The Flying Potter headed East last week and landed in Cambridge.
Jon provided potter’s wheels, clay and bags of inspiration for a three day, community project near the city centre.
It was only the second time the Flying Potter had potted in Cambridge, the first was over ten years ago at the beautiful Botanical Gardens with a group of sight impaired participants.
Long journey – no problem!
Jon recalled it took four hours to get there and four hours back. Anticipating a long drive, he set the alarm for ‘stupid O clock’ and set off before sun rise.
New roads
As it turned out, the road network out east has had a lot of investment in the intervening ten years and the journey only took him two and a half hours – darn it!
That said, the three days were fabulous and more than made up for the lost hours in bed. The participants were creative, great fun and generous to a fault. They had even decorated the pop-up pottery studio with banners and sashes – it looked a treat and created a vibrant and inspiring environment for the clay work.
Participants enjoyed making pots on the potter’s wheel, constructing coil pots and fashioning clay tiles. There was even time to paint their creations.
Collaborative tile panel
Perhaps the most significant piece produced over the three days was a collaborative tile panel in the shape of a giant pot – constructed from sixty tiles. Each participant made a tile and Jon transported them all back to Eastnor Pottery to be fired, glazed and returned to the group in the Autumn.
