Maria Winter Ceramics

04/09/2026

Glazing dilemma!! I was practicing my carving skills by making these Scandi folk art inspired hanging tiles. I was going to leave them black and grey with a thin coat of clear glaze on top but now I’m wondering if they need pops of colour… what do you think? The clay will fire darker grey in the glaze fire.

04/09/2026

Big kiln will be working overtime in preparation for North East Open Studios

03/09/2026

Fun sorta day layering coloured washes and metal oxides on top of porous raw base glaze. Excited to see if the outcomes are anywhere near my vision 😆

28/08/2026

Been making some minis… just enough room for a little treasure

27/08/2026

Hedgehugs 🤗

24/08/2026

This was yesterday’s midnight project to use up clay scraps… coiling is so relaxing ☺️

21/08/2026

Flashback Friday:

It’s been a while since I did one of these posts, but I feel like I’ve found my creative spark again… and my heart is so happy after our wonderful visit to Finland.

Here’s a picture of my very own little island, and the log cabin my Dad built when we were little. This is also where my very first clay memory comes from.

I think it was when my Dad was constructing a little sandy beach where we moored our boat that we discovered some wild clay at the bottom of the lake. I made a little clay tortoise that sat next to the fireplace for many, many years, gaining heat from the fire and staying surprisingly intact.

It wasn’t there anymore when we visited, but all my happy memories were.

In fact, when life got tough, especially as a teenager, I used to go to that cabin by myself and spend days watching the fire and listening to music on an ancient battery-powered radio, until I felt able to face the world again. I miss having that reset button.

20/08/2026

Anybody else have a complicated relationship with mug handles?

18/08/2026