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1980 |
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Stoneware dish. Bottom says Nov 1980, 8lb. Artic white and a translation of the characters.
The first of many Hamada inspired pots. |
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Stoneware dish.
Fou Gum Moc Soy !. Four of the five basic Chinese elements
(fire, gold/metal, Wood & water) |
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Big Earthenware bowl.
This was the first of many big bowls.
Still used today in the pottery as a basin for water to wash pots. |
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1979 |
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The first casserole with a house as a handle for the lid (and a visiting ladybird). The chimney broke, and so
subsequent chimneys have always been very low profile.
The house motif soon became actual copies of people's houses.
This pot is still used regularly (about the right size for
stewed fruit). |
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Stoneware coffee set.
Unfortunately the kiln was over fired. |
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1977 |
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Stoneware ashtray with melted glass inside.
We all needed big ashtrays in those days |
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Stoneware Jug with leaf |
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1976 |
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Stoneware Chillum. Very Effective. |
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2 Stoneware casseroles for Chicken liver pate and Salmon pate.
Experimenting with lids (mmmmm not a great success), and hand painted lettering (mmm bit rough). |
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Stoneware mug. Pretty rough, but functional. |
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1975 |
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The first of many many casseroles. Marked "C1" as it was my first
Casserole.
This casserole has lasted un-chipped all these years, even though it is in constant use (mostly for bread
sauce).
I returned to this design in 2007 as it is sturdy, and the lid is easy to hold.
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The first pots to come out of AAEI were copies of my favorite Spode soup bowls.
Not only did they not come out deep enough to be soup bowls, but the bright blue was a wash out.
The only positive thing to say about them was that they were so sturdy that they have lasted all these years |