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Still Potting!

A year or so ago someone messaged me to ask if I was still potting. They had noticed my absence from the world of blogging, and I was able to assure them that, whilst somewhat older and slower, I was still making pots! After all this time I am not sure how many of my original online blogging friends are up and about and will notice this post, but I thought it would be good to put a few words and pictures out into the blogosphere again in the hopes that they will be helpful to someone.   Mug with Autumn Landscape fired to Cone 6  Cone 6 I stubbornly swam against the tide of cone six glaze firings until very recently when I thought I had better climb down from my usual cone nine and see if I could enjoy myself at lower altitude! This change was in part due to the easier availability of clay bodies that are in fact designed for that temperature, and also the wear and tear that high firings have on electric kilns.  Years ago I did do some cone 6 work and mostly used the Tony ...

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