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March hens in a spin

Posted on March 19, 2017 by admin

Hen making a pot on the potter's wheel at eastnor pottery and the flying potter The unseasonably good weather meant we were able to host our first pottery hen party of 2017 in our fabulous Potting Tent marquee on the Pottery garden lawn.

The girls had so much fun taking turns on three potter’s wheels making a ‘dazzling’ array of jugs, pots and plates. We’ll now fire and glaze the creative output in good time for the wedding in June.

If you’ve got an event or family celebration coming up, and quite like the look of The Potting Tent, then give us a call or drop us a line Tel 01531 633886 admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk

hen being refuelled with tea at pottery hen party in eastnor near the castle Potter's wheel hen party on the eastnor castle estate herefordshire

pottery wheel hen party activity in herefordshire

Posted in adult groups, hen Parties, special occasions tagged with adults, groups, hen parties, herefordshire, ledbury, west midlands

The hens of Hardwick

Posted on March 10, 2017 by admin

Mobile pottery hen party visits Hardwick House nr Tewkesbury Great to be back at Hardwick House facilitating more hen party pottery creativity.

Hardwick House is a half hour drive from Eastnor Pottery and is the perfect country retreat for large groups of girls looking for a Gloucestershire base. (The grand steps leading up to the front door always make for a good group photo too)

This particular bunch made and painted coil pots as well as each taking a turn on the potter’s wheel.

The fruits of their creative labour will be fired, glazed and returned to the girls in time for the bride’s big day.

Posted in adult groups, family & friends, hen Parties, special occasions tagged with adults, cheltenham, gloucester, gloucestershire, groups, hen parties, west midlands

FREE WHEELING II

Posted on March 7, 2017 by admin

Free potter's wheel event at Eastnor Pottery 7-9 April 2017

FREE potter’s wheel event 7-9 April 2017 as part of Hey Clay 2017!

Fancy wrestling a lump of spinning mud? Or maybe you just need to finally cross pottery off your bucket list? Whatever your motivation, we are inviting individuals and families the opportunity to make a pot on the potter’s wheel for free.

Take your creation away on the day to dry and paint at home or leave it with us to be fired and glazed at cost. 15 min time slots available all day. Pre-booking essential. FREE parking.

Tel: 01531 633886 or email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk to reserve a place.

Posted in adult individual, children, media tagged with adults, children, drop-in, family & friends, free event, gloucestershire, groups, herefordshire, HeyClay, west midlands, worcestershire

Meadows First for book tile panels!

Posted on March 3, 2017 by admin

gruffalo tile panel made by meadows first school and jon the potter from eastnor pottery and the flying potter We are currently in the midst of a HUGE tile panel project with Meadows First School in Bromsgrove. We are working with the whole school to produce no less than six separate panels, each one made by a different year group, each one depicting a different children’s book character:

Nursery= Elmer the patchwork elephant

Reception = The Gruffalo

Year 1 = The Tiger from The tiger who came to Tea

Year 2 = Winnie the Witch

Year 3 = The BFG

Year 4 = George from George’s Marvellous Medicine – another Roald Dahl Book

We’ve done two days of workshops in school, brilliantly assisted by x4 YR8 students from neighboring Parkside Middle School (they really were very helpful indeed!)

All the tiles have been created and are currently drying out ready for their bisque and glaze firing. Once they have emerged from the kiln we’ll mount them onto boards and get them photographed and up on the blog.

Posted in children, early years, key stage 1&2, schools tagged with Bromsgrove, children, early years, education, middle school, primary school, tilepanel, tiles, west midlands, worcestershire

Half term visitors

Posted on February 28, 2017 by admin

Ethan from eastnro Pottery demonstrates handles to birthday group It wasn’t just the children who had a fab time at the Pottery over February half term. We saw an increasing number of grown-ups and couples join us for a spot of clay creativity.

Adults of all ages sampled the delights of the potter’s wheel, made coil pots and modelled clay sculpture using the pinch-pot technique. We helped customers celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions by enabling them to create pottery keepsakes.

After the half term holiday, we published a photo album of all the lovely participants who dropped by the Pottery.

If you fancied booking onto one of our taster sessions for individuals and small groups, take a look at the projects and prices below then drop us an email: admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk to book a session. We are open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm and have sessions starting at 10am, 11.30am, 2pm and 3pm.

Make & Take away on the day projects.

Paint, fire and glaze projects.