Welcome to the West Forest Potters Website.
Use this site to find out about our forthcoming meetings and to read reports on previous speakers. We also have a gallery showcasing some of our members' work.
We book speakers on a regular basis but we will not be meeting now until September, so enjoy your summer holidays! We have the following speakers and events booked for the autumn:
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Wednesday 10th September, 2008 at 7:45pm, Polehampton Junior School
Most of Irena's work is utilitarian and starts off on the wheel. All the bigger pieces are one-offs; smaller items are made in limited editions. Although the shape of her pots is important to her, Irena tries to keep the lines simple and clean as a carrier for her decoration. She takes a long time over the decoration of the pot and it is the decoration, more than the shape, which defines its uniqueness.
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Wednesday 8th October, 2008 at 7:45pm, Polehampton Junior School
Tina Vlassopulos is based in London producing one-off hand built burnished ceramics plus a new range of slipcast forms. She is a fellow of the Craft Potters Association and has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally.
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Founder Member of West Forest Potters
We were saddened to hear of the death of Joan Spurgeon earlier this year. Joan was truly the founder of the guild. She was the one who had the idea that a group should be
formed as at the time three potters were exhibiting with painters in Wokingham, in very inconvenient circumstances, and was the driving force behind the Guild in its early days. She will be greatly missed. |
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