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Last revised: 2nd January 2010

The Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live & work in Upwey, Dorset, England, making and selling their work and running Workshops.

Find The Upwey Potters at the Old School Village Hall using Google Maps

Send an E-mail to request exhibition & workshop information

Visit this page for details of 2010 Annual Exhibition & Workshops

The Upwey Potters Pat, Bill, Irene, Lawrence (Apprentice), Maggie, Fil A brief introduction to the Potters Click on the name to follow a link to more images of each potter's work.
Pat March	Coastal inspired stoneware slab pots & terracotta birds	01305 813935
Irene Passmore	Landscape inspired Raku plates, plaques & sculptures	01305 814838
Bill Crumbleholme	Thrown stoneware, Raku & Soda glazed. Burnished smoked ware Replicas of Bronze & Iron Age pottery	01305 812030 bill@upweypotters.com
Paul Sutton	Functional & ornamental stoneware, thrown & handbuilt.	01305 815299
Maggie Cooke	Impressions in porcelain - bowls, pictures and wall hangings.	01305 812665
Fil Cooke	Raku and Soda pottery & firing	01305 812665
Lawrence Eastwood	Apprentice Potter	On Application
Studio Visits by Appointment The Upwey Potters can now accept payment via the secure on-line PayPal system, which does not need you to have a PayPal Account - just a valid plastic card! Follow this link.

This is the Upwey Potters combined image for the Dorset Art Weeks in 2010

Fil Cooke Jug
Fil Cooke's Soda Fired Jug

Pat March Lulworth

One of Pat March's Pebbles in the Garden

Pat March's webpage now features her latest brochure

Upwey Potters : Irene Passmore's Dragonfly

A Dragonfly tile by Irene Passmore

Upwey Potters : Bill Crumbleholme's Raku Globes
A collection of Bill's Raku fired globes, thrown during the Upwey Open Gardens and fired during the Village Hall's Craft show.

When to catch the Upwey Potters:-
Except where otherwise stated, the following events are being staged at the Old School Village Hall, Upwey, Weymouth, Dorset, England DT3 5QE
On B3159 between Dorchester & Weymouth, next to Wishing Well Cafe.
Find The Upwey Potters at the Old School Village Hall using Google Maps

3rd & 17th January 2010
14th February
14th March

Pottery Taster Sunday Workshop Sessions at Upwey - See details at this link
Download flyer here (483KB pdf)

13th January - 12th March

Upwey Potters at Whitestones Gallery, Portland See details at this link.

2nd - 7th April (Easter)

Spring Art Show - display of work by students and tutors of classes at Village Hall.

1st - 3rd May

Display and sale in conjunction with Annual Well Dressing at the Wishing Well, next door.

29th May - 13th June

Upwey Potters Annual Show - during Dorset Art Weeks. See details at this link.

17th - 25th July

Upwey Summer Craft Show - local craft, including pottery.

Download the Upwey Potters' Calendar for 2010 as a PDF document here (219KB)

Upwey Old School Village Hall : Users & Fans

Follow this link for more details of workshop events

Pottery Workshop sessions:-
Follow this link for details about Sunday workshops

Pottery Taster Workshops for Groups and Parties

Pottery workshops during other events.

Pat March's Portland Vase (Sold at Dorset Pottery Group Exhibition)

If you have broadband watch this video clip of Raku Firing

Beaker Folk Urns in Bonfire
Bill Crumbleholme's Bronze Age Collared Urns in a bonfire
Take a look at his Beaker Folk Website

Details of the Upwey Potters activities. Elsewhere on this website are pages with more images and details of the Upwey Potters pottery and activities - follow the links to see them.

SODA kiln

RAKU firing (Including a Video)

RAKU firing workshops.

Evening Classes

Sunday Sessions

Pottery Taster Workshops for Groups and Parties

Video Archive.
View on-line videos of potting activities. (Beware large file sizes suitable only for broadband and then be prepared to wait a while!)

Raku Firing at Dorchester Arts Centre

Bronze Age Beaker Firing (Windows Media Player Version)

Bronze Age Beaker Firing (Shockwave Version)

Throwing Pasta Bowls (Windows Media Player Version)

Nurdling

Dorset Pottery Group

Follow this link to the Dorset Pottery Group's Website

Upwey Potters Bill Crumbleholme Glazed Beaker
Bill Crumbleholme's Bronze Age Beaker, Iron rich glaze

Bill Crumbleholme's Iron Age Bowl, Iron rich glaze

Ceramic Review Issue 205 Jan-Feb 2004 featured an article on the building and firing of the Upwey Potters Soda Kiln. Look at these linked pages to see more images and information about the Soda Firing Process

Upwey Potters Irene Passmore Frog
Irene Passmore's Stoneware Frog Tile

Upwey Potters Fil Cooke Soda Kiln Firing

Fil Cooke, Bill Crumbleholme, Pat March, Irene Passmore, Maggie Cooke & Jane Taylor
outside Bill's Studio in Elwell Street (Photo curtesy of Upwey Potters Archives!)

Upwey is striding into the 21st Century with a new IT Strategy (compiled mainly by Bill), this includes a Yahoo! Group for Upwey Villagers (& supporters) - which is open to invited people, please use the box below to request a subscription. You will have to wait until someone from the Upwey group acknowledges your request before it will work.

Here are some links into other websites - set up by friends of the Upwey Potters :-

www.beakerfolk.co.uk Bill Crumbleholme's Bronze Age website

www.chappellstudio.co.uk Michael Chappell, painter who runs a Gallery at Mangerton Mill, near Bridport, stocking Bill's and Pat's ceramics.

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