Welcome
to
the Bill Crumbleholme Pottery Web Pages
Last revised: 11th July 2008
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The
Pottery Studio is located opposite Bill's home at |
Bill started making pottery at school and after twenty-ish years practicing in his spare time turned full-time.
Check out BCPotShows.htm to view a list of current & forthcoming Workshops, exhibitions, Shows & stockists. Trade enquiries welcome !
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Bill is a founder member of the Upwey Potters, follow this link to see all about them and their pots |
| Many of Bill's activities are run under the Upwey Potters umbrella. |
Bill runs pottery evening classes and workshops - follow the links for information.
Bill's ceramic creative manifestations take various guises.
Recently the Raku fired ware has taken over as his best seller range, like the globe shown above. For more images and information follow this link Raku Pottery.
| His roots are in domestic stoneware pottery, specialising in bowls like the one shown here. |
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With
Fil Cooke, a fellow Upwey Potter, Bill is developing a range of Soda fired
pottery. This is fired in a kiln they have constructed, featured in an
article in Ceramic Review January 2004. Bill's latest soda pots have been a range of Owls like the one shown here.
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| As seen on Channel 4 TV's TimeTeam - Bill was lurking about pretending to be an ancient potter when they filmed locally in 1999. |  |
In the last few years he has been researching the local Celtic Iron Age technique known as Black Burnished Ware. Bill is making reproduction pieces in collaboration with the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester, and the Bestwalls archeological excavations at Wareham, where Bill rebuilt an actual Roman kiln in July 2003. Follow this link to see more.
Most recently
Bill has also been researching "The Beaker Folk",
making and firing Bronze Age pottery, he has even set up a new domain at
www.beakerfolk.co.uk
A recent development is "Fusion Ware" - the combination of techniques from various cultures - so here are some Bronze Age Beakers (in shape and decoration) which have been soda fired.
Bill appeared at English Heritage's Festival of History on 13 – 14 August 2005 at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, demonstrating his Bronze Age techniques. Take a look at these pages
Bill's biggest development recently has been his involvement with the RAFT co-operative, they have set up the Monkton Gallery in the Old School Church Hall at Winterborne Monkton. Bill's pottery is displayed and he appears as a steward on the rota, during which time he demonstrates his pottery skills and methods. The Gallery is open on Saturdays and Sundays from Easter to Christmas. Follow this link for more information.
Within RAFT, Bill was part of the ARTYFACTS project with the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester - staged from October 2004 to January 2005. This involved getting artists to create responses to artifacts held by the museum.
Bill is involved with running Evening Classes and Raku Firing Workshops with the Upwey Potters, check out these pages.