Rufford and Back

Well it's been a very long week, This time last week we were

having breakfast in the cafe at Rufford Abbey.

Friday is normally the quietest day for us, as this is when

the collectors tend to come to buy the best pieces of work

from some of the well known names in the pottery world.

This was how we set our stall up, as ever different from all the others

We set a theme to our stalls relevant to the time if we can.

And this year we set it up as a tribute to all of the country potters

that found themselves in the middle of the first world war.

This Year we were in the turning circle again and our stall

was right next to Doug Fitch.

But we had a fantastic Friday of sales when most of the bigger pots went

That was really encouraging for us, as bigger is the way I want to go

I love making the bigger pieces. 

The weather was kind to us this year as well, which was a first for us.

As ever I took part in the potters games

I was in the relay throwing team for Team Lambert.

 Four pots all 10" tall in as quick a time as possible

we won by a mile.

 On the Saturday I did my demonstration of making pots with lids

it seemed to go down well, this was the question section at the end.

Team Lambert were the overall winners

of the potters world cup. 

All in all we had a great show and a nice easy trip home.

full of enthusiasm if not energy,

but we were straight back in it on Monday morning

with two ladies booked in for a taster session.

Escape to the Country TV appearance on BBC1 iplayer

Well the programe that was filmed last October was shown today on BBC1 at 3pm

for all of you out of the BBC area here is a link

on the i Player

The idea behind the show is people who want to move to a new area

in the countryside get shown a number of property's in a given area

and the couple also get to try a local craft.

We had two ladies come to us and they were such good fun.

Our bit is about 3 mins long.

Let me know what you think?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b047hqfc/escape-to-the-country-series-14-71-somerset

We are off to Earth & Fire on Thursday at Rufford Abbey

in Nottingham

Why not come and say hello if your in the area

the show is on from Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd.

Hence the mad production of pie dishes. 

We have spent the day putting together a stand for the show

There is a prize for the stand voted the best by the visitors

the prize is a free stall next year,

so we have put together what we think is a nice stall

lets see what the punters think?

My Country Business Awards News

Well I'm sorry to say we didn't win the Business Award

In the Country Homes & Interiors Magazine.

I've put the link here so you can see all the winners

http://country-days.co.uk/2014/06/09/my-country-business-awards-winners-announced/

Very well done to Gabrielle Vary for winning in the Craft section

here's the link to her web site, and a worthy winner.

http://www.gabriellevary.co.uk/

I'm pleased to say that

Country Homes & Interiors Magazine have contacted us

with a view to doing an article on us

at some point in the future.

and Don't forget to watch out for us on

Escape to the Country

on BBC1 at 3pm on Monday 16th June.

Here is the Gas kiln in the back garden this morning.

Great to see some real sunshine!

BBC ONE Escape to the country TV appearance

Back on October last year

we did a morning of filming in the workshop

for the BBC TV show

Escape to the Country.

It was good fun and the couple were really nice and good company 

The show will be on BBC ONE 3PM

Monday 16th June 2014

so make sure you set your TV to record.

Lets hope we do potters proud with our short appearance.