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artists sarah monk and jon williams outside their pottery studio eastnor pottery

artists sarah monk and jon williams outside their pottery studio eastnor pottery

Just to let you know, as from Saturday 23rd December we’ll be slowing the wheels, stepping away from the clay and putting our feet up for the entire Christmas period! :D

The Pottery will re-open on Tuesday 2nd January and our first Potter’s Wheel Course takes place Saturday 6th January.

..oh and if Santa just happens to gift you one of our fabulous gift vouchers, make sure you don’t dilly dally booking your class or course on our website. We are extremely popular so immediate action is recommended. Get onto it!!

In the meantime, we wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy 2024.

Lots of love

Jon, Sarah, Jo & Aimee

xxxx

pottery bee made by ceramic artist jon williams on a metal spike in a flower boarder at sculpture at kingham lodge exhibition

pottery bee made by ceramic artist jon williams on a metal spike in a flower boarder at sculpture at kingham lodge exhibitiondangly pottery flower brick made by potter sarah monk hanging from a tree on a short piece of natural rope at sculpture at kingham lodge exhibition.As from today, our very own Jon Williams and Sarah Monk are exhibiting some of their own ceramic work at Sculpture at Kingham Lodge in the Cotswolds.

The biennial show is set in 5 acres of beautiful grounds with over 400 sculptures created by national and international artists. A percentage of sales are fed back into the local community via generous grants to schools, enabling them to purchase art materials, training and artists to work in school. They also support other charities and since the first show in 2012, have raised over £400, 000 for good causes.

Jon’s displaying a range of his one off garden bees and butterflies, mounted on metal stakes and designed to fly amongst herbaceous boarders and flower beds. Sarah has taken to the trees with her dangly flower bricks suspended from the branches of a cherry tree.

The Exhibition runs 20 – 29 May 2023 and we definitely recommend! Admission is FREE, but you will need to book your visit.

 

potter Sarah Monk placing ceramic birds in the trees of hellens gardens

Eastnor Pottery co-directors Jon Williams and Sarah Monk are exhibiting a collection of their ceramic birds ‘n bugs at Hellen’s Garden Festival

Go see if you can spot them in the undergrowth but hurry hurry hurry, the exhibition closes this Sunday!

potter jon williams leaning over putting ceramic bee on a pole in to the ground of hellens gardens

potter Sarah Monk placing ceramic birds in the trees of hellens gardens

abstract terracotta bees on poles in the ground surround by shrubbery

terracotta bottles post firing painted and glazed

green white and blue decorated bottles from numbers 1 to 8

These fabulous door numbers were commissioned by Three Choirs Vineyards, for their Deluxe Vineyard View holiday accommodation.

Jon and Sarah combined their creative talents on this one – a collaboration of skill and style.

thrown terracotta bottles lined up and drying in pottery studio

painting brush applying white slip to a hand thrown terracotta bottle

hand thrown terracotta bottles painted with white slip on table

terracotta bottle cut in half being held

inside the halved terracotta bottle

terracotta painted bottles in the kiln before firing with numbers 4, 5 and 6 on them

terracotta bottles post firing painted and glazed inside the kiln

pottery flying bug made by potter and artist jon williams

a ceramic flying bug made by herefordshire artist jon williams

Jon has a collection of bee and bug shakers for sale at Contemporary Ceramics in London

The gallery is the shop window for the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain (CPA) and exhibits the greatest collectible names in British ceramics alongside the most up and coming artists of today.

Although Jon’s been a professional member of the CPA ever since the start of his career as a maker, this is the first time he’s exhibited in their bi-monthly Rotation programme.

Although the gallery is currently closed during Lockdown, they have developed an amazing and comprehensive online shop featuring the work of 80 makers for sale at any one time.

Check it out!

Amazing photos by @beyondthebeatenpath

 

a details of a bee shaker by ceramic artist jon williamsbee and bug shakers by studio potter jon williamspottery flying bug made by potter and artist jon williams