clay in france – Rae Dunn https://www.raedunn.com Fine Handmade Pottery Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:54:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 friday field trip (from the sketch book). https://www.raedunn.com/friday-field-trip-from-the-sketch-book-042012 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:51:07 +0000 http://www.raedunn.com/?p=2384
june 2011
nice, france

it is definitely starting to turn sandal weather ! i love this season, where skimpy shoes and little frocks are my daily costume. i’ll be back in the south of france soon and i look forward to seeing (and buying) the new 2012 french sandal ware.

]]> au revoir . . . https://www.raedunn.com/au-revoir Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.raedunn.com/au-revoir i am SO excited to be going back to FRANCE to do another residency!

because of this, i am CLOSING my online store for MAY + JUNE.
if you “need” anything, you better get it now !
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june 2011

vallauris, france

this is the church in the square where i lived in vallauris. cute little church and such a beautiful color. i miss looking at this church out of my window EVERY day.
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these are the THREE different clay bodies i used here in france . . .

1. limoges porcelain = super creamy, lovely and wonderful to work with. beautiful + very white when fired. though i didn’t throw with it, my fellow residents RAVED about how easy was to throw. but it shrinks and warps like MAD.

2. spanish white clay = super groggy and easy to hand build with. has a very durable feel when fired. but didn’t care that much for the colour of the clay after firing . . . sort of a yellow/oatmeal colour (especially since i like the natural clay to show through in my work).

3. spanish black clay = super groggy and forgiving when coil building. loved the wetness of the clay that dried pretty quickly (great for coil building something tall). fires to a beautiful black/brown. but doesn’t take colour very well (i.e. . . underglazes or slip) and messy, but not as messy as some dark clays i’ve worked with. LOVED the look of white words on this clay.
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