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India 2023

I have recently returned from a trip to Pondicherry on the east coast of India. During my time there I attended Golden Bridge Pottery where I made and fired works the Chinnagama in the company of John Dix, Nick Schwartz, Aarti Manik and ex students of Golden Bridge.

The clays used were a white porcelaneous and dark body using local materials.

Pots were pack in the kiln raw. The firing went for 7 days roughly 150 hours and the timbers used were a mixture of casuarina and tamarind.

The kiln was cooled for 4 days before unpacking.

Results were incredible with plenty of liquid green ash built up on the surface of pots depending on how pots were placed in the kiln.

Golden Bridge Pottery

Packing Chinnagama

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