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Fresh from the Kiln Newsletter 08

Fresh from the Kiln The Weekly Edit 08 - Oct 24th, 2023 It’s been a bit of a slow return to the studio. In our short history of preparing for markets the week after is a bit of a go slow: unpacking, returning product to shelves, thinking about how the market went and what we can do better next time. Being pretty new to the market scene we don’t have a lot of expectation, it is more about connecting with people and getting ideas and really just playing at this point. We created a little...

over 1 year ago • 2 min read

Fresh from the Kiln The Weekly Edit 07 - Oct 2nd, 2023 Plates Planters Plates and planters in this week’s edit. A small kiln unload with 4 plates and 3 large planters taking up most of the kiln space. New glaze combination on the planter below. A bit of old gold over a chocolate brown base glaze with a carved and textured finish on this large 18cm planter. The planter combines well with green and bronzed foliage as shown below with an aged Euphorbia. This litte stack of 4 plates came out of...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Fresh from the Kiln The Weekly Edit 06 - Sept 24th, 2023 Lots of beautiful pieces out of the kiln this week. Very happy with some of the variations of our Neo matte glaze, a beautiful two tone caramel tan and chocolate on a couple of mugs. Perfect for hot chocolate, cappuccinos and lattes. A large bowl using our matte charcoal glaze with a glossy ocean cover glaze would make a lovely special occasion gift. I’m loving everything rustic at the moment, it feels as if the world is running at a...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Fresh from the Kiln The Weekly Edit 05 - Sept 17th, 2023 Bowls Plates This week’s kiln favourite: Neo Bowl in Charcoal Ocean 21cm is a medium to large dinner bowl for individual pasta or curry or a communal small salad bowl. More details below image. Bowl - Charcoal Ocean This is our new cover glaze ‘Ocean' on our base Neo Charcoal. A cover glaze is one that you dip, spray, brush or pour over another glaze. A cover glaze often creates a decorative layer over a base layer by way of contrast,...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Fresh from the Kiln The Weekly Edit 04 - Sept 10th, 2023 Planters Mugs Plates Neo Ornamental Jar with honeycomb matte glaze and some white crackle embellishment. Lots of surface carving to deepen the effect of this glaze. Mug - Charcoal Ocean We tested a new cover glaze for our matte charcoal. The whole mug is dipped in matte charcoal then we layer with a top half dip of another glossy glaze to create some contrast and reaction. The glossy ocean cover glaze floats on the matte surface...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Fresh from the Kiln The Weekly Edit 03 - Sept 3rd, 2023 Planters Mugs Plates This week we added a small dove grey mug to our Neo range. These mugs are for those who like a smaller mug (8cm, 250ml volume). This mug has an inner and outer dove grey glaze application with our white crackled glaze dripping over the rim for a little glaze twist. Minimalist meets rustic. We have also added a couple of larger mugs in the matte charcoal with blue iron rim, some textured planters with dove grey and...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Fresh from the Kiln The Weekly Edit 01 - Aug 21, 2023 Planters Vases Soap Dish Welcome to our first ‘Fresh from the Kiln’ newsletter. My name is Allison and I am the ceramicist at Et Al Ceramics. I am very grateful and thankful for your interest in our clay story. We produce small batch ceramic wares from a studio in Williamstown that’s been up and running for a year now. I thought I would focus on what comes out of the kiln as this is a pretty exciting part of the process for everyone hence...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read