Archive for June 7, 2012

What a whoppa!

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chief hen natalie shows the girls how to do it at her pottery hen party at eastnor pottery nr ledbury herefordshireTop hen Natalie (pictured here) swore that she’d never had a go on the potter’s wheel before – pull the other one Natalie!

Natalie and her friends were here at Eastnor Pottery on the weekend throwing pots as part of her hen party celebrations.

As we have eight wheels and there were eight participants, each hen was assigned their own wheel for the afternoon. All the girls grasped the technique really well but Nat really excelled – contract of employment in the post!

As is customary on these occasions we’ve published some photos on our Facebook page.

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Cherry Orchard Primary’s Arts Week

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Mini Joan Miro SculpturesGemma had a great day working with the year two children at Cherry Orchard Primary school in Worcester this week. We were asked to provide clay workshops as part of their annual Arts Week, this time with the theme of the Spanish artist Joan Miro. The three classes spent about an hour each making some fantastic mini Miro inspired sculptures. Here’s just one of the pieces produced on the day.

Have a look at the photos on our Facebook page – what a creative bunch!

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Weekend pottery workshop

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gillian and her cream jugs she made at eastnor pottery weekend potter's wheel workshopCheck out these fantastic cream jugs made by Gillian at on one of our weekend potter’s wheel workshops.

Gillian is our most loyal and experienced participant who’s been attending our workshops for close on 15 years. A competent thrower, she’s made plates, bowls and beakers of the top most quality. Most of her work is used in the home “If I break a plate, I’ll just come back and make another!”, these little masterpieces are a present for her father.

She was joined at the weekend by six other individuals of varying levels of clay experience. Some had done a little hand-building, others were complete beginners. What they all had in common was a fabulous, creative and productive time – all mastering the technique and making some super pots. If you don’t believe me take a look at the photos!

If you would like to learn how to make pots on the potter’s wheel then please take a look at our potter’s wheel page

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Potter’s National Anthem

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tiles made by children at churchdown village junior school gloucester with jon the potter from eastnor pottery and the flying potterMention the potter’s wheel to adults of a certain age and they will imediately start grinning, humming and singing a particular Righteous Brothers track (if I had a pound….!!) with a wink and a nod to a  piece of cinematic history.

The ‘Ghost’ reference reached dizzy new heights this week at Churchdown Junior School nr Gloucester. I’d been hired to work with all the children over two days and as is customary on these occasions, I like to kick everything off with a potter’s wheel whole school assembly. Imagine my surprise and joy as the children filed into the hall to Unchained melody blasting over the school PA – made me feel right at home!

I had a busy but brilliant couple of days being plied with endless cups of tea and cool water (thanks Gemma!) The kid’s were great and produced a range of collaborative tile panels to brighten up the school and commemorate the Diamond Jubilee.

See some of the childrens coloured clay tiles ready for transportation back to Eastnor Pottery.

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