Bill Crumbleholme Throwing an urn

Bill Crumbleholme Throwing a Collared Urn
Image By Robin Mills
Courtesy of Marshwood Vale Magazine May 2009 Edition 122
(See the Page 3 article Here)

Last revised:
6th May 2009

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

"Not Dorset Art Weeks"
23rd May to 7th June 2009

Welcome to the Upwey Potters webpage about their activities during during their annual show, known as "Not Dorset Art Weeks", because it is held at the same time as DAW (which is not on this year, which is odd!).

Upwey Potters - The Blurb!
Enjoy a variety of traditional & contemporary ceramics, including sculpture & functional vessels, in a delightful setting. Light refreshments available or visit the Wishing Well Café next door for a proper meal or cream tea.
Talk to the potters about their work, inspiration and methods of production. Watch regular demonstrations of throwing and sculpting and firings of the Raku and Soda kilns.

Pat March
Builds stoneware slab pots in pleasing shapes evocative of the Dorset coast and the pebbles of its beaches. Stylised birds and fish feature in multi-sectioned creations as she ventures into garden sculpture.

Maggie & Fil Cooke – a couple of complementary potters!
Maggie’s use of translucent porcelain reflects her Fine Art training. Large dishes, bowls and wall hangings impressed with flower and seed heads portray their transient beauty - a fusion of the artist’s eye and the ceramicist’s craft.
Fil is the kiln maker of the group and produces both decorative raku fired and functional soda glazed domestic pottery – comfy casseroles, mugs, jugs, bowls etc. His kilns in the Old School Yard have been featured in Ceramic Review.

Bill Crumbleholme
A range of thrown vessels which echo ancient wares, fusing prehistoric shapes and decorations with modern glazing techniques, Drinking beakers, cooking pots, bowls, urns & vases. Raku globes give a taste of the orient.

Irene Passmore
Iconic images of beasts, birds and bugs decorate Irene’s tiles and plates. Her torso sculptures use her stone carving skills, finished in attractive bronzed glazes.

Laurence Eastwood
Laurence is the apprentice Upwey Potter, he earns his keep (and a supply of cake and biscuits to keep him going!) by helping with the tasks around the workshop. His latest ceramic creations will be on display, including a range of mugs and teapots, vases and more sculptural objects. He is also getting very good at tutoring people on the wheel. He is at school for the second week.

Venue
Old School Village Hall, Upwey, Weymouth, DT3 5QE
On B3159 between Weymouth and Martinstown, next to Upwey Wishing Well Café and Water Gardens.

Open Every Day 10am to 6pm.
Good access with disabled toilet. Car parking in street or Church car park.

Tel: 01305 815216 when open : 01305 812030 Other times
Email: bill@upweypotters.com Web: www.upweypotters.com
 
Raku Workshops. Follow this link to find out what these involve.
There are 2 sessions each weekday (Weekends are demonstrations only). Sessions will be limited to 8 people maximum and 4 people minimum. The fee is £25 per session or £40 for two sessions (either two people together or one person over two sessions). For that you get to take home the pot you are shown how to glaze and then watch being fired.
You can book spaces by e-mail now on these Raku Firing Workshops, an acknowledgement will be sent to confirm the availablity of the date(s) you request.

Kiln Firings.
The Famous Upwey Potters' Soda Kiln will be fired. See Ceramic Review 205 Jan/Feb 2004 for an article on its construction and firing. This website contains Soda pages devoted to the kiln. If you want to see a firing please contact us to check the dates.

The other Famous Upwey Potters' kiln is the portable Raku kiln, featured in Ceramic Review 161. Check out the Raku pages on this site. This will be fired regularly during the workshop sessions, there is no charge for just watching!

Demonstrations & Drop In and Throw a Pot
The potters will be doing demonstrations most of the time.
Bill and Laurence will be throwing some pots to replace what the visitors buy!

If you ask nicely during the weekdays they might let you have a quick go at throwing a pot - either there and then or at a convenient time later, bookings also taken by phoning the hall 01305 815216 during the show.
 
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