Danny Holland - Taylor's Creek Pottery

One of New Zealand's greatest potters, Barry Brickell , paid a visit to Dunedin this week, so I went along to check out his live throwin...

This month I have mainly been testing glaze materials and porcelain clay bodies: Every colourant, opacifier, some fritts, ashes, salts, ...

Recently I was lucky to get my hands on some very old clay and pottery materials, but unfortunately nobody remembers exactly what they are. ...

Lovely day, about time I updated my blog, gonna keep it short and sweet. alembics.Distillation of essential oils, interesting... ...

Over Easter I fired fibre and brick kilns, with varying degrees of success. The gas kiln is always easy, being gas, but brick and fuel kil...

It's easier to repair a pyrometer in the daylight than in the middle of the night in the dark and pouring rain... bits in pieces. ...

It's been a busy year so far. I tried but failed at using canola oil as a fuel for the brick salt-glazing kiln - viscosity issues - so n...