POTTERY

 The Pottery wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  We hope to see you again in January :)

Someone made a huge sink in the pottery. Alternatively it can be used as a flowerpot.

  This Saturday we're having a Craft Fair and Festive Celebration at The Old Print Works, in collaboration with Ort Cafe.  The Craft Fair 11am-5pm Get your last minute Christmas treats at the fair, where you will find lots of beautiful hand-crafted items, from woollen scarves and blankets, to laser-cut jewellery, natural and organic soaps and hygiene remedies, leather, ceramic and wooden goods. The fair will open at 11am and there will be a Christmas Choir singing at lunchtime. Ort will be serving some yummy lunch to warm you up from the inside! Everyone is welcome to this event and entry is free.  Free Family Craft Activities 1pm On the very same day, there will be Free Family Craft activities happening in the Ort Gallery at 1pm. Bring your children along to make a crazy clock! Please book via the  Ort Gallery website .  Christmas Party 6pm-late In the evening, from 6pm we will be having a Christmas Party

A Spell to Conjure Violets is a book by Birmingham based writer Kate Mascarenhas . 1975. Wendy, a fourteen year old orphan, is found trapped in a hollow statue on the grounds of a country estate. She says she was abducted and left for dead by a careworker. But Wendy’s rescuer, a poet named Herrick, secretly suspects she’s a folkloric deity from another world. His conviction has life long consequences for Wendy – and for her children… A speculative novel about guilt, misuses of power, and healing. Picture and information taken from the Rose Curve Press website where you can purchase this book. It is self-bound too which is nice.  

look at all the things one can do with porcelain!  BLOOMING - image from here Valeria Nascimento's website

"I started making pottery at school-failed at O level-carried on regardless-started doing Adult Education classes-bought a kick wheel in my teens and used to throw at home and take my dried out work back to the class for firing. I then moved around ,always finding drop in centres or Adult Ed in Lancaster, London or Birmingham when I returned home. I used to have a studio pass at the Mac before it was renovated and now have finally found my 'spiritual home' at Sundragon where I can happily throw into the early hours of the morning and mix with a wonderful selection of down to earth people sharing a love of clay!" here are some photos of Ian's first batch:

In March a straycat found her way to us. She's still here, initially called Daisy, then Bunny and luckily she's doing well and seems to be much healthier.

still time to go to the Midlands Potters Exhibition in the Woodbridge Gallery to see Fiona's pots: