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Here's another that has recently come out of firing. I don't think I've ever had so many works come out of firing in suc...
20/08/2026

Here's another that has recently come out of firing. I don't think I've ever had so many works come out of firing in such quick succession. I have a huge build up of bisqueware waiting for glaze, and it took a few months to feel confident with this combination.

Stoneware teapot prototype, glazed with clear gloss, chun plum and celadon crackle. I've made a few of these teapots wit...
17/08/2026

Stoneware teapot prototype, glazed with clear gloss, chun plum and celadon crackle.

I've made a few of these teapots with squiggly handles, prototypes for Potfest later on in the year. I'll be at the Glasgow event selling everything from functional cups, mugs, plates and bowls, to larger ornamental vessels.

The big round belly vase I pulled from the kiln last night. Thrown in a coarse fleck stoneware, glazed with snowflake cr...
29/07/2026

The big round belly vase I pulled from the kiln last night. Thrown in a coarse fleck stoneware, glazed with snowflake crackle and chun plum and fired to the top end of cone 6.

I often like making pieces that don't shout for attention...but I feel like this one does. It's the kind of piece I want to keep looking at. The crazing has developed even more since I last saw it 12 hours ago. When I first looked at it, it seemed softly green but in different lights the copper tint feels so vibrant. There's warm tide marks around the drips.

The last thing I did at work today was lift this from the kiln...& that was enough to make the day a good one.Things hav...
22/07/2026

The last thing I did at work today was lift this from the kiln...

& that was enough to make the day a good one.

Things have been fast and long and exciting and arduous all at the same time recently, and I've kept making all the while...just for these little moments of lifting something out of the kiln that makes me feel really proud of myself and that makes me fall in love with pottery again and again.

Little & large
02/07/2026

Little & large

21/05/2026

Watching and listening to this little pot ti**le away as it cools is pretty magical.

The snowflake crackle comes to life as it’s pulled from the heat of the kiln. I set up a timelapse over the duration of 10 minutes, capturing the tiny splinters breaking their way through the surface.

12/05/2026

A reintroduction…

I’ve gained a few new followers since posting the big pots, so if you’re new here…hi!

My name’s Nadia, and I’m a potter, pottery studio manager, and pottery tutor (lots of pottery-related jobs involved) based in Glasgow, Scotland. I run .

Throwing on the wheel, and teaching other people how to throw, are my two greatest joys. Every other part of the process…the trimming, glazing, firing, and selling? They don’t quite compare. I get bored easily and I struggle a bit with finishing things, which is probably why I’m not especially good at keeping my website updated or doing markets regularly.

I’ve been making pots for over ten years now, and teaching for six. Teaching and running the studio are my main source of income, which is why I try to make time to play whenever I sit down at the wheel.

All that said, I’ll be taking part in Glasgow’s .co.uk at the end of this year. It’ll be my first large-scale market, and I’m really excited about it.

10/05/2026

A five minute real-time throw with 700g, no cuts or edits.

I’ve scaled down today, making three smaller vessels that represent much larger ones that are yet to be glazed. I don’t want to botch the glaze on the big pieces, so I’ll trial my ideas on little pieces first.

Snowflake crackle was one of the first glazes I mixed myself and used on my work in 2019. I haven't used it in a long wh...
04/05/2026

Snowflake crackle was one of the first glazes I mixed myself and used on my work in 2019. I haven't used it in a long while, but I imagine it on the big pots I'm making.

I made a small batch last week and trialled it on white stoneware, flecked stoneware and porcelain. I want to use it in conjunction with a dark plum, but I havent found a recipe for that yet. My friend kindly let me test some of the amaco range he has, so what you can see here is Chun Plum, Smokey Merlot and Firebrick.

When I was initially using this glaze years ago, I wasn't the one that pulled my pieces from the kiln. Now that I am, I had the absolute joy of listening to the pieces ti**le as they cooled, watching the glaze crack bit by bit. My friend suggested spritzing them with water as they cooled, which only made the process more delightful.

Big pots big problems...Four unglazed pots. The one on the far right has been bisque fired, the other three are greenwar...
03/05/2026

Big pots big problems...

Four unglazed pots. The one on the far right has been bisque fired, the other three are greenware.

I just want to make more...but then there's the kiln space, the limitation of my shelf space in the community studio. Where are they gonna go? Who's going to pay an absurd amount of money to buy one?...It's a lot of surface to glaze, which means a lot more potential for it to go wrong. Glazing is my least favourite part.

I'll keep four. I'm going to make another this week and the rule is, if it's better than the last it can replace it.

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