education

  • top of quilt commissioned to celebrate 40th anniversary of craftspace. the letters in the word craftspace are made up of individual green triangles. There are five inverted green domes running along the top

    Happy 40th Birthday Craftspace!

    Can’t quite believe it, Craftspace has reached the grand old age of 40. That’s 40 years of ground breaking projects,…

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  • Four pottery trees mounted on the exterior wall of Ivington Primary School in Herefordshire. Each tree represents an individual season. From left to right we have autumn summer spring and winter. It was created by jon the potter from eastnor pottery and all the children and staff at Ivington Primary school

    A tile panel for all seasons

    We’ve had the pleasure of working with the children and staff at Ivington C of E Primary School in North…

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  • a male volunteer at growing local hereford helping model a giant dragon head made out of cob and sitting across a duel chambered cob pizza oven

    Dragon Pizza Oven & tile project

    Throughout the Summer months, The Flying Potter has been visiting an amazing community project on the outskirts of Hereford. Growing…

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  • crowd of 19 children and staff from brockhampton primary school watching jon williams from eastnor pottery throw a pot on the potter's wheel. Jon is facing the camera, the children and adults have their backs to the camera

    Brockhampton Primary School at the Pottery

    School Trip Brockhampton Primary school traded the classroom for the Potting Tent earlier this term when they visited Eastnor Pottery.…

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  • detail of large terracotta coil pot made by primary school children and exhibited at sculpture at kingham lodge exhibition. details shows a large modelled spider in low relief

    School art at Kingham

    Artists in education We’ve been working in education for as long as we’ve been potting. That’s over 30 years of…

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  • terracotta and white ceramic tiles made by school children in the shape of the BFG

    Tile Panels ‘R’ Us

    Ceramic artist Jon Williams muses on the many collaborative tile projects he’s facilitated in Primary schools in and around the…

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  • Clay at Early Years Conference

    Here’s Jon ‘reflecting’ on a brilliant afternoon at Edgebaston Stadium. 😀 The flying potter was facilitating a breakout session at…

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  • Schools art at Kingham

    All this week Sculpture at Kingham Lodge has welcomed 3000 local school children for a sneak preview of the exhibits…

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  • Throwback Thursday – all the fun of the Makershack

    Delighted to announce we’ll once again be expounding the scientific attributes of clay at The Cheltenham Science Festival taking place…

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