A long time between drinks
It’s been a long time between drinks as they say, this is my first firing since November last year. I have been busy sorting out a few kilns and doing…
WORKSHOPS FOR 2024
For more details see our CLASSES page
- Throwing Lidded Forms
Date: 9 March, 9am to 4pm
Booking opens: 9am, 19 February - Taming of the Kiln
Dates: 6 & 7 April, all day
Booking opens: 9am, 26 February - Glaze Technology – Beginner
Date: 4 May, 9am to 4pm
Booking opens: 9am, 15 April - Glaze Technology – IntermediateDate: 8 June, 9am to 4pmBooking opens: 9am, 20 May
- Glaze Technology – Advanced
Date: 6 July, 9am to 4pm
Booking opens: 9am, 17 June - Mastering Wood Firing Effects
Dates: 28 & 29 September, all day
Booking opens: 9am, 19 August - Manipulating the Surface
Date: 26 October, 9am to 4pm
Booking opens: 9am, 7 October
Gallery
Gallery hours: November to March, Thursday to Sunday – 10am to 4pm.
If you would like to visit outside these hours, or are making a special journey to come and visit us, then please either contact us through our CONTACT page or give us a call on 07 8626974
Our little gallery was built with the idea of having a quiet place, away from the dust and mess of the studio environment. A neutral white space, softly lit that would display our work on a range of surfaces and help bring out the rich subtle qualities of the wood/soda surfaces. It has a range of constantly rotating stock as each kiln load is polished and displayed, then selections made and sent off to various galleries.
Who We Are
Potters’ Charade Honey and Duncan Shearer are building their dream pottery that produces functional pots and sculptural work. “We’ve found our own quiet, beautiful piece of land and are building our pottery. We’ve built our wood kiln, little gallery and studio. We both make a range of work and really love the connection we have with our customers when they use our pots. Each piece is unique, hand made, fired in our wood kiln and is influenced by where we live” says Duncan Shearer. We invite you to come and visit whenever you’re passing through.
Hot weather firing
The heat of a particularly hot summer day does make firing our wood kiln that much more exhausting, but we’re lucky that we have a lovely cooling stream to lie…