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Is Agromining The Future of Colour in Pottery Glazes?
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 8/13/23 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 8/13/23

Is Agromining The Future of Colour in Pottery Glazes?

Agromining, also known as phytomining, is the process of extracting metals from plants. Could Agromining bring a new generation of ways to create eco-conscious colour in pottery, without commercial metal oxides?

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The Problem With the Colour Blue In Pottery
Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 7/2/23 Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 7/2/23

The Problem With the Colour Blue In Pottery

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What is Raku Pottery?
How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 3/5/23 How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 3/5/23

What is Raku Pottery?

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5 Great Reasons to Make Your Own Pottery Glaze
How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 1/1/23 How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 1/1/23

5 Great Reasons to Make Your Own Pottery Glaze

Making your own pottery glaze is far easier than you might think! Includes link to a free pottery glaze-making guide.

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5 Simple Ways For Potters to Save Electricity
Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 11/6/22 Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 11/6/22

5 Simple Ways For Potters to Save Electricity

Along with water, electricity is one of the most heavily used and precious resources in pottery. Find out 5 simple ways for Potters to save it.

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How Pottery Can be Packaged in an Environmentally Friendly Way
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 10/2/22 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 10/2/22

How Pottery Can be Packaged in an Environmentally Friendly Way

Packaging breakable items using environmentally friendly packaging made from 100% paper and card.

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Pottery and Climate Change
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 9/4/22 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 9/4/22

Pottery and Climate Change

10 ways Potters can have a positive impact on climate change

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Making Pottery Glazes From Plant Ashes
How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 8/7/22 How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 8/7/22

Making Pottery Glazes From Plant Ashes

Experiments in making pottery glaze with different plant ashes. Each glaze is completely different, even though the same recipe is used each time.

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What is ‘Raw Glazing’?
How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 7/3/22 How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 7/3/22

What is ‘Raw Glazing’?

What is raw glazing and how can it make crafting pottery more eco-friendly?

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Recycling Electrical Waste into Pottery Colour
Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 5/30/22 Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 5/30/22

Recycling Electrical Waste into Pottery Colour

Potters can turn electrical waste into a colourant to colour their pottery ‘green’ in more ways than one.

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Doughnut Economics and Pottery
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 4/3/22 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 4/3/22

Doughnut Economics and Pottery

Three ways Kate Raworth’s concept of ‘doughnut economics’ can be used by potters.

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Managing water use in pottery
Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 3/6/22 Eco-conscious Pottery, How to Make Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 3/6/22

Managing water use in pottery

In pottery water is infinitely recyclable, just like clay

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Can Clay be Recycled?
How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 2/6/22 How to Make Pottery, Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 2/6/22

Can Clay be Recycled?

The answer is both yes… and also no. Clay is infinitely recyclable - but only before it is fired. 

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Corporate Activism: 3 ways business can be a force for good in the world
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 7/4/21 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 7/4/21

Corporate Activism: 3 ways business can be a force for good in the world

Find out how potters can be part of this movement too.

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What is Design for the Environment?
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 5/2/21 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 5/2/21

What is Design for the Environment?

How can ‘Design for the Environment’ be used to make pottery more eco-friendly?

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What are ‘eco-conscious’ ceramics?
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 11/7/20 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 11/7/20

What are ‘eco-conscious’ ceramics?

A three step approach to developing ethical and sustainable ceramics

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How much energy does it take to fire a pot?
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 10/31/20 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 10/31/20

How much energy does it take to fire a pot?

Not as much as you might think

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What are ‘vegan’ ceramics?
Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 10/18/20 Eco-conscious Pottery Katherine Tomlinson 10/18/20

What are ‘vegan’ ceramics?

Have you ever wondered ‘is pottery vegan?’ Well, not always. In this blog post, we explore the use of animal products in ceramics

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