Bristol pot.

Experiment

Sustainable

Traditional

This work is my first completely site specific piece. The clay used to make the pot and rock contained in the glaze is all from one specific site in Bristol, Troopers Hill.

Material

Ceramic
Minerals and stone

Craft

Ceramics and pottery-making

General Technique

Combining

Specific Technique

Wild clay and glaze development

Properties & Qualities

Application

Product, Sample making

Qualities

3D, Shiny

Colour

Brown, Orange, Red

Sample Information

Date of creation

14/11/2022

Culture & Context

Troopers Hill has been mined for Fireclay in the past. The clay I collected here fires to Cone 9/10 without issue and throws wonderfully. The clay was just sieved coarsely and ready to throw.The rock is a mudstone that outcrops on the south side of the hill. This rock only requires wood ash to make a functional glaze.

Recipe Details

Mudstone – 57

Ash – 27

Credits

Craft Maker

George Perry

Library Contributor

George Perry

Photographer

George Perry

Practitioner

George Perry

Potter - wild, waste and self-collected materials.

Other materials from this practitioner

Skip clay

Waste skip sourced clay

Midlothian clay.

Wild Scottish clay

Woodkiln glaze.

Forfar rock glaze

Shale glaze.

Rock glaze recipe

Edinburgh glaze

Waste rock glaze

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