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In 2013 Bill was commission to provide a range of prehistoric pottery replicas for the new visitor centre at Hengistbury Head, east of Bournemouth. Based on the type of pots which were found there or would have been traded through the major port that was there at the mouth of the Avon which came all the way down from the Stonehenge region.
The first images are the illustrations and details of the pots suggested.
A Grooved Ware bucket urn, just made and engraved.
A beaker with a small "cup", maybe an incense burner?
Glastonbury Ware initial practice pots - thrown on a wheel to get the hang of the space and decoration. The final versions were hand made pinched.
A copy of an Iron Age imported thrown bowl
Iron Age bowls - after firing and smoking to turn black.
Some of the pots were fired in an open bonfire.
They did not all turn out well. This one spalled, so was not dried out enough before being heated to turn ceramic.
Some pots were made with clay added from the estuary at the Head, but was not good for pots - too much salt and chalk silt - so did not enjoy being fired and crumbled.
A kiln made of turn was used to fire some pots.
Most of the larger pots were fired in "Woden", Bill's wood fuelled kiln, but only up to about 800C.
Some Iron Age pots were blackened in sooty fires.
The Great and The Good at the unveiling of the display. Definitely Piles of Rubbish! With thanks to all who helped to make it happen.
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