WEST FOREST POTTERS Selling Exhibition, Guest speakers, Zoom meetings, Potters day, Events West Forest Potters was founded in 1983 and has about 80 members who are either amateur or professional potters, teachers or have an interest in ceramics. The catchment area for members tends to be the Thames Valley, with activities normally between Maidenhead and… Continue reading Home
Neville Hall, Waltham St Lawrence
Annual Exhibition Henley Arts Trail Venue 33 Neville Hall, Waltham St Lawrence, Milley Rd, Waltham St Lawrence RG10 0JP
Polehampton Junior School
Wednesday Meetings Polehampton Junior School, Kibblewhite Crescent, Twyford RG10 9AX
Knowl Hill Village Hall
Potters’ Day Knowl Hill Village Hall, The Terrace, Knowl Hill, Reading RG10 9XB
In person meeting with Carolyn Tripp Wednesday 11 th June 2025
In person meeting with Carolyn Tripp Wednesday 11th June 2025 Carolyn will be joining us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX The meeting starts at 7:45 WORDS, FRAGMENTS, STORIES, POETRY, TRUTH Lives lived, mine and my immediate ancestors, and an anonymous life that created a small… Continue reading In person meeting with Carolyn Tripp Wednesday 11 th June 2025
In person meeting with John Masterton Wednesday September10th 2025
In person meeting with John Masterton Wednesday 10th September 2025 John will be joining us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX The meeting starts at 7:45 Inspired by oriental glazes I started working in clay in 2003, after a career in the electronics industry, research, development… Continue reading In person meeting with John Masterton Wednesday September10th 2025
In person meeting with Miche Follano Wednesday October 8th 2025
In person meeting with Miche Follano October 8th 2025. Miche gave an excellent talk at the Oxford CPA October event when she concentrated on her lithographic process of taking laser printed text and transferring it to clay. We are lucky enough to have her as our speaker for October 8th 2025. Inspired by my… Continue reading In person meeting with Miche Follano Wednesday October 8th 2025
In person meeting with Alison Pink Wednesday March 12th 2025
Alison Pink JOINED us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX Change of Classroom For Wednesday’s meeting the school needs us to use a different classroom. This will be the first classroom you come to after passing trough the double gates to the playground. There is a door access on the… Continue reading In person meeting with Alison Pink Wednesday March 12th 2025
in person presentation with ROSA WILAND HOLMES 14th May 2025
Rosa Wiland Holmes will be joining us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX The meeting starts at 7:45 pm. From Rosa’s website; The focus in my work is on the interplay between one living thing beside another. Ceramic sculptures are a story of our relationship with each… Continue reading in person presentation with ROSA WILAND HOLMES 14th May 2025
Annual exhibition at HAT (3-5 May 2025 )
This is our annual exhibition as part of the Henley Arts Trail. Members exhibit their work for sale in a new venue this year; Knowl Hill Village Hall, The Terrace, Knowl Hill, Reading RG10 9XB Refreshments are on sale with delicious cakes which is a chance to take a breather from the trail and admire a… Continue reading Annual exhibition at HAT (3-5 May 2025 )
Potter’s day with John Higgins Saturday 18th January 2025
Potter’s Day with John Higgins Saturday 18th January 2025 10am-4pm Knowl Hill Village Hall, The Terrace, Knowl Hill, Reading, Berks, RG10 9XB John Higgins is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association and the current President of the Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild. He has featured in many international biennale and competitions… Continue reading Potter’s day with John Higgins Saturday 18th January 2025
AGM (7pm)and Members evening Wednesday November 13th 2024 (7:45)
AGM and Members evening Wednesday 13th November 2024 This is an exciting new idea whereby we will start our meeting at 7.45, following our AGM. There will then be nine speakers who are members of West Forest Potters. They will each spend ten minutes telling us all about their work; some of which will… Continue reading AGM (7pm)and Members evening Wednesday November 13th 2024 (7:45)
In person meeting with Lucienne De Mauny Wednesday 9th October 2024
In person meeting with Lucienne De Mauny was on Wednesday 9th October 2024 Lucienne joined us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX The meeting starts at 7:45 You can always tell when someone puts their heart into creating something that’s both beautiful and long lasting. At Lucienne de… Continue reading In person meeting with Lucienne De Mauny Wednesday 9th October 2024
Carina Ciscato in person meeting Wednesday 11th October 2023
Carina Ciscato in person meeting Wednesday 11th October 2023 Carina Ciscato is a Brazilian potter from Sao Paulo who works in South London. She has worked in the studio of Julian Stair and Edmund de Waal, and has exhibited internationally with work in public collections, including the V&A and the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic… Continue reading Carina Ciscato in person meeting Wednesday 11th October 2023
Katharina Klug meeting Wednesday 13th September 2023
Katharina Klug in person meeting Wednesday 13th September 2023 Katharina will be joining us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX The meeting starts at 7:45 My name is Katharina Klug – I am a potter, artist, businesswoman, maker, designer depending on the time of… Continue reading Katharina Klug meeting Wednesday 13th September 2023
Robert Stevens zoom meeting Wednesday 14th June 2023
Robert Stevens ZOOM meeting Wednesday 14th June 2023 Robert will be joining us via ZOOM The meeting start time TBC Rob Stevens. I trained in Ceramics and three-dimensional design at Wolverhampton in the mid 1970s. Early in my career I spent 5 years in Sierra Leone, West Africa as a volunteer with… Continue reading Robert Stevens zoom meeting Wednesday 14th June 2023
Annual Exhibition (29 April-1st May 2023)
This was our annual exhibition as part of the Henley Arts Trail. 19 talented members exhibited their work for sale. Refreshments were also on sale with delicious cakes which was a chance to take a breather from the trail and admire a great variety of work both functional and decorative. West Forest Potters are a… Continue reading Annual Exhibition (29 April-1st May 2023)
Chris Keenan meeting Wednesday 12th April 2023
Chris Keenan in person meeting Wednesday 12th April 2023 Chris will be joining us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX The meeting starts at 7:45 PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN MUG FOR TEA/COFFEE THANK YOU. Chris began working with clay in his mid-thirties when he became… Continue reading Chris Keenan meeting Wednesday 12th April 2023
Chris Bowen in person meeting Wednesday 8th March 2023
Chris Bowen in person meeting Wednesday 8th March 2023 Chris Bowen An accomplished and versatile maker of ceramics for food and drink. With over 10 years experience as a chef and over 25 years of ceramic practice. Chris Joined us in person.
Jim Reeves in person meeting 8th February 2023
Jim Reeves in person meeting 8th February 2023 Presentation by Jim Reeves, 8th February 2023 On the evening of 8th February 2023 a large audience of WFP members and guests was treated to an entertaining and informative presentation by Jim Reeves. Jim told us that after leaving school he took a degree course in… Continue reading Jim Reeves in person meeting 8th February 2023
Potter’s Day with Nic Collins and Sabine Nemet Saturday 21st January 2023
Thrown and altered form. Potter’s Day with Nic Collins and Sabine Nemet In 2023 our Potters Day returned to its usual month of January. We were very pleased to welcome Nic Collins and Sabine Nemet, based at The Barn Pottery at Moretonhampstead in Devon, who demonstrated and talked about their work. Nic is… Continue reading Potter’s Day with Nic Collins and Sabine Nemet Saturday 21st January 2023
Andrew Hazelden in person meeting 9th November 2022
Andrew Hazelden 9th November 2022 Andrew will be joining us in person at: Polehampton C of E Junior School Kibblewhite CrescentTwyfordBerkshire RG10 9AX The meeting starts at 7:45. Andrew studied ceramics at the Epsom School of Art and Design, and has worked with renowned ceramicists Mary Wondrausch and Alan Caiger-Smith. He learned the technique of tin… Continue reading Andrew Hazelden in person meeting 9th November 2022
Potter’s Day with Carolyn Genders Saturday 8th October 2022
Potter’s day with Carolyn Genders – Saturday 8th October 2022 Carolyn is a renowned maker of ceramics prints and paintings whose work is held in collections and museums around the world. “My work comes from a place informed by my practice of looking and seeing” We were treated to an excellent day learning about the… Continue reading Potter’s Day with Carolyn Genders Saturday 8th October 2022
David Wright 14th September 2022 – In person meeting
David Wright – Henley on Thames David became interested in pottery at school in 1973 aged 14. He was taught by a studio potter and acquaintance of both Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada,Poh Chap Yeap and obtained an ‘A’ level in Ceramics (Cambridge Exam Board). Having become reasonably proficient he helped finance his university… Continue reading David Wright 14th September 2022 – In person meeting