Category: Wheels

  • Burn baby burn? Firing up the kiln for the 1st time.

    Burn baby burn? Firing up the kiln for the 1st time.

    I have a confession…a few months ago I almost set fire to our house. With hindsight we were a bit stupid, putting ashes into a hessian bag…needless to say we were very lucky and not too much damage was done. Why am I adding this to a pottery blog? Because I didn’t much fancy setting…

  • Buying your first pottery wheel

    Buying your first pottery wheel

    The first thing that I wanted to do when I realised I wanted to do pottery at home was to look for a wheel. Blimey, that was a real head scratcher. Do you go for the cheaper Amazon style wheels like this one? Do you get a beast with an integrated seat that seem to…