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We have a new collection of ceramics by Linda Bloomfield, fired at the Oxford Anagama kiln in Wytham Woods.

Linda says, 'I fired the ceramics together with a team of 12 potters working through the night in four-hour shifts for three days under the guidance of Svend Bayer and Brigitte Colleaux. The anagama kiln was built by Svend Bayer on the Oxford kiln site at Wytham woods, run by Robin Wilson of the anthropology department at Oxford University. The wood was a mix of ash and pine, from dead and diseased trees cut by the foresters in Wytham woods. We camped at the kiln site and enjoyed walking in Wytham woods in between firing. My porcelain pots have various slips and glazes, including flashing slip, ash glaze, chun and celadon. The colours come from the soluble salts from the burning wood and fly ash carried on the flames through the kiln.'