and if any of you have been fortunate enough to receive an Eastnor Pottery Experience voucher, we look forward to welcoming you to the Pottery very soon.
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Team Eastnor Pottery xxx
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Slips & underglazes
We tend to keep things simple here at Eastnor Pottery. We encourage our guests to paint their freshly thrown pots in coloured slips (watered down clay) and under glazes (similar to those used in paint your own pottery cafes)
Customers value the immediacy of being able to achieve a decorative effect at the raw stage, close to how the pot will turn out post firing.
We are always staggered at the ingenuity and variety of what people make and how they decorate them. Take a look at these hand thrown creations made by eight individual adults on a weekend potter’s wheel course back in October.
NFU coat of arms
The West Midlands contingent of The National Farmers Union visited the Pottery in October for a spot of team building and creative play. The group spent an hour or so meeting in the Potting Tent (a unique conferencing suite if ever there was one!) before joining us in the studio for the main pottery event.
The group made a ceramic crest, a clay coat of arms depicting agricultural aspects of the five counties. There were two representatives from Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire, each sub-team charged with a separate section of the crest. There was also ample time for everybody to throw a few pots on five potter’s wheels we’d primed for the occasion.
New skills discovered and everybody feeling relaxed and refreshed, the team headed back to their Telford HQ.
Last week we headed into Shropshire to deliver their ceramic masterpiece to be hung in their office – a permanent reminder of what can be achieved through teamwork.
Three months in….
We are delighted at how well Aimee and Immy have settled into life here at Eastnor Pottery and the Flying Potter. In fact the pair are positively flying!
As well as all the wedging, fettling, kiln packing and cleaning, the girls have become very proficient at making pots on the potter’s wheel. So much so we haven’t had any hesitation in letting them share their new found talents with customers of all ages and abilities.
Christmas opening times
If you are looking to make a little pottery over the Christmas holidays or need to bring the family together for a bit of creative fun, our opening hours are as follows:
Tuesday 19th Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Wednesday 20th Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Thursday 21st Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Friday 22nd Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Saturday 23rd Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Sunday 24th Dec CLOSED
Monday 25th Dec CLOSED
Tuesday 26th Dec CLOSED
Wednesday 27th Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Thursday 28th Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Friday 29th Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Saturday 30th Dec OPEN 10am – 4pm
Sunday 31st Dec – Friday 5th January CLOSED
Saturday 6th Jan OPEN 10am – 4pm
As always, please telephone or email to check availability before you travel.
