steve booton ceramics

stevebootonceramic uploaded 2 days ago

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pottery throwing and trimming yunomi

a couple of yunomi just trying a new (to me) technique I think it works.

l'argile de four de céramique de poterie lance Töpferei keramischer Bren...

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• stevebootonceramic commented 1 day ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @credenza1 Hi I have never done any salt firing. I don't really like the orange peel texture

  I do however fancy doing some soda firing.

  Lisa Hammond fires a soda kiln and she produces some amazing pots

• stevebootonceramic commented 1 day ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @credenza1 a sharpened stick is a traditional tool but I use it because a metal tool tends to slice away the clay too much a wooden one drags a little which gives a better texture. Shoji Hamada used a knife to facet pots but he said it had to be a very old rusty one.

• stevebootonceramic commented 2 days ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @potteryworks Hi John,I have not come across it but it looks like a good idea. give it a go nothing ventured etc. nice to hear from you .best regards

  steve

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stevebootonceramic uploaded 4 days ago

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pottery throwing bowls

a few bowls to get back into working in my cold draughty studio.

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• stevebootonceramic commented 4 days ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @Gracepots Hi Phil my daughter has a friend that makes them but he charges £100 each. thats a lot of clay LOL

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stevebootonceramic uploaded 1 week ago

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pottery gas wood kiln latest update 19,1,12

a quick update of the gas kiln

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• stevebootonceramic commented 1 week ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @Gracepots hi Phil yes I will have a gauge. I will daisy chain two bottles then split to each burner which will even out the pressure to each burner and use the regulator tap to turn up/down the gas I will try the wood with the gas burning i hope to ignite the wood instantaneously to avoid too mu...

• stevebootonceramic commented 1 week ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @credenza1 Yes ....well that's the excuse I give for not throwing anything away HaHa

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stevebootonceramic uploaded 2 weeks ago

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pottery throwing latest bottles technique

a few bottle ideas the second part is a little dark but you get the idea you can see better photos at

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• stevebootonceramic commented 1 week ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  Yeah David florescent light combined with a crap camera will do it every time HaHa

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stevebootonceramic uploaded 3 weeks ago

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working in Brian Hollands studio

working in my friend brian hollands studio... dry... warm.... spacious.... bliss

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• stevebootonceramic commented 3 weeks ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @janicethepotter I don't know what I would call it I suppose it depends on how you would use it. A good way of creating a nice shape is with an upturned stool or chair on a table, just tie the corners of a cloth to each leg and lay your slab in the centre. for a bigger slab you could make a simp...

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stevebootonceramic uploaded 3 weeks ago

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gas / wood kiln progress

Its a bit dark but you get the idea

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• stevebootonceramic commented 3 weeks ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @potteryworks the wood I put in will be very thin bundles and I hope they will burn away immediately.... the fire bars are placed immediately above the burners so any thing dropping down should miss the burner holes ???? we'll see !!!

• stevebootonceramic commented 3 weeks ago

  stevebootonceramic said:

  @muditsallabout sorry its my accent I said course ie row of bricks.... the bricks are high temperature insulation bricks HTI the same material that the bricks in electric kilns are made from. they are the most efficient insulators hard fire bricks use a lot of energy as the have to heat up. so yo...

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