Well I have finished constructing The Jug as she is now being affectionately called. She is about 150cm high and if I want to go any taller I need a bigger

step-ladder! I have actually found the process really physically tiring, I think because I am spending quite a bit of time balancing up the aforementioned ladder.

I now need to work out how I am going to make a handle, I really like the look of the traditional North Devon handle but to achieve that kind of fluidity I would need to pull it and my hands aren’t that big. It was also suggested that I could consider more than one handle, I think to get a better idea of how that will look I am going to make a series of paper handles and try them out.

Here are some photos, yes she does look like a giant skittle and yes that is my ‘concentrating’ face

So the bottle and the pancheon have made it through the bisque firing. I have been so focused on getting them through the first firing I am totally stuck on how to glaze them. I have been working on Earthenware glazes but due to recent very sensible advice if I am working on such a

large-scale most people will want to put the pieces outside. My problem with this is that I have been using fragments of 16th century pottery within my work which from previous tests just end up as a horrible brown sticky mess at stoneware temps. I also want to maintain the colours and the layering of slips and underglazes, hmmm this might take a while to work out.

More pics of jug (2) work in progress.