John Slade Ceramics

John Slade Ceramics Raku Parties/Events
Are you looking for something different and spectacular for your function? Experience the fire, smoke and excitement of Raku.

Decorate pots and have them fired in front of you. Please contact me for details of services offered. I am happy to consider commissions and regularly have a stock of work for sale. I offer a service for Raku parties/events that involves me coming to your home or premises with all the materials and equipment needed for an exciting experience. I will provide the pots, pigments, glazes etc you just

need to provide a suitable place such as a patio, carport or any space that has a reasonably firm flat surface and your imagination. Raku involves firing pots very quickly [between 1/2 and 1 hour] to approximately 900 degrees centigrade, removing the red hot pots from the kiln and burying them in combustible materials such as sawdust. dry leaves or shredded paper. This can give a variety of surfaces from crackle to lustres with no two pots ever being exactly the same. Please look at my photo's for examples of Raku fired work

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Let's get crafty at the Guild!
Ceramics hand building, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
https://guildlifelonglearning.org/courses/ceramics-handbuilding

The bowl pictured (left) was made entirely from coloured liquid clays called slips. The inside of a plaster mould was splashed and painted on the surface using the coloured slips. White slip was then poured inside the mould and a skin was allowed to form. When the skin was thick enough the excess slip was poured out leaving this bowl shape. It’s a bit like how Easter eggs are made. Fired with a transparent glaze.

The bowl pictured (centre) Sally Made over a former and when the clay had dried a little she squeezed it into the oval shape. The outside was textured using a surform. It is made from a white stoneware clay and finished with a celadon glaze which gives a range of effects depending on thickness. It was finished by adding some blue glass to the inside.

The super crafty yarn bowl (right) was made by Jess, a long-standing student, for her friend to place balls of wool in. It's a neat and useful tool that keeps the yarn tangle free whilst you work. "Knitting and music, on wrong move and you're in treble"

Still a couple of places left in anyone would like to join us.
25/06/2025

Still a couple of places left in anyone would like to join us.

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