There is so much more to running a pottery studio than spending idle hours at the wheel throwing and turning beautiful objects.

After three years of firing, lots of people learning to glaze, tons of experimenting and even more mistakes, my kiln shelves were covered with drips and patches of glaze. New kiln shelves are expensive so it really makes sense to learn how to grind them down, in order to start again!

A little summary of some of my work from 2024.

The learning curve has been steep and its good to recap and reflect on this year.

This Christmas I took part in my first Christmas market where I sold a selection of my work.

Thank you to everyone at Friends of Donhead at Donhead Preparatory School, who organised this event, and to everyone who supported me, bought something, chatted to me or helped me set up.

One teacher’s renovation of her 1920s inspired a career change – and a pottery school in her garden. Here’s how she cracked it.

Hugh Graham, The Sunday Times, Sunday August 6th 2023

Creating a dedicated slab for recycling and wedging clay is essential for any pottery studio. It provides a firm yet absorbent surface that helps remove excess moisture while keeping the clay workable.

This is how I made one for Hags Pottery this week, from start to finish.

In 2020, as COVID19 hit, we moved into our new house. Things did not go quite as smooth as planned with our planned renovation, but, as we turned our lives on their heads, a new idea for how to live our lives was born. (More on this in another blog post)

As the house renovation took place – my little studio gathered momentum at the bottom of the garden – it was first a storage unit while we moved house but was soon transformed into Hags Pottery. You can see its progress through pictures on my Instagram account and through the captions below.