They bring a smile to my face and joy to my heart. While I don’t do realistic art/sculpture, I saw something like these simplistic animals over a year ago and wanted to make myself a herd of elephants and finally gave it a go! I’ve always been fascinated by the elephant system of community which scientists say highlight: - A circle of protection around the community - Shared strength - Deep loyalty - Lifelong bonds As our potters community grows I see this happening all around the group… so, if you’re so inclined, please join the herd 😊

I’m finally going to be able to join the Skool call this week after missing the last few 🎉 Having it on Saturday instead of Friday — and an hour earlier — makes SUCH a difference for me, so I’m really looking forward to catching up with everyone again. One thing that still completely messes with my brain though is the time zones 😂 I can work them out beforehand… but once we’re actually chatting live on the call it always feels so surreal seeing people from all over the world all together at the same time. Some people are waking up with coffee ☕, others are glazing at night 🌙, some are probably still in pyjamas 😆 So I’m curious… ✨ Who’s hoping to join the call tomorrow? ✨ What time will it be for you where you are? ✨ Will you be making while on the call — and if so, what are you working on? It would also be lovely to meet some of our newer Skool members too 💜 Don’t be nervous about joining — everyone is so welcoming. For me it’ll be 7pm here in the UK, and I’m hoping to be in the studio glazing 😊 Hope to see you there.

Oh my goodness… a memory just popped up from 1st May 2022 and I am CRYING laughing watching it back!! So embarrassing!!! Apparently kiln openings back in 2022 used to involve: 😂 screeching 😂 squealing 😂 dancing 😂 laughing 😂 complete emotional instability 😆 To be fair… I think I’ve calmed down slightly over the last 4 years… …although honestly, maybe not THAT much 😂 The funny thing is, even after all this time, kiln openings still feel magical to me. That excitement when you lift the lid and see what happened never really goes away 💜 Please tell me I’m not the only person who reacts like this to pottery 🤣https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zjQ9ehf2Ook

Hello! My friend has asked me to make her a chip and dip with separations, and I’ve been struggling with cracking. I’ve kept very well covered with plastic, have used ample amounts of slip and scoring… I don’t know if there’s a trick to making these? Any suggestions? I may attempt to handbuild the entire thing, but with this one I threw the inner and outer part simultaneously on the wheel, and added the inner section walls later.

I finally managed to finish editing and upload my Mystery Glaze Chip experiment video to YouTube 💜 To put this experiment into context… I actually started this around 6 weeks ago 😅 It’s involved: ✨ two low-fire firings ✨ two cone 6 firings ✨ multiple rounds of testing ✨ test tiles AND actual functional pieces Some of you may have spotted a few of the pieces appearing in my last kiln opening video, and quite a few people have been asking what on earth I’ve been testing 😂 As most of you know… I LOVE glaze chips, I LOVE testing, and I really wanted to venture into the unknown a little and see just how far I could take this experiment. Needless to say… this definitely isn’t the end of it. If anything, this feels like the beginning because I now want to take the testing even further 👀 It’s honestly taken me over 2.5 weeks just to edit together all the footage, firings, tests and photos from the past 6 weeks into one video, and trying to make it flow coherently was definitely a challenge 😅 So apologies if parts feel a little chaotic or rabbit-warren-like! But I’m genuinely SO excited by some of the things I’ve learned and some of the results that came out of this. I actually shared a tiny sneak peek of this experiment in a Skool call weeks ago, so this is where the experiment has progressed to now 💜 Would absolutely love to hear what you think if you decide to take a peek 😊 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srzbVWc8kZo