Hen party at Eastnor Pottery

May 15, 2012 Jon adult groups, hen Parties

Afroze's Hen PartyI had a very enjoyable afternoon working with a pottery hen party group here at Eastnor Pottery on Sunday.

The young women certainly weren’t short of imaginative ideas and there was plenty of creative chatter as they discussed what to make. After debating the merits of collaborative plates, tiles, mugs etc the group settled for a large collaborative jug, covered in commemorative detail. They also made a multi coloured set of coasters for the bride to be’s new marital home in Canada.

The 1.5 hr session flew by and it was soon time to gather on the sunny Pottery lawn for photos and to admire their handy work. Fantastic work ladies! You can view the photos from the workshop on our Facebook page.

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Drop-in pottery workshops

May 11, 2012 Jon adult groups, adult individual, children

family pottery session at eastnor pottery and the flying potter herefordshie

drop-in participants sample the creative delights of working with clay

New for the Summer season 2012 – Drop-in Summer Saturdays at Eastnor Pottery! 

 

Over the May Bank holiday we thought we’d try and encourage visitors to Eastnor into the Pottery by offering a range of clay activities without the need to book in advance.

The pilot was extremely encouraging and as a result, starting from the 19th May, we are going to open our doors every Saturday through the Summer, inviting passers by and families to drop-in and try a bit of pottery.

We’ll have a menu of exciting projects availible between the hours of 11am & 4pm suitable for adults and children and ranging in price from £5-£20.

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Gotherington Tree

May 10, 2012 Jon key stage 1&2, schools

pottery oak tree made buy gotherington primary school and jon the potter from eastnor pottery herefordshireThis fine ol’ oak tree made with the children at Gotherington Primary School in Gloucestershire is nearly ready. Just need to stick the leaves down on to the cut & painted boards and it will be complete.

The links underneath the photo take you to the school website where you can view the fun we all had making the clay leaf tiles:

http://www.gotherington.gloucs.sch.uk/pupils/gallery2.php

http://www.gotherington.gloucs.sch.uk/pupils/gallery4.php

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Alderman Knight pottery session

May 9, 2012 Jon schools, special needs

a clay owl made by a student from alderman knight special school in tewkesbury. she was part of a group working with jon the potter at eastnor pottery and the flying potterThe young people from the Alderman Knight Special School in Tewkesbury visited Eastnor Pottery in the week. The children had a regular horse riding session in the morning and then called by the Pottery for a clay workshop in the afternoon. A rare break in the wet weather allowed the group to picnic on our lawn in glorious sunshine.

The students were treated to a coil-pot demo before getting stuck into the technique themselves. They made some wonderful objects including an elephant, mug and my favourite, this owl.

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Pottery hybrids out of the kiln

May 6, 2012 admin children, fired examples, key stage 1&2, schools

Bishops Cleeve Hybrid AnimalsHere are the fantastic, fired results from the Bishops Cleeve hybrid animal workshops which took place recently. To see the rest of the photos, please go to the Facebook album.

Here’s what Carol, arts co-ordinator had to say about the children’s responses to the fired work:

“Just wanted to tell you what a buzz the kids had today when they came to name their animals! The Art Exhibition looks wonderful with work up by every child in the school. The overwhelming feeling from all was that the glaze makes all the difference and a step beyond the normal primary experience of clay! We put out all the Roman Soldiers too and they look stunning! There was another picture in the press of you and a couple of kids. Thank Gemma for doing such a great job wrapping up the beasties. All safe and sound.”

Read what the Gloucestershire Echo had to say!

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