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On a walk along the beach today with Ross Bakker these patterns on the cliff face caught my eye.
12/09/2026

On a walk along the beach today with Ross Bakker these patterns on the cliff face caught my eye.

We arrived at Wilson’s Promintory in the late afternoon and enjoyed the forms of granite boulders and their reflection...
12/09/2026

We arrived at Wilson’s Promintory in the late afternoon and enjoyed the forms of granite boulders and their reflections on the still tannic waters of Tidal River.

This is a post for the clay and rock nerds!A few days ago when were with Daniel Lafferty he had a small portable rock cr...
11/09/2026

This is a post for the clay and rock nerds!
A few days ago when were with Daniel Lafferty he had a small portable rock crusher that piqued my interest - it has the ability to crush small rocks to quite fine powder using very simple technology.
So - the search began to purchase a Mazza’s Muncher and after a complicated search online we found the address of the maker and then the hidden gem in a backyard workshop near Wonthaggi- that’s Mazza standing next to his creation and the next image is doing a test run to show us how efficiently it works before we departed.
That’s all folks!

Great to visit Zak Chalmers again with a misty view and see the woodfired work but also new work from the soda kiln.
10/09/2026

Great to visit Zak Chalmers again with a misty view and see the woodfired work but also new work from the soda kiln.

I have been intrigued by images of this test kiln Daniel Lafferty for some time and the chance to see it today enabled m...
08/09/2026

I have been intrigued by images of this test kiln Daniel Lafferty for some time and the chance to see it today enabled me to see it unloaded and more easily understand the design.
The latest unloading of pots after a 10 hr firing was impressive, not only for the woodfiring effects but also nearly all the glazes on this work were made entirely from locally gathered materials processed in the workshop. It’s a remarkable achievement and Daniel will have this work at the Foster a Potter event at Denbigh early in October.


News flash! Steve Williams does porcelain - sometimes!Next week it could be something completely different as he takes a...
07/09/2026

News flash!
Steve Williams does porcelain - sometimes!
Next week it could be something completely different as he takes a workshop group through his glazing, packing and firing process.
It was great to spend time with him and Debbie Williams last week for the packing and firing - many thanks.

Stem bowl from the firing from the woodfiring with Steve Williams - the glaze uses the spotted gum ash that was being pr...
04/09/2026

Stem bowl from the firing from the woodfiring with Steve Williams - the glaze uses the spotted gum ash that was being prepared in a previous post.

In the firing with Steve Williams I packed these foliage vases in a sidestoking area and during the later stages of the ...
04/09/2026

In the firing with Steve Williams I packed these foliage vases in a sidestoking area and during the later stages of the firing kept them covered with coals right through to shutdown which is something that Steve doesn’t normally do.
I’m leaving this one here so it can be a reference/ comparison piece with work from home for the workshop starting here in a weeks time.

A dramatic cleft in the volcanic rhyolite rock that forms much of this headland - I stood in that gap as the wind whippe...
03/09/2026

A dramatic cleft in the volcanic rhyolite rock that forms much of this headland - I stood in that gap as the wind whipped through with increasing intensity. Embedded rock framed the view north to Cape Perpendicular and on the ground another rock was embedded within rusting steel in a remnant concrete matrix.

It’s rare to find a retired geologist with an interest in ceramics grinding the feldspathic sandstone from underneath he...
02/09/2026

It’s rare to find a retired geologist with an interest in ceramics grinding the feldspathic sandstone from underneath her house between 2 stones to use in glaze testing.
And if that wasn’t special enough, Penny Wood has done a triaxial clay body blend with 3 clays from the area ( including one from under her house ) with porosity and shrinkage recorded for each mix.
Amazing!

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