I tempered samples of beach clay with varying amounts of soft sand
My set up for creating beach clay forms over a beach stone
My set up for test piece making outside of my studio
I screened batches of North Herefordshire clay through varying sized screens
Using a palette knife I worked up samples of North Herefordshire clay
My first batch of test tiles
My tile making set up
A batch of test tiles
A chunk of Teme Valley river clay
Batches of clay, test tiles and 50g pinch pots
Beach clay sample pots
Beach clay sample pot
Beach clay sample pots drying outside
Clay samples drying in the sunshine
A selection of samples ready for wood firing
My thermometer range stops at 600ºC, which I exceeded but I do not know how much by.
An experimental reduction bin using barley straw
Raw, unrefined North Herefordshire clay pinch pot, wood fired, straw reduction, placed upon unfired sample of the same clay
Beach clay pinch pot, tempered with sand, wood fired, straw reduction, placed upon unfired test tile of the same clay
