This site holds information about our forthcoming meetings and reports on previous speakers. We also have a gallery showcasing some of our members' work.
We book speakers on a regular basis. We have the following speakers and events booked for the next few months:
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Liz Teall (11 September 2013) |
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Wednesday 11 September, 2013 at 7:45pm, Polehampton Junior School
Liz employs a blended red Staffordshire clay to make a wide range of the kind of pots she likes to use herself.
Liz says about her work "Though I think of myself as a traditional potter carrying the skills of an ancient craft, in actual fact, each potter's work reveals the maker in a way which is probably unplanned. Incremental changes over the years have bought my work a long way from it's starting point in the seventies. And experimentation is on-going.
As a producer of useful pots, I take design seriously. Everything is designed to be beautifully practical in the truest sense. A high standard of making together with an unusual mode of decoration combine to make my work highly individual and original."
More information at www.lizteallpottery.com
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Stephanie Wright (9 October 2013) |
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Wednesday 9 October, 2013 at 7:45pm, Polehampton Junior School
Stephanie combines traditional throwing skills with an unconventional design approach to generate a distinctive style of sculptural and functional ceramics. Her current work in clay is an invitation to explore and celebrate the sense of excitement and energy associated with movement.
Stephanie says of her inspiration "Ideas come from anything in motion: a flock of birds, a growing shell, a mounting wave, a dancing couple. Although each piece is a snapshot in time, the speed of the motion each represents may be different."
More information at www.stephaniewrightceramics.co.uk
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Doug Fitch (13 November 2013) |
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Wednesday 13 November, 2013 at 7:45pm, Polehampton Junior School
Doug works in red earthenware clay in his workshop deep in the Devon countryside. The pots are simply decorated, with appliqué decoration or sgrafitto, using a basic palette of traditional slips, made from natural raw materials.
His pots are thrown on the wheel and then fired either in a small electric kiln or in a kiln fuelled with wood. The forms, predominantly large jugs, draw influence from the work of the medieval potters of England and the subsequent tradition of slip decorated country pottery.
More information at www.douglasfitch.co.uk
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