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Welcome to my website, I’m Jo and I work from my garden studio in rural mid Wales. I’m currently working on small batches of wheel thrown and hand built ceramics.

I also have a selection of paintings I’ve been working on during the past two years.

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Looking forward to three solid days in the studio making and also trying to decide on a glaze for my lidded pots with the black underglaze detail. I know how I would like them to look, just don’t know how to achieve it yet!! Patience is not a s
New trimming tool, for sharper results! Time to empty the wheel tray!! #pottery #ceramics #studiopottery #trimming #reclaim #finishingtouches #practicepractice #rdpotterytools
Coffee, water, wine, hyacinth bulb vases?……new shapes on the shelf. #newshapes #vessels #clay #pottery #ceramics #curves #drying #greenware.
Reclaim Saturday!! I read somewhere that mixing reclaim with bought clay helps to keep consistency with your making. So slices of each are stacked and wedged together #pottery #reclaimclay #wedging #bucketofdoom #stilllearning #process #maker #cerami
Having a play with surface, black underglaze and Matt white glaze. Trying to replicate some of the textures in my paintings. #vessel #texture #surface #blackandwhite #ceramics #pottery #tumbler #contemporaryceramics #studiopottery #madebyhand #hand
Very happy with my first glaze fire using a glaze recipe that I mixed myself. This is a slow cool shedule to achieve the semi matte surface. #glaze #slowcool #functionalwareceramics #pottery #ceramics #studiopottery #handmade #wheelthrown #interiors
As the first batch of glazing is coming to an end Rupert and I are exercising a bit of patience. Trying to divert my mind onto other things. #glazing #patience #newprogramme #rohdekiln #kiln #oxidation #electrickiln #pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #
Oopsie!! The glazing started slowly this morning, the glaze was very cold and took a lot of mixing before I could start. Made a rookie error using the dipping tongs for the large bowl which had thin walls!!!……managed to get some done ho
Weighed, mixed, sieved, sieved again, my first attempt at mixing a large batch of glaze……this is for a cupboard full of bowls and tumblers that have been waiting patiently for me to pull on my big girl boots and get brave!! 😳 however I
Greenware is so fragile, being really carefull not to break anything while adding surface texture. Once these are bisque fired I’ll be glazing with a slightly transparent off white glaze to allow the black to show through…….thats