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Ian C
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Potter. MCAS. Chronic Migraines. Yorkshire Dales.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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A photo of someone dressed in tried dirty rabbit suit holding a chain saw. There's a caption that reads "I won't announce my descent into madness but there will be signs".
October 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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It arrived in one piece and it's being put to work regularly. It's my current favourite of the collection. Which as a thrower and as someone who's only ever bought two hand built pots before, is a great compliment. Thanks Carol - it's beautiful 😍
A beautiful hand built mug made by Carol Harris. Surface decorated circular patterns and translucent green glaze.
September 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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A bisque firing full to the brim.
Looking down inside my electric kiln after a bisque firing. The kiln is tumble stacked and full to the brim with mix of pots, but mainly breakfast bowls.
September 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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A screenshot of an old twitter post by @jonnysun the post reads "hello darkness my old friend why are you here its 4pm"
September 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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You need one of these new diagnostic tools
Photo of a small swivel mirror.
August 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Bart Simpson holding up the three eyed fish he's caught using a fishing rod he's also holding.
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Sounds like you're due some postdrome soon. 🤞 I've enjoyed this roller coaster for over thirty years and I can totally relate to weird insomnia a migraine can cause. 5HTP can help sometimes. I hope you feel more normal soon.
An image showing an xy line graph with the line segregated into four sections over x. The title of the graph is the four stages of a migraine. The stages are prodrome; aura; attack; postdrome.
August 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Found this (@jessithrowsthings), let the pottery related existential crisis begin.
July 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Still working on espresso cups. I'm trying to make a form that works for how I like to drink an espresso, which I think is a very personal experience for everyone. I'm hung up on the handle at the moment, but it holds and works really well. (Stoneware 1260°C oxidation)
A saucer from an espresso cup and saucer set held in a hand. the top of the saucer which is decorated with a blue glaze with dark brown speckles in it. There's also an impressed pattern around the outside edge of the saucer. A espresso cup and saucer which is decorated with a blue glaze with dark brown speckles in it. There's also an impressed pattern around the outside edge of the saucer.
June 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Pepper pots. Stoneware. Everyone keeps asking me if I've made smoke for salt and I keep replying that salt is bad for you. I also consume pepper like a watcher from Fringe.
Two small ceramic pepper pots. They are decorated with a translucent pink glaze that has some dark brown speckles in it. The tops feature an impressed surface decoration.
June 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Trying to blend underglaze a little better. Practice practice. #pottery #northernpottersassociation #stoneware #yorkshiredales
Blended blue cobalt blue underglaze on the inside of a 9" by 4" bowl. A little 9" by 4" bowl with a blue underglaze band in the inside.
May 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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That 70's bowl. At least that's how someone described it. Personally I've always loved orange and black. It's about 10" across, fired to 1280°C oxidation.

#ceramics #stoneware #northernpotters #yorkshiredales
A close up photo of the rim of a stoneware bowl that has a black rim, then a band of orange colour, followed the majority of the middle of the bowl being black again. The bowl is about 10" across and maybe 4-5" high. A photo from the too of a stoneware bowl that has a black rim, then a band of orange colour, followed the majority of the middle of the bowl being black again. The bowl is about 10" across and maybe 4-5" high. A photo of a stoneware bowl that's on a window board in front of a window. The bowl has a black rim, then a band of orange colour, followed the majority of the middle of the bowl being black again. The bowl is about 10" across and maybe 4-5" high.
May 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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A new glaze on a lidded jar. The lid fit is great and the colour depth in the glaze isn't done justice by the photo. Oxidation 1280°C (cone 9). #ceramics #stoneware
A lidded jar with a blue green mottled glaze viewed from the side. A lidded jar with a blue green mottled glaze viewed from the top. A lidded jar with a blue green mottled glaze. The photo shows the lid upside down resting on the opening of the jar. The colours of the glaze on the underside of the lid are slightly richer and more vibrant due to the different atmosphere created when the jar was fired with the lid on.
May 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Today's reclaim winner is the yellow rib!
A photo of the bottom of a clay reclaim bucket, where a yellow plastic throwing rib lurks amongst the reclaim, proving once again that pottery tools have a mysterious attraction to this spot.
April 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Another disappointing pot. But also another learn.
White stoneware bowl there's about 9 inches across sat on a plate setter inside an electric kiln. The bowl has circular green and blue decoration on the inside.
April 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Love the name of your kiln. Let me introduce you to Rosie.
Screenshot from an app monitoring the temperature of a kiln named Rosie. Rosie is just warming up, she's at 131°C in the screenshot.
February 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Both the tide and me went out today.
Looking out from under a pier. There's rippled sand on the ground, from where the tide went out. Looking down the length of a pier, into a vanishing point. The tide is out so there's just the beach.
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I nearly always do, but sometimes I do wonder if it causes more problems. Right now I've a kiln load drying out very slowly in a cold studio, when I should be glazing them. Does sanding ever cause issues with your underglaze? I've had it cause some wicked off gassing/pinholing. Which I rather like.
A close up photo of a red underglaze band on a white stoneware pot. There are pin holes in the band of color caused from off gassing. Two straight sided bowls with a red underglaze band around the outside. The band of underglaze has a reactive effect caused by off gassing.
February 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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How it's going.
An image of a bell curve graph that shows the stages of a migraine attack, postdrome, aura, attack and postdrome. There's an arrow that points to a point in postdrome that says you are here.
January 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Something blue. Stoneware bowl about 16" in diameter.
Stoneware bowl. About 16" in diameter being held by a hand.
January 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Does anyone else take photos of pots they see in TV programs because the shapes catches your eye and you want to making the shape yourself, or maybe it's just me. I wish they'd include the potters names in the credits, it'd make things easier.
A photograph of a ceramic bowl that's on a TV screen from above random program. The bowl has a wide concave band around the rim, decorated with a blue glaze.
January 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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A little bit of porcelain for my first post. Audrey Blackman with a blue celadon glaze.
A small handmade bud vase with a double purple flower in it. The vase is made from Audrey Blackman porcelain clay and decorated with a blue celadon glaze.
January 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM