The Warwick Pottery Newsletter - March 2024

Happy March to all of our potters, readers, and community members, and welcome to another edition of the Warwick Pottery Newsletter! We enter this month of anticipation for the Spring blooms and good vibes! In our March newsletter, we’re sharing a huge collection of glaze tests, providing some website updates, and featuring a new Student Spotlight! Keep reading to see what’s been happening at Warwick Pottery this month. With love, Marilyn

What’s Happening at Warwick Pottery

NEW: WEBSITE UPDATE - Video Resource Page! We’re excited to announce the addition of our NEW Video Resources page on our website! We hope to bring you original how-to videos and step-by-step tutorials from Warwick Pottery. We will be updating this page regularly- make sure to check back often! Visit our Video Resources page to see what we’ve been up to!

What’s Cookin’ in the Kiln

Our March Mega Glaze Combo Extravaganza! To reduce waste and overconsumption at Warwick Pottery, we have reduced our collection of glazes and will be phasing out our selection of boutique glazes. We will be switching over to offering glazes by Standard Clay, click here to view the collection of mid-fire glazes available from Standard Clay. Over the last few weeks, Howard has worked tirelessly at swatching our glaze selection and creating test tiles featuring a variety of combinations. Below are just a handful of the endless combinations available at the studio. Thank you, Howard!!

From left to right, top to bottom: Snowy White over Cream Glossy Black over Cream Waxy White over Cream Frosted Moss over Cream Sea Mist over Cream Mottled Blue over Cream Layering Glaze over Cream Cream over Cream

From left to right, top to bottom: Mottled Pink over Iridescent Iron Grape over Iridescent Iron Mottled Blue over Iridescent Iron Frosted Moss over Iridescent Iron Sea Mist over Iridescent Iron Glossy Black over Iridescent Iron Waxy White over Iridescent Iron

From left to right, top to bottom: Medium Cork over Iridescent Iron Iridescent Iron Layering Glaze over Iridescent Iron Waxy White over Iridescent Iron Blue/Green Matte over Iridescent Iron Warm Sky Blue over Iridescent Iron

From left to right, top to bottom: Granny Green Apple over Iridescent Iron Seaweed over Iridescent Iron - Careful! This one runs! Dark Blue over Iridescent Iron Orange over Iridescent Iron Dark Brown over Iridescent Iron Mottled Brown over Iridescent Iron

Student Spotlight: Introducing... Christina DiStefano

To me, pottery is a never-ending journey of exploration and creativity. From throwing simple pots, making pitchers, and slab building, to sgraffito, nerikomi, and underglazing, each aspect of pottery is exciting and most of all, FUN! I love to try new techniques and combine different methods into my art. For the following technique, I was inspired after seeing a video put out by the Westcote Bell Pottery studio in Nova Scotia. It combines underglaze painting with paper stencils to create an interesting combination of shapes and designs. They do this on leather hard pots, but I wondered if it could be done on a bisque piece, so I tried it! 1. I start by coating a bisque piece with 2 coats of white underglaze. This allows the colors to be vibrant when fired. 2. Once the layer of white underglaze is dry, I begin applying different underglazes in no particular order. I then start placing my paper stencils, layering them with more underglaze colors as I go. 3. Once dry, I carefully remove the paper stencils using a pin tool. Once all the paper is removed, I go in with a fine brush and add details as needed. 4. The final step is a clear glaze.