Gallery — florian gadsby

Florian Gadsby Pottery Studio

Group of porcelain crucibles, reduction fired to cone ten, (1290ºc). Coated with a black iron oxide glaze that fires a yellow tone were thicker and a purple hue where thin.

Pots on Black

A flat-lay of pots from around the studio, mostly crackle glazes, which are all reduction fired.

Tools

Tools of the trade, items used to make the pots in my studio.

Simple Vases

Two vases, a blue nuka and a green crackle glaze.

Florian Gadsby holding a board of mugs

A board of freshly thrown stoneware mugs held aloft.

Stoneware mugs

Handmade stoneware pottery mugs stacked up. Coated in one of three crackle, feldspathic based glazes.

Dark Green Ink Dip Pen

Thrown finely these two were reduction fired with an iron rich dark green crackle glaze.

Shigaraki Teapots

Teapots made during my time in Mashiko, Japan, where I worked as Ken Matsuzaki’s visiting apprentice for 6 months.

Angular mug

Stoneware pottery mug, crackle glaze, reduction fired. Handmade.

Studio in motion

A shot from my workstation, showing my tools, the wheel and a thrown pot waiting to be removed from the wheel.

Lineation 6

Six lined vessels, coated in a dark green crackle glaze and reduction fired up to 1295ºc.

Above and Below

A dark green bowl from the top and bottom, showing the foot.

Glazed Wares

Work ready to fill the gas kiln, coated with various feldspathic glazes.

Stacked Bowls

Bowls rim to rim and foot to foot, waxed and ready to be glazed.

Green Crackle Glazed Bowl

A simple medium bowl, reduction fired with subtle throwing rings in the surface.

Dark Green Jars

Both medium and small, fired together with lid atop, supported with waddings.

Thrown Jug

A freshly thrown small pourer, made with a rich iron baring clay.

Rests and a Flower

Pen rests amongst a variety of pieces.

Mugs

An assortment of handmade ceramic mugs, each coated with a different crackle glaze and thrown with an iron rich stoneware clay.

One Off Vessel

A little lined vessel, a one of a kind pot, adorned with a mark and dot of iron.

Packed Kiln

A Laser gas kiln packed and ready to reduction fire.

Ready for the Kiln

Glazed pots awaiting their turn in the kiln.

Recently thrown bowls drying outside

A group of cylinders, glazed with celadons, chuns and crackle glazes

Green crackle bowl.

A group of store jars, various crackle glazes and tenmoku.

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