Summer equals new stuff!

I was very busy the past few months. March I found myself with a new full time job, which did take me awhile from doing pottery, however, I was able to allocate some time to slowly build up stuff on the weekends between SCA commitments. For those of you who don't know, I volunteer and run the SCA potters guild in CAID and we did a large cup project which I put in hundreds of hours. All proceeds went to the Crown Prints. It was a success.


Here are some of the newer forms I've made in order to give as largess to the Crown and to raffle.



Late Period (1550-1650) English Barrel Shaped Mug




Late Period (1550-1650) English Incised Mug




English Jug (I have to recheck the date on this one, but I think it's 13th Century)




Butter Pot 1600's




Porringer 1600's




Early Gaul....

Random Drinking Vessels

Trying to update for all my newer pots that I have been making the past six-ten months.



English Jug 14th Century




English 14th Century




Gaul 2-5th Century



Gaul 2-5th Century

The Gaul items I find a lot more interesting than the English and German pieces since I see a lot of Greek influence in them (plus they are fairly difficult for earlier pieces). Unless you are a potter, you wouldn't know that it's difficult to to manipulate the clay in several directions from narrow to bulbous and back to narrow again. Also, when you have a narrow base, it makes it difficult to throw that as well, then wide, then narrow, without distortion or collapse. Gravity plays a large part with throwing vessels and these guys have been somewhat tricker than their English or German counterparts.

I think that's why I like them. More of a challenge.

We have new pots! German & English!

I've been busy over the past few months. Mostly I have been updating several English and German forms that I have done in the past, but some of these are variations of forms that were used in the 1400-1600.

Also, I've re-calibrated my fake salt glazes and plan to drop my other glaze that I used to use. I will be tweaking this more for color choices, but I think it really has the texture and coverage now.



German jug




German Jug (different glaze)




German Jug




English Jug




English Jug with my Tudor Green glaze





English jug, round belly, with Tudor Green glaze




Germann Beaker with Tudor Green glaze




Gaul 5th -6th Century Drinking vessel with fake salt glaze (like second glaze), thrown porcelain





Gaul 5th-6th Century Drinking vessel with fake salt (first glaze)


Most of my work is done on high fire stoneware. All glazes are created by me, the chemistry by me and calibrations, all mine (no computers and I mix everything by hand). Glazes are fired in an electric kiln, which I fire as well.

All forms are researched by me and are accurate historically to the Museum of London site as well as several books.

Just trying to figure out better recreations in order to give the pieces to the Kingdom and Barony.