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Another satisfied customer

lucy and baby thomas enjoy clay babies session led by jon williams from eastnor pottery and the flying potter at just so festival in august 2012Was sent a lovely testimonial from a young family I worked with at just so festival in August. Lucy also took the time to send a gorgeous photo montage (above)

“Just to say thanks for an amazing Clay Babies session at Just So last weekend. My son Thomas (5m) and I LOVED it; it was the best thing I’ve ever done with him. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Thomas but the session amazed me. It was quite captivating to watch him with the clay, especially when he had his time at the wheel with you. I didn’t expect him to be so interested [he watched intently for some time and deliberately chose to touch it - I thought he might just eat it!] and keen to play with it: it taught me a lot about him. He was clearly fascinated by the clay, and interested in the sensation of touching and feeling it, and looking at his clay-covered hands and feet afterwards! It was also fun to watch the other babies & toddlers having so much fun and being so engaged by the experience. We are so pleased we did Clay Babies! Hope you enjoyed the festival too.”

Creative critters

pinch pot animals made by visitors at eastnor pottery herefordshireThese fantastic creatures were made by three friends who attended one of our drop-in pottery sessions earlier this summer. The young ladies used the pnch-pot technique to fashion the clay before painting their creations in coloured slip. A few weeks and a couple of firings later they were ready for dispatch.

As this workshop option has been so succesful, we’ve decided to continue the offer into the autumn. Please drop us an email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or Tel: 01531 633886 to check availability in Sept & Oct.

Last day @mac

clay crab attached to mud boat @_moonbeams @macOh muddyducks!! It was my final http://moonbeams3.com/ stint at the Midlands Arts Centre last week and the land art mud sculptures hadn’t fared too well since I’d last seen them.

The persistent heavy down pours had washed away a lot of the mud/straw feathers  and numerous little feet had enjoyed climbing up and down their backs. The works looked a little sorry for themselves. Not that the first group of nursery school children who came especially to work with me thought so – they were completely captivated by the x3 lumps of mud and immediately saddled up, two abreast, and enjoyed a morning of horse racing! “Giddy up horsie!”

Once everybody had had a ride on the horseducks, we settled into making clay sea creatures to adorn the mud boat.

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