How We Do It - Glazing
We mix our own glazes which we apply by hand to each piece. First we glaze the inside and then the outside. This technique allows us to vary the colours of both to create a different look. Spongeware decoration is applied on top of the glaze.
The surface is porous and chalky and the process is similar to painting on blotting paper. Glaze is effectively ground glass and we fire each piece again, for a second and final time, this time using gas in order to reach the necessarily high temperature required to melt the stoneware glaze.
The colour of some of the glazes differ quite dramatically after firing. It is the alchemy of hand made, hand decorated, stoneware ceramics where the excitement remains for me.
