Adam Johnson

Adam Johnson Pottery by Adam from The Great Pottery Throw Down. Often found with mini wheels & Microwave firing.
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Find more on my Insta www.Instagram.com/adamceramic
🏺Micro pottery book https://mybook.to/MicrowavePotteryBook
🔥Microwave Kiln > https://amzn.to/44mwrji

We headed to the to the Courthard gallery check out a painting people have sent us saying it resembles me and Dan... 😳🎨🖼...
22/08/2026

We headed to the to the Courthard gallery check out a painting people have sent us saying it resembles me and Dan... 😳🎨🖼️

At Somerset House this huge painting by Cecily Brown curves round the top of a massive staircase! The huge nudey couple standing proud in the centre of a bright scene.

What do you think? Can you see the likeness??

20/08/2026

It does not matter if your work is upside down 🙃 when loading the kiln it just needs to be dry and not at risk of falling over 💥 work shrinks when firing so it does move but I’ve got used to balancing these whales doing nose stands in the kiln. 9 in total went in my like this, with 32 tentacles and a whole plethora of other clay creations.

19/08/2026

How to pinch a pottery pear all in one piece of clay 🍐 this is a great project to practice pinch pots in clay as it uses both the outward pinch for a bowl and the collaring in pinch for a neck that turns into a closed form. And yes I stand firmly in the camp of air pockets in clay being fine! It’s a myth, the air pockets are just there being air, but moisture expands 16000 times to become steam and that’s the problem. The steam becomes preassure and preassure becomes popping 💥Any air pockets are just acomodating spaces for steam to gather - so it’s the moisture doing the harm. But not in my pears!!! because I dry and fire my pieces properly. This clay is and the glazes are foundations.

In this reel I’m actually giving away another pottery secret, Nichrome rods! They are the bees knees of ceramic helpers, they don’t stick to glaze and they don’t melt at earthenware or stoneware so I can fire anything all the way around balanced on top. In this scenario I have put a hole in my pair so it can slide onto the rod.

To finish I have framed my pears so you can have a lovely pear too. These ones will be going on my website and also to galley.

19/08/2026

I love to glaze and bisque in the same firing! At 1031 degrees C foundations work great and keep a rich colour. It’s also a good temp for a bisque. So everything goes in all together in my kiln!

How about you?

Let’s do a competition and give away this Soy Light! 💡🐟To bring a bit of fun, light and clever design into a world that ...
17/08/2026

Let’s do a competition and give away this Soy Light! 💡🐟
To bring a bit of fun, light and clever design into a world that needs some positivity right now, I’m giving away one of these brilliant Soy Lights from Heliograf.
Inspired by those iconic little single-use soy sauce fish, Light Soy takes something that has become a symbol of throwaway plastic and turns it into something joyful, useful and designed to last.
And there’s a really clever story behind it. The shade is made using 75% recycled ocean-bound plastic, waste collected in areas where it is at risk of making its way into our oceans. For every Light Soy shipped, Heliograf also funds the cleanup of another 2kg of plastic.
Since launching Light Soy, they’ve helped recover more than 34 tonnes of plastic from the environment. That’s the equivalent of 34 million of those little soy fish.
A little fish making a surprisingly big point about what good design can do. 🐟💡

To win:
- Follow both Adam Johnson and Heliograf
- Like this post
- Tag someone who could use a little more light in their life
I’d love for you at share and reshare this post. Every tag is another entry, so tag away! Open worldwide 🌏

Only I will pick the winner on 30th August and contact them directly from this account. My only account.

Good luck, and let’s spread a little light! 🐟💡✨

This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram. giveaway

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