Secret Santa Has Arrived - It's a Cracker

This Drinking Vessel has settled on the cold but dry shore

of Iona this morning.

I'm sure it will be put to good use.
It's from Andrew Douglas ( potterboy).
Thanks Andrew,
what a great way to end the Year.

A Merry Christmas to One and All

Here at Barrington Pottery we have had a Fantastic Year.

So Many People have supported us over the past 12 Months

and so many good things have happened.
We Just wanted to take this opportunity to say
A Big Thank You
To all of our Customers and Friends.
We wish everyone a
Very Happy New Year

From Paul & Marion.

A post about Pots...

I've been getting on very well with my new wheel.

I'm not sure what happened in this photo, but I think the lens

must have got steamed up, but I like the effect.

From a clearer lens this is my new Blue slip,

I'm growing to like it, but I think that is partly to do with the fact, that

I made 7 of these and they have all now sold,

apart from the one Marion nabbed for herself.

And Finally

The Barrington Court Wassail Cup.

decorated with leafs from the apple tree

and glazed using the Ash Glaze.

I'm still very busy at the workshop at the moment.

and I'm working on some nice new ideas.

Pottery Lessons Leaflet/ Newsletter

I finally found some time to put together a Newsletter / Lessons Leaflet.

I will have them on my stall Tonight

at the Barrington Village Hall Christmas Fayre.

I've spent the morning trying out the new wheel which will also be in use tonight.

I'm told they have Mulled Cider Tonight.

so throwing demo before I try some I think.

Blue Sky Thinking & Work in Progress

This picture is for me as much as anyone else.

It seems so long since I've seen a sky as clear and blue as this one this morning.

I think this must be the cloudiest year ever that I can remember.

This small bowl came out of last weeks firing,

but as much as I tried I could not get a picture that showed the colour at it's best.

so I took advantage of the sunshine and took this.

It's a bit of a departure for me it's what I would call a modern design,

just drizzling the slip over the bowl.

I seem to be trying out all sorts of new things since I came back from holiday.

I think it did me more good than I first thought.

While I was away I Read the

Winchcombe Pottery the Cardew - Finch tradition ,

book that Doug Fitch had lent me.

Doug's Copy is Signed by all sorts of people, and I couldn't risk taking it on the holiday with me, so I bought myself a copy that arrived in the post the day before we set off.

We took Doug's one back on Tuesday night.

He lent me another,

I hadn't seen this book since I was 17, I used to get it from the library all the time.

and I found a copy on Amazon for £15.00

I seem to have found a nice balance of working at the moment that I am really happy with.

I've got orders for 26 pots at the moment, but in amongst them I am making some nice pieces just for myself.

This being one of those pieces.

I've been struggling with these at the moment, 13lbs of clay.

and yes these are some mugs in the Blue slip.!!!!!
One has to make a living you know.