Kenneth Tonge
- Technique:
- Hand building,
- Sculpting/Modelling
- Firing:
- Gas / Oil
More or less self-taught (attended evening classes in the mid-1970s), enthusiastic amateur with a modest output of apparently unique wall-hangings. These are in stoneware or porcelain fired at cone 8 in an outdoor kiln. Like many ceramic objects they can survive happily out of doors (provided they are protected from wind!). The themes of the wall-hangings reflect my interest in philosophy, opera, poetry and the seaside location of my home.
As a "self-sufficient" potter all my equipment is home-made, e.g. a kick-wheel using an old car wheel filled with concrete, mounted on a frame constructed from wood collected from the beach. A slab-roller has been made from old planks and a piece of drying-green pole. The outdoor kiln is also home constructed. Its fuel is waste oil burned by spraying jets powered from old vacuum cleaners.
Scottish Potters Association contacts:
- Chair: chairman@scottishpotters.org
- Exhibitions: exhibitions@scottishpotters.org
- Membership: membership@scottishpotters.org
- Website: info@scottishpotters.org
- Newsletter: newsletter@scottishpotters.org
- Workshops: workshops@scottishpotters.org