Creepy castles and haunted houses provide the ghostly inspiration for our children’s workshop sessions in the autumn half term 2011.
Dates: 26 & 27 Oct. Tel: 01531 633886 or admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk to book your place.
Archive for Author Jon
End of an era?
Many of you who I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the past 15 years will have come across my ‘stripy doughnut bottle’ (I regularly use the piece to introduce my work and sources of inspiration.)
Sadly, this week saw the demise of ‘SDB’ – it just rolled off my trolley as I was hauling kit towards the flying potter van.
It wasn’t the first time the piece had been in the wars. In 2005 the pot toppled over in a school and broke in two – fortunately, on that occasion, the clean break was remedied with a blob of no more nails. Not so lucky this time!
After I had gotten over the initial horror, I was slowly filled with a sense of relief – how many years had I been upholding that piece as an example of my ceramic practice? I have plenty of new & improved pots, much more illustrative of current preocupations.
In a way the breakage was an overdue release from the ghosts of yester year’s pots!
Make a shaker!
I was back at the fabulous Bilston Craft Gallery last week, facilitating a ‘make a shaker’ pottery workshop. Visitors to the Gallery were invited to construct a clay sculpture, encrusted with bits & bobs sourced from the equally brilliant Worcester Resource Exchange.
Hollow clay forms were filled with lentils, buttons and other stuff so they rattled and rolled when shaken.
Must have worked with at least 30 families through-out the day.
Take a look at all the creative outpourings in the photo album we’ve created.
Dragons & dino’s at Badsey
It was good to be back at Badsey First School near Evesham last week.
I worked with approximately 40 children from the out of school holiday club, helping each of them make either a dragon or dinosaur. Fired results should be back with the school when term starts in Sept.
BBC H&W bigchill photos
Click here to see some lovely photos taken by bbc Hereford & Worcester at last weekend’s big chill.
