The Loss of a Friend in the Pottery world.
With the sad news that Phil Rogers had died just before Christmas I started to write a blog about him and his influence over me as a potter since as early as I can remember! Then I began to see all the other people writing about him and I was overwhelmed by the many wonderful things people said about him? What more could I add to that, he was in all ways a giant in the pottery world! We even added another brown jug to our collection from the Goldmark Gallery I’ve often had Phil’s videos playing in my workshop as a source of both information and inspiration But instead of mourning his loss and feeling glum, I’m going to count myself lucky that I got to know him and can count him as a friend. When Marion bought me the jug 4 years ago I put a picture on Face ache of me proudly holding it and Phil commented “ I love it when a fellow potter buys one of my pots, especially one I admire”. You could have knocked me over with a feather! ( or do you think he was referring to the jug? ) Onl
