This month, we’re diving into glazes.🫟 Inspired by Sarah from Three Little Potters, this challenge is all about testing, exploring, and rethinking what we already have. We all have those glazes. The ones we rarely reach for. The ones we tend to avoid… because they never quite turned out the way we hoped. Colors that feel off. Results that disappoint. Tests that didn’t go as planned. So this month, we’re choosing one of them. ✨ Pick one glaze you don’t like (or don’t trust yet) ✨ Combine it with 5 different glazes you already know and trust ✨ Test them layered, top & bottom, side by side — get curious ✨ Share your results How you do it? Completely up to you. Test tiles, small dishes, a cup, a plate… everything on one piece or separate tests — there’s no right or wrong way. This is about experimentation.🧪🔬 Try unusual combinations. 🤪 Push it further than you normally would. Be bold with it. At the end, take a moment to reflect: What worked? What didn’t? What surprised you? The goal isn’t perfection. It’s discovery.💡 And maybe, just maybe, the glaze you’ve been avoiding comes back to life. ✨ Share your process, your tests, your results ✨ Let’s learn from each other ✨ And turn “unloved” glazes into something unexpected

Hi everyone, I have not been active on this platform at all sorry, I am finding social media so overwhelming. In fact I am finding life a little overwhelming at the moment. I haven't been able to talk myself into my studio for the last three days, and I have to get back i to it. I have medieval events coming up that I really have to get things done for. I love pottery and feel extremely privileged that it is my full-time, but lately I walk in to my studio look around and just don't know where to go next and end up walking out again. I also have several videos waiting to be edited to go up on my Shoebox Studio Ceramics YT channel, but I can't seem to talk myself into completing them either. It's so frustrating, having so much to do, but feeling unable to do any of it. Do you fellow potters ever get like this, especially those that are full-time potters? How do you get yourselves out of the darkness and back into the joy of pottery? I didn't know you have to select a category for your post, couldn't decide what this should of gone under, Fails, General, Question? I went with Question, I hope that is ok? Much love to you all x

Many of you already know Alaina from here in our group. She has been a faithful follower of my channel since the beginning. She always comments. She does the most exquisite low fire pieces❤️. She has been struggling to get a high fire kiln up and running but it looks like that will take a while longer and I know this is frustrating and discouraging for her. I know that she currently has 721 subscribers so it would be wonderful if we could help her feel loved and appreciated. If you haven’t subscribed, please subscribe. If you have, she just had a kiln opening a day ago. Let’s flood her channel with many positive comments. We need to remember to nourish one another. https://youtube.com/@laneyscraftingcreations431?si=Yj5BaLY10Bw2Zcs6

My close friend Sarah Hallam is currently just 7 subscribers away from reaching 1,000 on YouTube, and I would absolutely love it if this wonderful community could help her get there. Many of you already know Sarah from here and from her pottery videos, and you’ll also know she is currently going through an incredibly difficult and heart breaking time personally. A year ago Sarah reached out to me asking for advice because she was thinking about starting a YouTube channel. Fast forward to now, and not only has she created a lovely channel full of warmth and creativity, but she has also become a very dear friend of mine. We chat many times a week, and I can honestly say she is one of the kindest, most caring and sensitive people I know. She always puts so much love and encouragement out into the world for others. I would just really love for her to feel that support coming back towards her right now 💜 So if anyone here hasn’t yet subscribed to Sarah’s channel, perhaps especially some of our newer members, I would be incredibly grateful if you’d take a look and help her cross that 1,000 milestone. I know it would mean the world to her. And if you’re already subscribed, maybe leave her a little encouraging comment too 🥰 Thank you all so much for always being such a supportive and caring community. It’s one of the things I love most about this group 💜 @sarah-hallam-7859 https://www.youtube.com/@SarahHallamCeramics74/videos

I’m really curious about this one because my answer has completely flipped recently… After being away from the studio for a while, I’m honestly just loving every single minute I get in there right now. Yesterday I finished teaching a throwing workshop… and instead of cleaning up straight away, I thought “well, the wheel’s already messy…” — so I jumped on and had a couple hours of throwing myself. And wow… it just flowed. Everything felt more consistent, more natural… and I had SO much fun. It reminded me exactly why I love this. Today? Slightly different story 😅After a couple of hours trimming hedges, I’m heading back into the studio — but it’s handling multiple mugs, big buckets of mucky reclaim, and a full clean-up session… Normally I would dread this kind of day. Reclaim that’s been sitting for months (yes… it’s going to be stinky 😂), buckets everywhere, and a proper mop-down needed. But honestly? I’m still really looking forward to it. I think because I’ve finally got systems and little “hacks” in place for reclaim, it actually feels… satisfying now? Plus Mug handling is never as bad once I get into the flow...usually 🤣 If I had to pick, trimming and refining is probably still my favourite — but really, it’s the variety and experimentation that keeps me hooked. So now I’d love to know… 👉 What’s your favourite part of studio life?👉 And what’s the job you tend to put off the most? (No judgement — we all have one! 😄)