http://www.ukpotters.com/forum en-us p Hi all, whilst out for a walk in the woods recently I came across what i span style="display: none;" /spanbelieve to be an inkwell. I have attached some images and i am hoping someone could be kind enough to confirm what the item is and any idea of its history/date. It wasfound in a local village called Great Chart nr Ashford, Kent, many thanks Richard./p http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/comments.php?id=999 Mon, 07 May 2012 19:35:31 GMT http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/link.php?action=detail&id=999 Hi,I was hoping someone could help me please. I am basicaly just starting of with my clay work. I use white clay with Amaco velvet underglaze and make small-medium clay peices. I had a load of glazed clay in my kiln and thought it looked ok when it went in but I took the load out this morning and the glaze just hasn't worked right. It's just not shinny enough and crazed in places,the glaze seems to have taken resonably well on the white areas but not so well on the coloured areas. I have a feeling that I may have made the glaze a bit thick so I was wondering if anybody had some tips for a beginner or any ideas on what mixture ie glaze to water I should be using as any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/comments.php?id=998 Thu, 03 May 2012 11:50:52 GMT http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/link.php?action=detail&id=998 I am not a potter (though I am an artist: www.david-johnson.co.uk ) but I have a pottery problem I hope somebody may be able to help me with. A short while ago I bought some blue on white individually painted tiles but I find I need 7 or 8 more. It turns out, though, that the potter has died, though I was able to buy 10 matching blank white ones which remained. If possible I would like to paint some similar patterns on the white tiles and have them fired to match the others. A potter who was just leaving to emigrate to Australia told me she thought it would be possible and gave me some blue "DUNCAN Cover coat opaque underglaze". She said it would need to be fired at a lower temperature than the original firing (though I don't know what temperature that would be). Is there anyone who could advise me and/or has a test kiln to fire them for me (obviously for a fee)? Thank you. David Johnson http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/comments.php?id=997 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:26:18 GMT http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/link.php?action=detail&id=997 Hi there Does anyone know where you can get a second hand pugmill from? I have been searching all over the internet and can't find one. Thanks very much! Carrie http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/comments.php?id=994 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:25:45 GMT http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/link.php?action=detail&id=994 I recently attended a day's pottery course. The teacher used a glaze that you could rub on to the clay which, when fired, brought out the natural textures in the clay without actually colouring the clay entirely (gave it an aged, slightly darker look, with the glaze darkening in the indents etc..). Does anyone know what this might be called? I have now set up my own studio and would like to find the glaze ... Thanks! Louise http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/comments.php?id=992 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:41:19 GMT http://www.ukpotters.com/forum/link.php?action=detail&id=992