Shaun Hall's Raku Ceramics Blogspot

The hard graft of making sculpture is over...so now it's time to do some throwing. Tune in... turn off and .....here are some results. Wheel thrown bowls

Well I have just about finished making my latest batch of slab constructed work. I started in about August-it's now November! You just can't make them quick enough. I've got to start a bit of throwing now, and get the firings on the go- I hope before Christmas... I've already got a few customer enquiries for some pots so I suppose that's a good sign. I hope if the pots fire succcesfully to hold some decent stock back with a view to generating a collection I can take to Craft shows in the coming year. Last of my slab constructed "Menhir " sculptural vessels.  Scarva earthstone clay 

Anyone in the Braintree, Essex area- fancy a New Year challenge? I'm setting up a new hand-building course focusing on all the basics...soft and hard slab work, coiling, pinch potting, clay modelling, simple figurative sculpture- basics of decoration.... Pass it on....