Beverley Bell-Hughes
phone: 01492 572575
email:
bevandterry@googlemail.com

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    NORTH WALES POTTERS

CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION

Bodelwyddan Castle
November 29th - January 5th

Open to all paid up members of North Wales Potters as at the start date of exhibition

List of participants (as at 15.11.08)

Bev Bell-Hughes
Terry Bell-Hughes
Pea Restall
Sonja Moss-Dolega
Alan & Lyn Newton
Alison Thomas
Simon Smith
Simon Shaw
Phil Mumford
Fiona Brown
Annie Greenwood
Andrew Richards


Note to NWP Members: For further details, contact
Sonja Moss-Dolega tel: 0151 327 2822
email: sonja.mossdolega@talktalk.net
Bodelwyddan contact Morrigan Ellis: m.ellis@bodelwyddan-castle.co.uk

To join North Wales Potters, please contact Mary Matthews, Ty Drysau Derw, Ymwlch Fawr, Criccieth, LL52 0PW
01766 522654

See below for further information

NWP MEMBERS' EVENTS, WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS

North Wales Potters members can contact the web editor if they would like to advertise an event here. Give plenty of notice and send all relevant info via email .

November 29th - January 5th
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
Bodelwyddan Castle

Further Information
This Exhibition is open to all paid up members of North Wales Potters as at the start date of exhibition. The number of pieces per potter will be c.10, to be decided when the number of participants has been finalised. Wall space is available for wall mounted work. There is insurance cover for work on show. Commission will be 30% plus VAT. The set up date for work to be put on display is Thursday 27th November. Work can be delivered to Bodelwyddan Castle on Wednesday 26th November. (The absolute last time would be first thing Thursday 27th November.)

Application Form  available for download and printing by clicking here.   (NB For insurance purposes please include the value of your work.)

Commission Calculator This is an Excel spreadsheet which calculates commission and VAT for you.

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Saturday November 15th 2008
Kevin G Millward at Ruthin Craft Centre
Park Road, Ruthin, LL15 1BB   Tel: 01824 704774

10am for Coffee/Tea
10.30am - Demonstration Start Time

Kevin is a pot-throwing genius! Put this date in your diary - it's not to be missed. The new Ruthin Craft Centre - www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk - has had a lot of money spent on it, it's bigger and better and you'll get a chance to see it and any new exhibitions that are on. For more information about Kevin Millward and this seminar, click here.

NWP Members £8
Non-Members   £12

Please bring a food contribution to share. Drinks and biscuits will be provided.

Latest News!!
Top Pot Supplies will be coming to this event, so anybody wanting to buy materials or shelves can book them in advance with no delivery charge and collect at the event.
Contact: Robin Wright, Top Pot Supplies, Celadon House, 8 Plough Lane, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8BS. Phone 01952 813203 or email robin@toppot.co.uk for brochure and prices.

Agenda for Meeting
1.   ABERYSTWYTH CERAMICS FESTIVAL
2.   EXHIBITION N.W.P. AND SOUTH WALES POTTERS
3.   PUBLICITY -- FLYERS
4.   WEBSITE
5.   EVENTS
6.   VENUES
7.   MEMBERSHIP
8.   EXHIBITIONS
9.   A.O.B.

N.B. For details of membership of North Wales Potters, please contact Mary Matthews, 01766 522654, or email Bev Bell-Hughes

Saturday 11th October 2008 at 1pm
North Wales Potters AGM
Craig y Don Community Centre,
Queen's Road,
Craig-y-Don,
Llandudno.

Click here for Agenda

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Sunday September 14th 2008 at 10.30am
Talk by Janet and Frank Hamer
Coleg Harlech, Harlech, Gwynedd, LL46 2PU

Janet and Frank have kindly agreed to give a talk and possibly a glaze-problem workshop for NWP members. They will also talk about South Wales Potters. They will give a pottery demonstration - birds, fishes and plates - and you can bring a pot to be looked at and talked about.

£8 for NWP members
£12 for non-members

There will be food available in the college canteen at the price of £7.60
for a cooked or buffet lunch. This will need to be booked in advance by the 8th of September. Alternatively, you can bring your own food and drinks if you want to.

Hopefully, Frank and Janet will bring copies of their well-known book for sale on the day.

Sunday July 6th 2008 at 6pm
Soda Kiln Building Event/
Talk and Slide Show
Brookhouse Pottery, Denbigh Phone: 01745 812805, David and Margaret Frith, for detailsStephen Tootell and Euan Craig are coming to Brookhouse Pottery to build a two-chamber, wood-fired Soda Kiln. (David and Margaret will also be running their summer school starting on 7th July.) Bring a pot to put in the kiln, or just come for the talk and slide show. North Wales Potters are invited to come to a Talk and Slide Show about Mashiko, Japan to be given by Euan Craig ( http://euancraig.blogspot.com
or email: euan_the_potter@hotmail.com )
Steve Tootell ( http://www2.gol.com/users/tootell ), Head of Creative and Performing Arts at the International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, will also be present to help.

£4 NWP Members
£5 Non - Members

Please notify David and Margaret Frith at Brookhouse Pottery
( frith@brookhousepottery.co.uk ) or Bev Bell-Hughes
( bevandterry@googlemail.com ) if you want to attend this event so that space can be organised at the venue.

Saturday 14th June 2008 10a.m
Raku Event with Jaqui Atkin,
C.P.A. member, and Neil Glendinning
Coleg Menai, Parc Menai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales

We will be able to raku pots as well as enjoy talks and demonstrations by artists Jaqui Atkin and Neil Glendinning.

North Wales Potters members:
£6 if you bring your own bisqued pot to raku
£8 bisqued pot provided - contact Bev for details: phone 01492 572575 or email bevandterry@googlemail.com
£12 for non-members - bisqued pot provided
Please bring your own food and drink for the day. Tea/coffee machine available. Free delivery service available for larger items, shelves etc.
GREAT NEWS! Top Pot Supplies are coming for the day, so you can get any of those things that you are short of or have run out of. You can order items to be collected at Coleg menai with no delivery charge.
Contact: Robin Wright, Top Pot Supplies, Celadon House, 8 Plough Lane, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8BS.
Phone 01952 813203 or email robin@toppot.co.uk for brochure and prices.

Coleg Menai End of Year Show will be available for viewing throughout the college.

ClayArt Denbigh
Saturday 17 - Sunday 18th May 2008

An educational stand has been organised for the weekend. Please contact Sonja Moss- Dolega, NWP exhibitions person, if you would like to be involved and can offer any time over the weekend. Email sonjamoss-dolega@onetel.com Tel: 0151 327 2822

Tudor/Stuart Period Pottery
Kiln Building Workshop
19th and 20th May 2007 Grayhill Living History Site near Chepstow South Wales

A hands on workshop building a wood fired pottery kiln of the style used by Stuart and Tudor potters. Using techniques and materials used in the period you will learn how to build a kiln of this age. Construction methods and the theories behind its design and dimensions will be discussed and put into practice. The course will be lead by a team of experienced potters who have built and fired such kilns successfully using traditional techniques. There will be chance through the day to discuss other styles of historic kiln and the evidence we have for them.The workshop will take place at the beautiful Grayhill Living History site (recently featured on the T.V. programme Tales of the Greene Valley) which is dedicated to the investigation and portrayal of historical skills http://www.grayhill.org/index1.html.
The site is in an area of area of outstanding Natural Beauty, and has other reconstructed buildings and industrial archaeology projects on the site.Camping is available on site or a B+B list can be provided on request. We ask that you bring a packed lunch for each day.Cost: £50 including all materials and construction notes.We hope to run a second workshop later on in the year to fire the kiln. Pieces to be fired will be most welcome subject to them fitting into the kiln.

Please contact Antony Witton anwitton@yahoo.co.uk (01727 861274) to book a place or for further details.

Showcase Exhibition
Y Capel
Llangollen
Denbighshire

North Wales Potters work will be showcased throughout the year at this popular arts and tourist venue.

The Feile Clai Project

The Féile Clai Project is a new and exciting partnership between The International Ceramics Festival Wales and Craft Potters Society of Ireland. It will create a new partnership in both regions for the promotion of Ceramic. Visit the web site by clicking on the title above; for information, the opportunity for New and Emerging Makers to display and sell their work in Aberystwyth Arts Centres Craft Gallery and more.

NWP CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION 2006
Wood n Things Gallery
Longbridge Street
Llanidloes
Powys
SY18 6EF

An event not to be missed. A good range of work by Bev Bell-Hughes, Terry Bell-Hughes, Linda Caswell, Willie Carter, Phil Mumford, Chris Purdy, Katie Scarlett Howard, Owen Thorpe.
Also lots to see and do in the town; thriving arts' community, superb alternative shops and Great Oak Cafe. Worth an afternoon visit!

September 12th September - 29th October 2006
NORTH BY NORTH WALES
Rufford Craft Centre
Rufford Country Park
Ollerton
Nottinghamshire
NG22 9DF Rufford Craft Centre is delighted to bring together work produced by the membership of two of the country's most accomplished associations: The Northern Potters and North Wales Potters. North by North Wales explores the rich history and range of work produced by both groups in an absorbing three part exhibition.

10th September 2006
10.30 am start
North Wales Potters Master Class
With Jo ConnellThe Dairy
Faynol Estate
Bangor

Jo maker or laminated clay ceramics will be demonstrating her work, presenting a slide show and talk.

This Master class is supported by The Arts Council of Wales.For more information on the Vaynol Estate in North Wales follow the link - www.faenol.co.uk

10th & 11th June 2006
10.30 am start
Dragon Kiln Building Event
Wern Bach
Old Clynnog Road
Pont Llyfni
Gwynedd
LL54 5EE

A two day hands on event. Camping, making pots, dragons eggs, and building and firing a dragon kiln.For map to Wern Bach click here

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st, May 2006
NWP and The Potters Gallery
At CLAYART
The Old Coachhouse
Llanrhaeadr Hall
nr. Denbigh
North Wales

Lots to see and do. For more information on the this annual event follow the link - www.clayart.org.uk

5th February 2006
10.30 am
Katie Scarlett Howard
The Community Centre
Queens Road
Craig y Don
Llandudno

A slide show and demonstration by Katie followed by hands on session - an afternoon of fun making your own figure, with katie on hand to help and advise. To see images of Katies work and find out how the day went go to Claywork online.

September 2005
Pit and Raku Firing

This event was held at Trefriew near Betws y coed. Click the title to find out more.

June 2005
NWP at Booth House Booth house
Holmforth
Yorkshire
Jim Robison celebrated thirty years at Booth House with an exhibition of work by North Wales Potters. To see more about Jim Robison, his work and the gallery visit www.boothhousegallery.co.uk