Address

Eastnor Pottery and The Flying Potter, Home Farm
Eastnor
Ledbury
Herefordshire
HR8 1RD

Contact

Tel : 01531 633 886

Content

Day 1

The workshop starts at 10am. After tea/coffee, introductions and initial demonstration you will be taken as a group, step by step, through the pot throwing process. Once you have got the hang of things, you will be encouraged to develop at your own pace with individual tutoring as and when required. Around 1pm, a light lunch consisting of bread, cheese, salad and fruit is served. In the afternoon there will be further demonstrations after which you will work larger lumps of clay, make bigger pots and explore different shapes and forms. The session ends at 5pm. The results of your labour will then be left to dry overnight.

Day 2

10am. Your pots from Saturday are now ‘leather-hard’ and ready to be turned. After a demonstration you will learn how to throw foot-rings, add handles and other motifs. Colour can be added at this stage using an exciting range of coloured under-glazes and decorating slips. Following lunch participants choose from the range of demonstrated techniques to finish their work. The workshop concludes with a brief review of each others achievements and creativity. The weekend ends at 5pm.

Your fabulous creations will be left with us to dry thoroughly before they go into the kiln. Once they have been fired and glazed, we’ll carefully wrap and dispatch your finished pots to your home address. You will be delighted at the professional results when they arrive on your doorstep approximately one month later.

Directions

By Road

The Village of Eastnor can be found on the A438 two miles east of Ledbury. Once in the village follow the signs for the Pottery.

By Public Transport

The nearest train and bus station is Ledbury.