Friday, 13 December 2013

Tiles and testing

The group are now making steady progress designing and producing the tiles.  Some beautiful designs - here some examples so far.  Inspiration is coming from the Arts and Crafts features of the house, the different groups who use it and its fascinating history.



There are still some experiments to do with the glazing and techniques.  And the group discussed how to test the glazes for their resilience to stains and heavy foot traffic - we look forward to experiments with coffee and bleach!





Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Meeting with architects last Wednesday

We discussed the issues around the siting of the tables over the floor obscuring an 'overall' design. The architect suggested that it might work better to create a geometric pattern and insert individual tiles created by the group.


Reviewing tests and colour charts
Some of the glaze tests
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Farewell to Janie

So sad to see Janie heading off to Singapore. We will mis her in the group but we hope that she finds somewhere to carry on her ceramics practice out in the exotic far east!


Welcome to Bensham Potters Blog

We have set up this blog to assist communication between all of the ceramic restoration contributors, and to create a visual diary of the project as it develops. 

Ceramics from the classes on display in July 2012