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Children’s space themed pottery workshops

Posted on July 14, 2014 by admin

Children’s Pottery Workshop sessions at Eastnor Pottery & The Flying Potter 30 & 31 July 2014 ‘Walking on the moon’

To celebrate the seemingly glut of Space related anniversaries in July – 1^st moon landing, NASA’s birthday etc… young potters and space cadets are warmly welcome to make and paint galaxy inspired clay sculpture and pottery artefacts.

Aliens, rockets and spacemen will be fired and glazed in our kilns ready for collection approx. 1month later. 4-8 yrs on Wed 30th & 9-12yrs on Thurs 31st (guide only as younger and older siblings will never be turned away) Sessions 11.30am-1pm & 2pm-3.30pm on Wed and 11.30am-1pm on Thurs. £15 per child (10% discount for x3 or more places booked)Telephone or email booking essential. Tel: 01531 633886 or admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk

Posted in children, school holiday tagged with children, gloucester, herefordshire, ledbury, school holiday, worcestershire

Poetry pottery – Out of the Earth

Posted on July 5, 2014 by admin

I’ve been enjoying collaborating with poet & writer Mandy Ross on behalf of Ledbury Poetry Festival 2014.

Over the past 6 months we’ve taken fruit, poems and clay into local care homes to share with the residents and staff. We’ve been making, reading, reminiscing and having a lot of fun.

Mandy and myself have produced a body of new work as a response. The ‘fruits’ of our labour are currently being displayed in The Priory Cleaners window in Ledbury High Street. The work will be on show for the duration of the Poetry festival 4th – 12th July 2014.

Posted in ceramic work, community workshops, exhibitions, festivals and events tagged with artist, community, creative development, fired examples, herefordshire, ledbury

Jugs for Verzon House

Posted on May 6, 2014 by admin

Although our practice here at Eastnor Pottery is primarly about participation and engagement, we do get asked from time to time to make things! The Verzon Hotel nr Ledbury commissioned us to produce a range of hand thrown water jugs for the restaurant tables. Here they are fresh from the kiln.

Posted in ceramic work, fired examples tagged with herefordshire, ledbury

Belatrova to the rescue

Posted on March 31, 2014 by admin

Big thank you to Stuart & Peter who kindly fired my porcelain play things destined for Craftplay at Bilston Craft Gallery in Woverhampton.

Our kilns here at Eastnor Pottery Central would have really struggled to reach the temperatures required to vitrify the white stuff. I was very grateful the chaps at Belatrova were able to come to my aid and offer space in their kilns.

Stuart makes a fantastic range of hand thrown porcelain as well as being one half of Belatrova, a design partnership set up with artist Peter Arscott.

Although I havent worked in porcelain for near on 22 years, its durable constitution made it the perfect material choice for the Happy Museums Commission. The pots have been delivered and are being well loved by Bilston’s under 5’s and their families!