http://www.lockettpots.co.uk Latest news from John and Ann Lockett about Stoneware, Raku and Smoke Fired pottery. Useful articles on making, glazing and firing pots. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:47:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We were recently thrilled to notice that our website came up No 1 on Google when searching for the phrases 'Raku glazes', 'smoke firing' and 'pottery glazing tips' and No 2 for the search term 'raku kiln'. http://www.lockettpots.co.uk/?p=34 We love Italy and go there at least a couple of times a year but have always been disappointed by the pottery that is available there. Generally you can only find Majolica ware or, particularly in Tuscany, reproductions of Medieval pottery. We would love to hear from anyone who has found ... http://www.lockettpots.co.uk/?p=37 When we started running pottery classes for the Adult Education Service, Adult Education was almost synonymous with Leisure Activities with many classes for painting, jewellery making, keep fit, languages etc in addition to the more academic subjects. In our own field of pottery we ran five classes a week, all ... http://www.lockettpots.co.uk/?p=27 It's always nice to learn that your efforts have been appreciated so we thought we would publish this email that we have just received. In early summer, my 13 year old son decided to choose Raku pottery as the subject of his major school project. As my wife was an active ... http://www.lockettpots.co.uk/?p=22 If you have ever wanted to have a go at the exciting process of Raku firing but have been put off by the cost of a specialized Raku kiln, help is at hand in the form of instructions on building your own ceramic fibre kiln which can easily be fired ... http://www.lockettpots.co.uk/?p=17 Thanks to John at Monakmore Design we now have our very own pottery blog attached to our website. You can still easily get to the main areas of the site by using the tabs above but we hope that you will find something of interest in this blog before exploring ... http://www.lockettpots.co.uk/?p=11