Two day Weekend Workshop
Building on the successes of 2008 and 2009, the 2010 Whichford event will be another two day workshop with an exciting mix of talks, demonstrations, masterclasses and a competition with guest potters Clive Bowen, Jill Fanshawe Kato, Adam Keeling, Jim Keeling, Nigel Lambert, Toff Milway and Janice Tchalenko. The new updraft wood-fired earthenware kiln is already under construction, and this will be fired and opened over the course of the weekend.
New this year will be a forum on the future of hand-made pottery in Great Britain which will hopefully give everyone a lot to think about, and a “Potters’ Revel and Feast” on the Saturday evening. This will be a real celebration of “Love Pots Love Food” and will include a demonstration by potter-chef Adrienne Baba. For once, the products of the demonstration – canapés – can be eaten by the viewers!
The weekend will be fun and informative and a great opportunity to learn from some of the most talked about potters in the ceramics world.
For the full timetable, see below. Some sessions will be concurrent, but all will be repeated over the course of the weekend, so no one need miss anything.
Weekend workshop costs £125 (£100 CPA members) This cost includes all activities, lunch, tea/coffee and home-made cakes on Saturday and Sunday. The Potters Revel supper on Saturday evening costs £12. (Please bring your own bottle)
Draft Schedule
Saturday 24th April
8.15 AM Arrive for registration, coffee, exhibition preview
Welcome to Love Pots Love Food by Jim Keeling
Introduction to Tableware: “DESIGNING POTS FOR FOOD.” Toff Milway
MASTERCLASS: "PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE". Clive Bowen
BREAK for coffee & biscuits
MASTERCLASS: "STRETCH SUSHI PLATES AND ROCK BOWLS". Jill Fanshawe Kato
Firing the new earthenware wood kiln – the early stages. Adam Keeling
WALK & TALK around exhibition with Toff Milway
LUNCH
TALK: TITLE TBC. Janice Tchalenko
MASTERCLASS: "TRADITION & INNOVATION IN DESIGN – Throwing techniques" Jim Keeling
WALK & TALK around exhibition with Clive Bowen
Informal session “HOME-MADE KILN FURNITURE – saggars, props and shelves”. Adam Keeling and Clive Bowen
BREAK for tea & home-made cakes
TALK: "POSSET POT OR PASTA DISH. What is the future for a domestic ware potter?”. Nigel Lambert
Firing the new earthenware wood kiln - finishing up with Adam Keeling
FORUM: “Is THERE A FUTURE FOR HAND-MADE TABLEWARE?” Chaired by Jim Keeling with guests Janice Tchalenko, Kathy Niblet and the other guest potters
Meet the Potters at the Exhibition in the Octagon
Evening: POTTERS REVEL & FEAST
DEMONSTRATION: “Making Canapes” – Adrienne Baba
Sunday 25th April
MASTERCLASS: “THROWING AND ASSEMBLING THE FISH-RIMMED DISH”. Toff Milway
TALK: "JAPANESE POTTERY FOR FOOD AND DRINK". Jill Fanshawe Kato
WALK & TALK around exhibition with Nigel Lambert
BREAK for coffee & biscuits
MASTERCLASS: "SHAPING THE WAY WE EAT." Thrown and Altered tableware. Nigel Lambert
TALK: “POTS AND FOOD”. Clive Bowen
WALK & TALK around exhibition with Janice Tchalenko
LUNCH
TALK: "TRADITION AS A SOURCE OF DESIGN FOR FLOWERPOTS" . Jim Keeling
MASTERCLASS: THROWN HANDLES AND EUROPEAN TABLEWARE TECHNIQUES". Adam Keeling
BREAK for tea & home-made cakes
KILN OPENING: wood kiln fired yesterday with Clive Bowen, Adam Keeling, Jim Keeling and David Garland.
Close & Farewell
Please note: This above is a draft timetable. The final running order may differ slightly. All events will be repeated over the course of the weekend, so no one need miss anything.
Please contact us for more information or to book your place - tel 01608 684416 |
