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Northcote Terra-cotta (recycled contains various colours engobe) scoops

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White earthenware salad scoops

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Porcelain bangle. Wheel thrown carved and inlaid with cobalt carb slip (may be too weak) and pink stain slip (expect colour will burn out only fires to 1130)

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Sthrn ice porcelain tumbler wheel thrown, carved pattern

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White earthenware wheel thrown teapot

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Keans white earthenware wheel thrown teapot with carved pattern

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PB108 stoneware clay. Wheel thrown small vase with cobalt carbonate slip inlaid in carved lines

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PB108 stoneware wheel thrown medium sized bowl with straight sides. Cobalt carbonate slip dobbed on at leatherhard stage.

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Small porcelain bowls. Sthrn Ice clay. Wheel thrown Bisqued. Clear glaze dipped. Copper ox brushed outside. Cobalt ox splattered inside.

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Special stoneware clay.

Iron wash applied at bone dry, sponged with a wet sponge. Bisqued.

Clear glaze dipped and rubbed back slightly.

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Clay: Special stoneware.

Copper ox applied at bone dry then rubbed off with a wet sponge. Bisqued.

Clear glaze dipped and rubbed back a bit.

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Northcote PS2000 Terracotta clay. Bisqued

Decorated: inside the mouth white engobe x 2 coats. then pink northcote underglaze. Red engobe lips x 1. Hasnt worked coulr has almost completely burned out.

Outside surface covered with light green engobe x 3 coats. dark green and black engobe dots on the back along the ridge. Eyes are black engobe with intense orange eng. pupils.  Toes: intense orange eng.

Generally coverage is not great or burned out. Maybe glaze too thick. not enough colour applied. Perhaps I should have used glaze instead of engobes.

All clear glaze dipped.

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Northcote PS2000 Terracotta. Salad scoops

glazed with sea green break - my new favourite earthenware glaze.

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Clay: Special Stoneware. Black engobe applied at bone dry. Incised using a pin tool. Clear gloss - dipped. too thick - has gone cloudy. :(

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PB 108 stoneware. Hand built Coiled vase.

Cracked inside on the base. (Slab too thick? didnt dry slowly enough?) Rough texture of the building process. Inside clear glaze, poured. Outside: Danis green glaze. with stripes of white satin and copper oxide. Copper oxide on the with satin on the rim.

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PB108 stoneware clay small pinch pot carved. clear glaze dipped inside and out. outside: Glaze was rubbed back on raised parts and 2 coats of Hyacinth blue over the clear

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Slab bowl. PB 108 stoneware clay. Impressed with seaweed, incised. impressed with leaf stamp and other wooden flower stamps. Bisqued.

Ocher on the trunks and branches. Copper oxide - leaves. flowers - blue red, yellow wash. Blue engobe trailed/scribbled.Glaze Underside Clear glaze x 2 coats, Hyacinth x 2 coats. top side clear glaze x 3 coats. Jade under tree x 2 coats, Sky created with Jade over the clear glaze.