It's Autumn here in the UK and the leaves on the trees are starting to fall! But did you know that you can actually make a pottery glaze from fallen leaves?!
Whilst wood ash is often quoted in glaze recipes, leaf ash can actually be used instead. In fact it is often the leaves of plants which have fallen naturally at the end of their growing cycle which create the most beautiful pottery glazes!
In part two of this two-part episode series on making pottery glazes with fallen leaf ash we discuss:
*How to make a stoneware glaze using quartz, cornish stone, leaf ash and water.
*How to weigh out glaze-making ingredients.
*How to mix a glaze and sieve it.
The eBook Leaf Ash Glazing: A guide to sustainable pottery glazing with fallen leaves is available here. (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/shop/p/leaf-ash-glazing-a-guide-to-sustainable-pottery-glazing-with-fallen-leaves)
The ash glazing recipe in this episode and also used in the book Leaf Ash Glazing: A guide to sustainable pottery glazing with fallen leaves is:
*Quartz - 20 Parts
*Cornish Stone - 40 Parts
*Leaf Ash - 40 Parts
*Water - to make up to the consistency of single cream.
Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube (https://youtu.be/u2w0HGTEBU0)
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*New book: Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/shop/p/eco-consciouspotterycolourebook) .
*A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DFMFMH8G?ref_=ast_author_ofdp)
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Resources for Potters:
Oxford Clay website resources for Potters (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/resources-for-potters)
Pottery eBooks (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/shop/ebooks)
Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/how-to-make-a-pottery-glaze-workbook) (suitable for beginners):
Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/how-to-fire-bisque-and-stoneware-kiln-firing-schedule) (includes full kiln firing schedule)
Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Katherine-Tomlinson/e/B0B1CKC9X3?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1662270837&sr=8-1)
Video mini-courses for Potters (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/shop/courses)
Oxford Clay blog (https://www.oxfordclay.co.uk/blog-1)
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