Beach Pots

A day out at the seaside, take the dog for a walk on the beach, a break from the pottery, no clay............. I don't think so.............!
Fraisthorpe beach, near Bridlington - lovely wide sandy beach, lots of space for our dog to run, not many people, wild North Sea and low clay cliffs.
​Did I say CLAY cliffs"?
​Yes - that would be the boulder clay, formed by deposition from melting glaciers and ice sheets and containing many pebbles, stones and boulders. Now there's a challenge............
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So after collecting several pocketful's of loose clay (brought down by ongoing coastal erosion) and some sand and sea glass, I returned to the studio -

The raw clay, sand from beach and sea glass.

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​Adding water and dissolving the clay.

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Sieving the liquid clay to remove stones etc.

​Pouring liquid clay on to newspaper in plaster mould to draw off water.​

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Construction of coil pot, smoothing & decorating with marks made with sea glass.

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Wheel thrown pot and decoration with sea glass.

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Completed pots before firing, with clay, sand and sea glass.

Fired pots with transparent glaze and sea glass melted in the bottom of each.

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A Good Day at the Beach.