A very lovely fellow potter gave me a recipe for a white glaze called ‘Neil Hayes 1’, as pictured below. It’s a lovely glaze but included an ingredient I hadn’t used before – bone ash. You can find a huge variety of glaze recipes using bone ash on Glazy. According to Wikipedia: Bone ash is a…

In case you weren’t aware, I am a compulsive maker. In addition to pottery I make all my own clothes, and dabble in lots of other crafts as well. I was looking for a roundup of sewing patterns good for people making pottery or wearing around the studio but couldn’t find any so I thought…