Oxford Clay

Katherine Tomlinson
Oxford Clay

Chats about pottery with an environmental focus. Tune in for pottery tips and a discussion of issues in the handmade pottery industry today. Oxford Clay creates resources for Potters seeking a more environmentally friendly pottery practice. Oxford Clay website: www.oxfordclay.co.uk

  1. 2일 전

    How Potters Can Use the Circular Economy

    For the last 200 years, industrial society has used a linear economic model that takes raw materials, makes them into products, sells them to consumers who then eventually throw them away. Natural resources are ‘lost’ in this process and this model is widely regarded as unsustainable.  Contrastingly in the circular economic model, resources are continuously reused, recycled and retained in the supply chain. In this episode, I talk about some opportunities for Potters to use the circular economy model and reuse materials in their work, such as;  ♻️ - Copper from electrical waste  ♻️ - Rusting iron  ♻️ - Post-consumer glass (you could also use sea glass found on the beach!)  ♻️ - Ash from wood-burning stoves and heaters   ♻️ - Leaves naturally fallen from trees and shrubs The book that inspired this episode is called ‘Doughnut Economics: Seven ways to think like a 21st-century Economist. By Kate Raworth published in 2017 by Random House.  You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. ------------------------------- Resources for Potters: ⭐ Pottery eBooks ⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon Free Pottery Guides: 🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners): 🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule) ------------------------------------ Get your pottery question answered on the podcast! Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.

    20분
  2. 3월 2일

    How to Design Pottery For The Environment

    Designing for the environment is a way of creating products where the minimum possible negative environmental impact on the environment is intrinsic to their design.  In design for the environment, a product is thought of holistically, from the raw materials used to make it to its manufacturing process.  Potters have a huge opportunity to design for the environment because we have direct control over how our pottery is made and the ingredients we make it with.  In this episode, I explain the three different aspects I used to create a design for the environment framework at Oxford Clay in which to make my pottery. The three aspects of designing for the environment framework in pottery are:  ⭐ Raw materials ⭐ Pot design  ⭐ Pottery-making processes  The books mentioned in this episode are:  Eco-conscious Pottery Glazing: Make your own pottery glazes with minimal harm to humans, animals and the environment. Eco-Friendly Pottery: 30 Simple Ways: to make your pottery practice more ethical and sustainable. You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. ------------------------------- Resources for Potters: ⭐ Pottery eBooks ⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon Free Pottery Guides: 🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners): 🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule) ------------------------------------ Get your pottery question answered on the podcast! Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.

    23분
  3. 1월 26일

    How to Reclaim Clay in Pottery

    Clay can be infinitely recycled before it’s fired! This process is called ‘reclaiming’ and it involves turning clay that is either too dry or too wet, back into a usable state.  In this episode, we talk about how to reclaim your own clay without any specialist equipment, in four very simple steps.  *Scooping sloppy wet clay out of the reclaiming bucket onto a tea towel, inside away from wind and sun. *Waiting a few days for the clay to dry out.  * Wedging the clay on another tea towel or cotton cloth to keep the wedging / kneading area free of clay.  *Storing the clay in an airtight container. You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. ------------------------------- *New book: Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here. *A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here. ------------------------------- Resources for Potters: Oxford Clay website resources for Potters Pottery eBooks Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners): Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule) Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon Video mini-courses for Potters Oxford Clay blog ------------------------------------ Get your pottery question answered on the podcast! Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.

    17분
  4. 1월 12일

    Regenerative Fashion’s Lessons For Pottery

    I read a really interesting book recently on regenerative fashion and it really got me thinking about whether any of the concepts could be applied to the handmade pottery industry. In this episode, I explore author Safia Minney’s ideas in the book Regenerative Fashion: A Nature-based Approach to Fibres, Livelihoods and Leadership and think about ways we could use them as Potters.  The ideas from Regenerative Fashion I think about are;  *Thinking about pottery holistically, from where the materials have come from, who has mined them and where, how they have been processed and transported.  *Whether we can use renewable materials in pottery  *Eliminating fossil fuels in pottery  *Using local materials to reduce global transportation.  *Sustainable design in pottery - designing for the environment rather than for purely aesthetics If you would like more information on pottery materials, knowing where they come from and their environmental impact, these books from Oxford Clay are particularly focused on this issue:  Eco-Friendly Pottery: 30 Simple Ways: to make your pottery practice more ethical and sustainable Eco-conscious Pottery Glazing: Make your own pottery glazes with minimal harm to humans, animals and the environment    The blog post on Designing Pottery for the Environment mentioned in this episode can be found here.  The book featured in this episode is Regenerative Fashion: A Nature-based Approach to Fibres, Livelihoods and Leadership Paperback – 28 Nov. 2022 by Safia Minney (Author). You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. ------------------------------- *New book: Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here. *A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here. ------------------------------- Resources for Potters: Oxford Clay website resources for Potters Pottery eBooks Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners): Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule) Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon Video mini-courses for Potters Oxford Clay blog ------------------------------------ Get your pottery question answered on the podcast! Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.

  5. 1월 1일

    Happy New Year! Four New Years Resolutions in Pottery⭐

    Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! ⭐In this episode, I tell you about my four New Year’s resolutions in pottery.   *Talking to myself kindly about my pottery, especially when things go wrong - an inevitable part of the pottery-making process! Creating a kind, safe space in my own thoughts to make mistakes. *Prioritise experimentation and playing in pottery. *Creating a joy list of things I really enjoy doing in pottery (one of them is this podcast!) and only doing those things.   *To stop rushing through making pottery and instead savour the process of creation.  You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. ------------------------------- *New book: Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available on the Oxford Clay website here. *A paper copy of Eco-conscious Pottery Colour is available from Amazon here. ------------------------------- Resources for Potters: Oxford Clay website resources for Potters Pottery eBooks Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners): Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule) Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon Video mini-courses for Potters Oxford Clay blog ------------------------------------ Get your pottery question answered on the podcast! Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.

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    Chats about pottery with an environmental focus. Tune in for pottery tips and a discussion of issues in the handmade pottery industry today. Oxford Clay creates resources for Potters seeking a more environmentally friendly pottery practice. Oxford Clay website: www.oxfordclay.co.uk

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