Tuesday, 19 July 2011

The Eagles Have Landed Installation at Tullie House Carlisle

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OK I'm going to try to catch up on some of the projects that I've been involved in over the past year, they might not be in chronolo...
Wednesday, 4 May 2011

NAAFI Mugs for Dover Castle

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While my days are usually spent in prehistory, Roman Britain or the Anglo Saxon period, my claim the "If it's old and made from cla...
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Bamburgh Castle and the Laidley Worm

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Completed at last, the series of interactive panels for Bamburgh Castle, upon which I have been working for some months.  They illustrate th...
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Saturday, 9 April 2011

Beaker Firing

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 A very successful beaker firing last night, firing in the dark makes it possible to see exactly how hot the pots are getting whereas in the...
Thursday, 31 March 2011

Bronze-Age Pottery Workshops at Cairnpapple Scotland

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I'll be running Bronze-Age pottery workshops at Historic Scotland's fantastic Prehistoric site at Cairnpapple , Beecraigs and Bathga...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Pottery Workshop

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The Anglo-Saxon pottery workshop which I ran at Sutton Hoo on Sunday 27th March 2011 produced some great results.  A small but dedicated gro...
Saturday, 22 January 2011

The Eagles Have Landed

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I've been working with a group of students from Burnside College in Wallsend to create a piece of sculpture relating to trade throughou...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Wonderful Flint Tools

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Taking a piece of soft plastic clay in my hand and forming it into a pot I understand, but striking a piece of flint with a piece of deer an...
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Sunday, 2 January 2011

From Ancient Egypt to English Country Slipware

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I think I've said before that my work can be quite wide and varied, well here's an example:  Over the past few days I've been wo...
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Saturday, 27 November 2010

Kiln Floor in Production

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You might be forgiven for thinking that it's National Boring Photograph Day but this pic does illustrate the fact that, while we are in ...
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Prehistoric Pottery Disposal Experiment

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I have started an experiment to find out how a large piece of collared urn will stand up to the winter weather. The pot was made by me a cou...
Saturday, 6 November 2010

Roman Pottery Kiln Progress

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Installed the Ware chamber floor today and started applying the clay lining.  Unfortunately there won't be any further work on it until ...
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Roman Sunken Kiln Under Construction

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I can't believe that it has been so long since I've recorded my work here, it's been a very busy summer so there's lots of c...
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Sunday, 4 July 2010

Making Medieval

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I'll be at Rievaulx Abbey Saturday and Sunday 10th and 11th July demonstrating Mediaeval potting methods so I'm making some addition...
Friday, 2 July 2010

Zeus figures now available

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Working on ceramic figures of Zeus for Tyne & Wear Museums today Visit my website at www.pottedhistory.co.uk
Monday, 21 June 2010

The Team at Making the Bronze Age

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Making The Bronze Age; Bellwood Riverside Park, Perth, Scotland

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Back in my own w or kshop, in Rothbury, N or thumberland, after a weekend as part of a re-enactment event on the banks of the beautiful Tay ...
Sunday, 13 June 2010

Bronze Age Pots for Perth

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Working on some bronze age pots to accompany me on my workshop in Perth, Scotland, Saturday and Sunday 19th & 20th June 2010.   V...
Friday, 28 May 2010

Slipware Wedding Plate

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Successfully completed the wedding plate commission, in the tradition of Thomas Toft. www.pottedhistory.co.uk
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Ancient Firing Technology

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Most books one reads talk about 'bonfire firing'; fast open firings using large quantities of wood and accepting a quite high percen...
Tuesday, 25 May 2010

National Towel Day

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I'm not sure that I qualify as a 'Hoopy Frood' but I do always know where my towel is, it's beside my wheel covered in clay....