Madeline Wynne Ceramics

This year I have been making ceramics in groups of three, the images below show two sets that were exhibited this month at the Uclay...

I have made some pieces and want to add a potters mark or signature. I thought this would be a simple thing to do, I have always just...

I have recovered sufficiently from my shoulder injury to start making again. I want to make some simpler pieces, on a smaller scale. I...

I have used the last couple of months, whilst my shoulder recovers, to fill sketchbooks with new drawings and paintings from research...

Making This piece went without a hitch. I used a thicker slab, and kept the cuts at the base to a minimum, such that the weight of the...

This latest sculptural form differs from my recent work, as the inside of the form has been coloured with slips oxides and glazes. This...

The final firing before the show was Friday 26th, so I have been focused on getting my remaining pieces glazed. The first two were...

I have made and dried the second set of wall pieces, and they are being fired to bisque this weekend. These have been quite complex to...

The first four pieces I made to this design below, were very stable. So the thing I have been focusing on this month is scaling up the...

I have made another King Street Form, see below. I have modified the design slightly to reduce the stress on the joins. I have impressed...

I made these pieces, based on sketches of city streets, chiefly Marsden Street. Rob had previously suggested I use an L shape to add...

I have contacted a couple of people for advice about scaling up these pieces to a larger size. I have emailed Mark Cumberlidge the...

Now that I have moved along Oxford Road to the city centre, in terms of both distance and 'history', I am in familiar territory amongst...

I decided to make some wall pieces, but my first attempt was not successful. I rolled some thin slabs and created wedge shapes supports...

I completed my largest piece, and decorated it with slip. It came through the bisque firing without any problem. I applied oxides and...

These pieces are another attempt to reflect the city centre, not just the individual buildings but the streetscape and spaces between...

I have stopped learning new things, and started to make for the show. I am making abstract open forms, based on the streets and...

1. A kind supportive group makes for a happy experience. 2. Don't expect glazing and firing to go to plan build in time to reglaze 3....

It was only a three day week because of the platinum jubilee, so I had to glaze and fire everything for Ceramic Wales. I panicked a bit...

I have been trying to get a blue/green colour in glaze, and think I am getting close. I have managed to make an oxide wash in exactly the...