Dawn Reed Pottery

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

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

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    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

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    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…

  • Pottery Minefield

    Pottery Minefield

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    Thanks for getting this far! I am Dawn, a new potter based in Solihull, UK. I’ve been going to pottery classes for around the last year, giving handbuilding a go and basically just enjoying messing about with clay. I’ve always liked clay – many (many!) moons ago my GCSE art piece was a clay-based item,…