Bridport Hill Pottery -- Method

All stoneware and porcelain pieces begin on the wheel, are dried leather hard, then trimmed and finished by hand off the wheel. The second part of the process can take anywhere from an hour to several days, depending on the complexity of the form. Dry work is then hardened off in a bisque firing. Porous and brittle at that stage, it is then glazed, and fired to roughly 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature (cone 10) that transforms the glaze to glass and hardens each pottery piece to the hardness of stone. Mixed media works are then completed with the incorporation of stone, leather, copper or other media, depending on the form.
THE WORKING THEORY
Working with Clay should be fun, a bit of a mess, and aim toward objects that are enduring, graceful and unique.

Feet are stone burnished on the wheel during trimming to compress the clay and minimize abrasive properties. Some pieces are then sanded or placed on a diamond wheel after the final firing -- ground smooth to prevent scratching. Please note that stoneware clays are inherently rougher than porcelain, so while every effort is made to smooth the piece, some care is advised using stoneware on fine wood surfaces.
All pottery is made by hand in Vermont by CS Manegold.

Stay in touch!

Contact us through the Guest Book.
Or get updates on firings and new work Instagram and Facebook.

Yep... Bridport, Vermont has no "g" and no companion town in the U.S. though there is a Bridport, England. And for those of us with dyslexia, sometimes I write Bird.port (which I rather like!). There you have it: B.R.I.D.P.O.R.T.

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All stoneware and porcelain pieces begin on the wheel, are dried leather hard, then trimmed and finished by hand off the wheel. The second part of the process can take anywhere from an hour to several days, depending on the complexity of the form. Dry work is then hardened off in a bisque firing. Porous and brittle at that stage, it is then glazed, and fired to roughly 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature (cone 10) that transforms the glaze to glass and hardens each pottery piece to the hardness of stone. Mixed media works are then completed with the incorporation of stone, leather, copper or other media, depending on the form.
THE WORKING THEORY
Working with Clay should be fun, a bit of a mess, and aim toward objects that are enduring, graceful and unique.

Feet are stone burnished on the wheel during trimming to compress the clay and minimize abrasive properties. Some pieces are then sanded or placed on a diamond wheel after the final firing -- ground smooth to prevent scratching. Please note that stoneware clays are inherently rougher than porcelain, so while every effort is made to smooth the piece, some care is advised using stoneware on fine wood surfaces.
All pottery is made by hand in Vermont by CS Manegold.

Stay in touch!

Contact us through the Guest Book.
Or get updates on firings and new work Instagram and Facebook.

Yep... Bridport, Vermont has no "g" and no companion town in the U.S. though there is a Bridport, England. And for those of us with dyslexia, sometimes I write Bird.port (which I rather like!). There you have it: B.R.I.D.P.O.R.T.