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Morley 2007Pictures of the winning pieces at the Morley 2007 show.
Linda BloomfieldLinda Bloomfield demonstrated porcelain throwing at the V&A event.
Emmanuel CooperEmmanuel Cooper's lecture on the "forgotten generation" of London Potters
Morley 2005Pictures of the winning pieces at the Morley 2005 show.
Mo JuppPictures of potters' work for the newsletter Ostermann and Porcelain Day articles.
Morley 2005Morley 2005 prize winners. Pictures of Martina Thomson, Gilly Bud, Leslie Martin, Jenny Crispin, all with our Chairman Geoff Kenward who won a prize for best thrown work.
JSJerry Stovin's obituary
JHSome pictures from the Joanna Howells demonstration held on 17th April.
Then, Future, NowThree London Potters, Loli Cardenonso, Liz Emtage and May Luk took part in the THEN NOW FUTURE exhibition. Some photos from the Private View at the Prince's Foundation.
V&ASome pictures from the London Potters demonstration at the V&A on Feb 27th
StokeSome pictures from the recent London Potters trip to Stoke .
Cobalt PinkMay Luk's glaze meetings have been discussing Cobalt Pink glazes. Linda Bloomfield has written a report on their work:
High Magnesia Glazes - Currie grid test results (Electric kiln, cone 8)
In our search for a high magnesia satin matt glaze, we tried a crystalline matt glaze from Michael Bailey's Glazes Cone 6 (1240°C) book:
  • Soda feldspar - 42
  • China clay - 4
  • Bentonite - 2
  • Dolomite - 22
  • Whiting - 3
  • Zinc oxide - 5
  • Quartz - 22
  • +cobalt oxide - 0.75
We were looking for a blue glaze with small pink crystals. We made a Currie grid, which varies the amounts of silica and alumina to give 35 different test tiles. We found that cobalt pinks were obtained by using lower silica (<12% quartz) and higher alumina (12-25% china clay) with the fluxes in the recipe above (mostly soda feldspar and dolomite). We fired tests on porcelain and white stoneware in three different electric kilns to cone 8, some with controlled cooling. We found that the pink pyroxene (CaO.MgO.2Si02) crystals grew larger when given several hours' soak at 1100°C. We also tried adding 4% tin, which opacified the glaze.
Currie grids are explained in Ian Currie's book Revealing Glazes Using the Grid Method.
Steve HarrisonSteve Harrison at the recent workshop, and in this picture, Steve Harrison being watched by LP member Caspar Cronk.
Grayson PerryKaren Tooth was quoted in The Independent commenting on Grayson Perry, winner of the 2003 Turner Prize.
Alison ProcterAlison Procter receiving her prize at the 2003 Morley Gallery. Also, pictures of Marisol Cavia and Emmanuel Okoro (photos: Gary Cornford).
Kathy Shadwell.The Oct/Nov 2003 Newsletter includes a profile of LP member Kathy Shadwell
Potters from the (Easter 2003) London Potters weekend at the V&A Museum:
Loli CardenosoLoli Cardenoso demonstrating press-moulded relief work
Geoff KenwardGeoff Kenward throwing cylinder, bowl and bottle forms
Michael HardyLP member Michael Hardy demonstrating his slab-building technique.

Files

pdf fileThe 2007 edition of Where to Pot in London, our free guide to part-time pottery courses can be obtained by sending a SAE to London Potters, The Lodge, Birkbeck Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 8NZ.
pdf file Membership application form. Download, print out, fill in, and send to the Membership Secretary Gary Cornford: "Copperfields", Virgins Lane, Battle, TN33 0JH or email him at: LPmembership@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01424 775 939. Don't forget to send the questionnaire below too.
pdf fileMembership questionnaire. When you send these forms in it would be very helpful if you could print the questionnaire on the back of the application form to cut down on filing space.
Word fileDirections on submitting work for the gallery.
 
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