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As well as reveling in the excellent tuition and creativity here at Eastnor Pottery, a lot of our guests are totally smitten with the surrounding Herefordshire countryside. Just look at the view from the Pottery steps earlier this year. 😊
It’s been a long time coming but at last customers can book one of our fab pottery experiences direct from our website. Hurrah! No need to email, no need to pick up the phone – clay is just a click away!
The following experiences can be purchased via the website:
Clay Modelling £20
Introduction to the Potter’s Wheel £40
Potter’s Wheel Day Course £150
Potter’s Wheel Weekend Course £280
Groups of x7 or more participants qualify for a group discount but will need to contact the Pottery via our contact form, email or by telephoning 01531 633886.
Thank you to Mike @bookinghound and Chris @infinityunlimited… for all their technical support and for making the magic happen!
Hellens Garden Festival Sculpture Trail – Much Marcle Herefordshire
Eastnor Pottery founders Sarah Monk and Jon Williams currently have some of their own work on show at Hellens Garden Festival Sculpture Trail in Herefordshire.
Sarah is exhibiting a terrace of ‘Bug Houses’ hanging from a particularly striking beech tree in the enchanted wooded gardens. In a career spanning 30 years, this is the first time Sarah has exhibited her work outside in the natural environment. Most of her output is intended to be enjoyed in the home but judging by the positive response to her critter homes, she’ll be making more ceramics designed for the garden. For more details of Sarah’s work please check out her website: www.sarahmonkceramics.co.uk
Jon has a collection of interactive ‘Ceramic Cymbals’ hanging in the undergrowth. Visitors are invited to scour the woodland for a suitable stick (no branches or hefty timber!) and then ‘gently’ tap out a rhythm on the suspended art works. Jon’s work is designed to be enjoyed using all the senses and he is no stranger to exhibiting his multi-sensory wares at sculpture shows and in exterior settings. Please take a look at www.jonwilliamspottery.co.uk for more details of his work.
The exhibition is open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am – 6pm and runs until the end of September 2020. Entrance is FREE with donations going to St Michaels Hospice and Back To The Wild CIC.
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We are blessed with lots of outside space here at Eastnor Pottery & The Flying Potter.
During July and August we’ll be facilitating as many ‘Introduction to the Potter’s Wheel’ classes in the Potting Tent marquee or Pottery lawn – lots of fresh air and lots of space to social distance…..and were offering a dedicated session to each household or bubble. So, if you are a family or couple you’ll have your own private session!
Book your experience by calling 01531 633886 or email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!
Congratulations to Ethan, our first ever Community Arts Apprentice who’s just graduated in Ceramics from Cardiff School of Art & Design.
Not only that, he was also presented with the Alun Barratt-Danes Technical Excellence Award for his graduate work.
Although the class of 2020 were unable to mount a physical degree show due to the epidemic, students were required to publish an online exhibition of their work.
Here’s what Ethan has to say about his work and motivation as he steps out into the world of professional practice:
“In this body of work, I wanted to know if the experience of seeing, handling and using a fired pot could be as contemplative an experience as making it. When I make a pot, I rely on my skills to take me through the process, however I am not guided by them. I try to follow my intuition and that of the material in the hopes of producing vessels with spontaneity and vitality. In my practice I try to harmonise the qualities of mark making on raw clay and applying slips with the glazes I create though I don’t shy away from aesthetic dissonance. I simply see it as an opportunity for more personal reflection. Within the studio I have come to value gathering local materials to use as glazes, such as slate and sand from the River Taff and wood ash from my childhood home. I find cleaning and curating the studio space to be both calming and clarifying. In that sense the habits of making show me a reflection of my own human nature. Thus, in the aesthetic choices we make when we curate the objects in our home and our lives there is an opportunity to abstract the qualities of our deepest human nature through contemplation.”
The future looks pretty good for Ethan in these testing times – he’s secured employment for September as a Studio Technician at an Oxford school. Good work Ethan and we look forward to seeing you develop as a maker.
