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Ambleside Pottery - Shaping

 

Brian Jackson throwing an earthenware pot, photo by P Allonby, 1972

Ambleside pottery was made either on a potters wheel or by casting using moulds.  Other pieces were shaped using a jigger.    

Casting using earthenware slip, photographed by P Allonby, 1972

F T Vergauwen turning a large bowl using jigger, photo by Jill Aldersley

Throwing a pot

Pouring earthenware slip into moulds

Using the Jigger

Jiggered plate by Peter Smith, impressed and glazed by JMA
A jug made on a potters wheel

Jam pots, plant pots and mugs were all mass produced using moulds

A plate shaped using the jigger and decorated with hand-made impressing tools while soft.
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