Slab Building Exercise – box bottle
Build a box shaped bottle using leather-hard clay slabs
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Slab Building Exercise – Tall Bottle
This is a method for making a tall narrow bottle using slab and coiling techniques.
Protected: Porcelain and Mixed Media – Fixing with Wire
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Elaine Bolt – Open Studio and News – Spring 2018
I hope this message finds you well and enjoying the lovely weather we’ve been having. May is nearly here so it’s time for my Open Studio weekends. Find out the details below. You can also see updates on my latest activities and where you’ll find me and my work over the next couple of months. Open Studio This May …
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Space and Place
New landscapes I’m currently working towards two spring shows that will focus on place and the local landscape. Some of my work draws heavily on the Sussex countryside and the coastline for reference. For a couple of years I’ve been making some pieces that have elements influenced by buoys or ship’s floats that I often find on the beach at Newhaven and …
On the move
These last couple of months have been hectic to say the least. I can’t quite believe how busy its been. So here’s a bit of an update – A lightning speed run around what I’ve been making, seeing, winning, writing… plus a picture of a strange creature from York. I made a lot of new …
Woodland Colours
The muted colours of Sussex in Winter and Spring must have been seeping into my thoughts and into my work over the past few months. Some new ideas and pieces have been emerging as a result. Colour palette I’ve spent some time looking at the colour palette I use and working on a range of colours, textures …
Pursuit of Intrigue
‘Pursuit of Intrigue’ is the title of a new short film made about my work. The film offers a sensitive portrait of my current work; focusing in on my ceramic and mixed media objects; dipping into my thought processes, taking a peek at how I work with clay and incorporate found materials. The film can be viewed online …
Oatmeal and plums for tea
Some test pieces from my latest firing My latest firing included a mix of pieces heading for galleries and forthcoming shows. It also included some tests to try out different clay body mixes and surface treatments. Some of the new test pieces explore a different look to the light celadons and dark pieces that I make. I’m …
Clay
I’ve been experimenting again. In fact I think I’m always experimenting a bit. I always want to try out things and ideas that are new to me, so I rarely spend a day in the workshop without trying out a variation on a shape, a new glaze recipe, or a new clay body. Recently I’ve been …
Easter surprises
I’ve just unpacked my kiln after a reduction firing. The firing contained some pieces intended for the Contemporary Craft Fair at Bovey Tracey in June; some are for a couple of galleries right now and some for a very exciting teabowl exhibition I’ll be taking part in later on in the year (more info to follow …
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