Beautiful handmade contemporary porcelain tableware

I just wanted to say, I’m back from a busy show in New York. I’m also taking bookings for courses and evening classes which start in the Cambridge studio on 5th September (see below). My next shows are Origin and 100%Design less than a month away!

There’ll be a little delay on replies and postage for the next week as I will be showing at the New York Gift Fair but please do keep in touch and visit my booth in the new Handmade Designer Maker Hall if you are at the show booth number 9533C.

I’m now taking bookings for evening classes, craft club and day courses at the Cambridge Studio (Stoke courses launch in January) so please do email or write to me if you are interested- see below for details!

Current courses, these are all at the Cambridge Studio
29 Kidmans Yard, Primrose St, Cambridge, CB4 3DY

Silver bangle making day Saturday 7th August 10-4 £75 including silver to make a beautiful original bangle
Hand-building in porcelain Sunday 8th August 10-4 £60 per person, all materials and firings included
Sunday 5th September- popcorn stitch crochet purse- come and make a lovely crochet purse and line it with Amy Butler fabric, 10-4 £60 all materials included to make two purses

Craft Club! Launching on Monday 6th September and running in 6 week blocks 4-6pm, join me in my workshop for tea, cakes and craft. We’ll work on projects together like ceramics, crochet, knitting, Christmas decorations! The cost is £5 a week with occasional material costs- or bring your own. Accompanied, well behaved children welcome! This is an informal group, for a taught session please see Craft Club nights!

Evening classes
Ceramics Monday 7-9 pm starting 6th September, materials included. £150 per 12 week term
Craft club nights! Tuesday 7-9pm Starting 7th September £120 per term with some additional material costs
Silver Jewellery Wednesday 7-9pm Starting 8th September £150 per 12 week term plus cost of silver

Courses at the Stoke Studio are launching in January, please contact me to register your interest! info">email me

There’s still one more weekend of Cambridge Open Studios to go (24/25th July 11-6) so please come and see me at Woodside Rural Care, Cambs or visit the artists marquee to buy sale work and old favourites at Burwash Manor Barns. The Stoke studio will be on downtime over the summer and open again in September for new product development and tea-set production!

On August 2nd I will be having an open day at a new workshop in Cambridge 11-4, so please come along to say hello and see the new gallery/ teaching space. There will be free taster sessions on the wheel, demonstrations and a free make and take clay workshop for children. The address is 29 Kidmans Yard, Primrose St, Cambridge CB4 3DY

New courses will start too:
Family workshops, £4 per person, under 4s free and welcome. Tuesday 3rd August 10-12.30 is pottery for parents and children.
Tuesday 3rd August 1.30-3.30 Family crochet workshop, learn how to make a granny square to start a blanket!
Silver bangle making day Saturday 7th August 10-4 £75 including silver to make a beautiful original bangle
Hand-building in porcelain Sunday 8th August 10-4 £60 per person, all materials and firings included
Sunday 5th September- popcorn stitch crochet purse- come and make a lovely crochet purse and line it with Amy Butler fabric, 10-4 £60 all materials included to make two purses

And…craft club is starting! Launching on Monday 2nd August and running all year 4-6pm, join me in my workshop for tea, cakes and craft. We’ll work on projects together like ceramics, crochet, knitting, christmas decorations! The cost is £5 a week with occasional material costs- or bring your own. Accompanied, well behaved children welcome! If there is enough demand I will start a later group one evening a week for adults, including wine and knitting!

I can’t wait!!!!

I’m just waiting for the kiln to cool down so I can glaze some new cups, plates, bowls and colanders for the next open studios next weekend.
Rebecca Winder will be running a Saturday silver ring making workshop 10-4 on Saturday 17th July from my teaching workshop in Cambridge, please contact me to book or for more info 07771933948.
I will be doing some more ceramics workshops after open studios, watch this space!

Here are the dates for June and July’s events:
19/20 Open Studios, part of Saffron Walden open studios I will be showing my work at Woodside Rural Care, 32 South Road, Great Abington Cambridge CB21 6AU

26th June- Silver ring making workshop with Rebecca Winder, in Cambridge, 10-4 £60 including basic materials, at 29 Kidman’s Yard, Primrose St Cambridge
27th June- Handbuilding day workshop with me! Make porcelain jugs and espresso cups 10-4 £60 including materials and firings at 29 Kidman’s Yard, Primrose St, Cambridge

Contact me to book a place or for more information!
Each weekend in July I will be at Woodside Rural care selling my work, good seconds, bew work and giving throwing demos 11-6 Saturdays and Sundays. I will also have a display of work for sale at Burwash Manor Barns each weekend in July 10-5 so please come along and say hello!

I’ve been absorbed with a big project for the last month and so much else has been going on which I can finally catch up with. The best news is that all my winter shows are now confirmed and I will be updating all the dates and stand numbers in the next few days on the diary page, but in a nutshell here’s the plan for the next few months:
June: Open studios in Cambridgeshire at Woodside
July: Open studios in Cambridgeshire at Woodside and Burwash Manor Farm
August: New York International Gift Fair
September: Origin, 100% Design and launch of new online shopping store!
November: Lustre (Nottingham) Country Living Christmas Fair, Brighton Craft Fair

Not to mention all the new shops and Exhibitions including current shows at the Millenium Gallery Sheffield, Craft and Design Centre Leeds and RBSA Birmingham.

And….I’ve got some dates lined up for throwing lessons and family craft clubs in Cambridge coming soon…

It was so nice to meet so many lovely people at the Spring fair last week, thankyou if you came and said hello or bought a pot! Now I am busy filling orders and restocking for all the spring exhibitions. I have several courses lined up so if you would like to come and throw a set of your own bowls, or hand-build a teaset, or even try your hand at raku firing a teabowl, please sign up for one of my one day courses!
Details are on the diary and stockists pages, but please do contact me if you have any queries, but for bookings contact the venue directly.

The tickets have gone to a good home, I’m busy making price tickets and wrapping the pots up ready for the Country Living Spring Fair next week. Come and say hello if you are visiting, I will be on stand H80, there are some new shapes and some old favourites, plus a new collection of pattern work in blue enamel and platinum lustre. Confirmations for exhibitions throughout the year and shows are all coming in so check the diary and stockists pages to see what’s new, and contact me directly if you would like to become a stockist!

I have two tickets to give away for the Country Living Spring fair to the first person to email me and claim them!
They are valid for two people to enter free of charge any day except Saturday- look forward to hearing from you!

It was a tense week in the workshop, lots of orders went into big kiln 12 to be glazed and thankfully have all come out in time to be sent out on Monday. I also had to give a presentation about the progress my business has made over the last 6 months as I have been on a business development scheme. The competition was tough… and I am delighted to announce that I won! The money and support will help me to take on an assistant, develop the propotype for the next collection, and print a lovely mail order brochure!
If you want to know more about the business scheme, the link is here www.beinspiredatstaffs.co.uk/