Eastnor Pottery » potterswheel http://eastnorpottery.co.uk Pottery workshops for the arts, education and business Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:14:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 Creative customers http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/creative-customers/ http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/creative-customers/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:14:31 +0000 http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/?p=16873 creative couple spend the day learning how to make pottery on the potter's wheel at eastnor pottery

Another post in our occasional series of “What our customers get up to when they’re not on the wheel”

Dan and Steph spent the day with us on our one day potter’s wheel workshop 16-2-19, making some very respectable vessels and shapes.

There is no apparent end to their talents and as well as proving themselves competent potters, the couple have a multitude of other creative strings to their bow.

Steph posts penny whistle tutorials, twice a week, online as well as producing and staring in promotional videos for businesses and organisations. Dan is a freelance sports journalist commenting on football, rugby, cricket and darts.

In their ‘spare time’! the pair act and produce in a theatre group too – Phew!

couple making pots on the potter's wheel at eastnor pottery herefordshire

]]> http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/creative-customers/feed/ 0 What Katie did next http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/what-katie-did-next/ http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/what-katie-did-next/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:36:06 +0000 http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/?p=16877 katie is very proud of the plate shes made on the potter's wheel

We love our returners – even if they haven’t visited us for 16 years!

Katie attended a friend’s birthday party here at Eastnor Pottery back in the day when she was just eight years old.

Fast forward to our potter’s wheel one day course earlier this month and Katie is all growed up and proving to us all that making pots on the wheel is not dissimilar to riding a bike – once you’ve done it you never forget.

Mum came along too and the day made for a brilliant mother/daughter activity. Well done both.

For current availability on our one day and weekend workshops, please call 01531 633886 or email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk

pots that didn't quite make the leader's board being recycled

]]> http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/what-katie-did-next/feed/ 0 Jon’s 40th http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/jons-40th/ http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/jons-40th/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:39:52 +0000 http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/?p=16893 novel and creative way for family to celebrate dads 40th birthday

This has to be one of our favourite photos of recent times :)

Jon and his family visited the Pottery to celebrate his 40th birthday in creative style. Everybody took a turn on the wheel to make a pot and then paint it in a truly individual manner.

When it came to the obligatory team photo at the end of the session, Jon’s son Harry, quick as a flash, scooped mum’s iphone to photograph Jon the Potter photographing the family group. Love the movement as M&D lunge across the table to rescue the tech!

quality family time activity making pots on the potter's wheel at Eastnor Pottery herefordshire

]]> http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/jons-40th/feed/ 0 What our customers do when they’re not making pottery…. http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/what-our-customers-do-when-theyre-not-making-pottery/ http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/what-our-customers-do-when-theyre-not-making-pottery/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:15:26 +0000 http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/?p=16857 Meet Nicola :) who visited the Pottery back in the Autumn to experience our ‘Introduction to the potter’s wheel’ with her mum. As well as being an exceptional potter, she also does this:

We wish Nicola all the best with her endeavours on and off the potter’s wheel!

]]> http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/what-our-customers-do-when-theyre-not-making-pottery/feed/ 0 Ones that didn’t quite make the leader’s board! http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/ones-that-didnt-quite-make-the-leaders-board/ http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/ones-that-didnt-quite-make-the-leaders-board/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2018 18:45:34 +0000 http://eastnorpottery.co.uk/?p=16463 rejected pots left over from potter's wheel workshopsIt’s always an extremely productive day for participants on our one day potter’s wheel workshops. Everybody makes loads and loads of work.

At the day comes to a close, we encourage participants to choose their favourite pieces to be fired and glazed.

The rejected ones are plucked from their boards and piled high in a collaborative tower before being wedged into a soft lump ready to be made into pots again and again and again! :)

#recycledclay #tomorrowspots

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