate

Last week was the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching show, if you met us there I’d just like to say thanks for dropping by! It was lovely to meet so many folks who stopped to chat and buy my work. It was really interesting to see how many people who’d already heard of Little Wren Pottery [...]