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Category Archives: My Pots
A US Coastguardsman at the RWA, Bristol
In July 2019 I wrote about the wartime American Red Cross Club at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. The club was set up in 1943 to entertain the steadily increasing numbers of US service personal stationed in … Continue reading
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TRAWLER TEAPOTS – another story. HMT DE ROSA
A while ago I posted a story about a North Sea trawler requisitioned by the Royal Navy in World War Two for use as a minesweeper and for which my aunt, my mother and their cousin as children were mascots. … Continue reading
Sam Smith’s Paper Boats – Pleasure Boats of England
Sam Smith published these paper kit Pleasure Boats in 1974. Pre-cut push-out components lock together with tabs. No glue needed – not vital anyway. They were one of several sets of kits produced at the time and compliment his better … Continue reading
Trawler Teapots – the story of HMT River Spey (updated 23/5/15)
My pots often emerge from something happening around me. I like to start with a narrative or an experience. The Trawler series of teapots been in 2009 when my aunt rediscovered some letters and souvenirs from her childhood in the … Continue reading
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Tagged HMT, HMT De Rosa, Lancaster, North Sea, Pathfinder, RAF, River Spey, Roy Elliott, Second World War, Trawler, Wellington, WWII
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MORE PIZZA – learning to use the clay oven
The weather has improved so we decided to make pizzas and try to get better control over the heat. We heated up on sticks and some split pine. Once the soot burnt off the inside (40 minutes or so) we … Continue reading
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FIRST LOAVE – the clay oven installed and baking bread.
Yesterday we got the oven installed and working for the first time. We built the structure using the collection of kiln bricks and architectural reclaim that we have in the garden. It is all loose laid so that we can … Continue reading
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The Cloam Oven Ready for Installation
Here it is successfully fired (by Liz Williams at Bristol School of Art) and ready to install. The crank body is about 3cm thick and has fired very well. The next stage is to get it fully insulated and ready … Continue reading
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FIRST CLOAM OVEN COMPLETED
The first cloam oven is complete and ready for firing. It’s a small one – roughly 50cm deep. I followed the Portuguese potters’ method (see video below) and started with a slab beaten out onto a sanded batt. The walls … Continue reading
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Clay and Fire 