Pit Fire Pottery Course
Next Course:
2026 I am running a course for the Cornwall Glass and Ceramics group. Please contact them if you would like to join.
Events — Cornwall Ceramics and Glass Group
Sunday 26th July making pieces, using pinchpot and slab building techniques. We will also be using sodium silicate to create stretched geological looking pots.
Sunday 16th August Firing in the pit adding organic material such as brassica stems, seaweed, coffee grounds and banana skins. The organic matter releases metal oxides which colour the pots. We often add a sprinkling of copper carbonate. The fire is lit and and covered over after a few hours and unpacked the following day, apply beeswax and shine!
Cost:
Booking:
Call 07974 156948
Email zoefreeman9@gmail.com
Make pots using coil pot and pinch pot methods, hand built animals etc for pieces that will be decorative only. The pieces are bisc fired before wrapping in seaweed and organic matter to create organic looking browns and oranges. There is the opportunity to use Terra sigilatta so that the pots can be beautiful burnished as they pick up the colours better if very smooth. Alternatively you can experiment with sodium silicate to create fractured, cracked surface.
