January is a traditional time to try something new, so why not stimulate mind body & soul at Eastnor Pottery by getting in touch with your creative side. We offer short courses and pottery experiences for adults, children and families. Choose from a range of clay experiences including the potter’s wheel. Prices start at £10 for a basic ‘make a pot’ on the potter’s wheel or you can purchase a full on potter’s wheel weekend for just £190. Please email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk to kick off 2013 in a messy and creative fashion.

pottery t-light holdre made by child at ledbury primary school nursery with jon the potter from eastnor potteryParticipation and creative skills continue to build week on week on my parent & child clay workshop sessions at LPS. Absolutely having so much fun working with the young artists and their carers exploring communication and language through working with clay.

Particularly enjoyed ‘A’s imaginative story in response to the t-light activity we explored last week:

“look at my Mr Owl he’s eating a worm, no he’s eating a snake”

“I’m making a Mr owl head on mine, this is his toast machine, this is it’s gun to shoot its birds, this is his drink—he drinks leaves”

“This is the door at the back so when the owl flies out to pick up it’s disgusting food—slime and stuff”

 

Swedish ceramics student erika and her boyfriend help wedge clay for pottery course participants at eastnor pottery herefordshireParticipants come from all over the UK to sample the creative and relaxing atmosphere at Eastnor Pottery, but I don’t think we’d ever had anybody from as far as Sweden before this weekend.

Erika & her Fiance Lucas arrived on Friday, halfway through a mini tour of the Uk. Erika is in her final year of study on a ceramics course in Linköpings and part of the course requires students to seek out work experience. 

Erika decided to undertake hers in the UK and got in touch a few months ago offering her services.

The pair did a wonderful job assisting on our November weekend potter’s wheel workshops. Perhaps the most welcome contribution, wedging vast amounts of clay for the participants to use on the wheel, an exhausting task usually undertaken by yours truly – beats going to the gym!

Erika & Lucas have a keen interest in photography and were snapping away at the weekend. When the pair get home they’ll be sending a disk of pictures which we’ll publish here on the blog. In the mean time, here’s a few photos taken on my compact camera.

Erika’s ceramic work can be seen here, and thanks once again guys for all your hard work at the weekend.

staff from ashton under hill first school take part in creative training and development at eastnor pottery herefordshireHad a wonderful day yesterday working with the lovely staff from Ashton Under Hill First School here at the Pottery.

I’m going to be working with all the children in the school in a couple of weeks time and head teacher Bryony thought it a prudent idea for her staff to get to grips with the clay technology before my visit.

There are a selection of photos (minus the x rated ones!) on our facebook page.

drop-in clay sessions at eastnor pottery in herefordshireA couple of young customers concentrating hard on the job in hand. These girls visited the Pottery with their mums to take advantage of our drop-in menu of pottery projects. If you or your family fancy doing the same, simply ring 01531 633886 or email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk to check availability and then turn up here in Eastnor and choose from an exciting range of projects designed to suit all budgets!

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