Bartley Heath Pottery
My Bartley Heath Pottery page is about the pottery run by myself and my wife Lesley here in North Warnborough. We make handmade and decorated stoneware.
At last some sunshine to dry out my pots!
Love it when birds use my birdbaths
Spent today planning a mini totem pole we could make at the clay table at Odiham Church Fete this Saturday.….why not come and help?
Starting to make again after Hampshire Open Studios…..Birdbaths
Bobby is waiting patiently for our first visitors to our open studios this morning.
We are glad to have Penny Fleet joining us for open studios this year with her lovely colourful mixed media pictures.
I have been unloading the last slipware kiln before Open Studios Start on Saturday.
Our Open Studios Start this Saturday 19th August. Please note The days we are open. Penny will not be demonstrating on Wednesday and Gill will not be demonstrating on Thursday.
We will be exhibiting with the southern ceramic again this year at this great venue. Opens tomorrow!!
In and out of the smoking chamber
Hampshire Open Studios Free Brochures now available at the Pottery. Scan the QR for details of all venues.
Ready for the pit, go!
I have been decorating some slip ware bowls this afternoon.
Delighted and excited to be taking some of my pots to áppART this year.
Micks kiln just out and in the showroom for Christmas
At short notice the BBC South Today came to the Pottery this afternoon to film an interview with Terena Plowright and Angela McFarlane about the Odiham Parish Council Greening Project. They chose the pottery as the venue as Lesley has been doing ‘Plate workshops’ to help promote the project.
It is scheduled to be on BBC South Today this evening.
Greening Campaign workshop plate being glazed ready for the final firing!
Greening Campaign plates from first workshops now dry and packed in the kiln for the first firing.
Free plate workshop underway, at Bartley Heath Pottery, with decorations to celebrate the eight small actions voted for by the parish for the Greening Campaign. If you live in Odiham or North Warnborough, and would like to come to one of the remaining few workshops get in touch with Lesley on 07929600801.to book a place
Autumn dew on the asparagus this morning.
As part of Open Studios at the pottery this bank holiday weekend our garden will be open for tea & cake in aid of Kidney Research UK. There will also be pottery making demonstration in our workshops over the weekend.https://hampshireopenstudios.org.uk/images/document/odihamtrail22.pdf
Visit to Studio172, Lisa and Graham. Exciting place to be. Lovely Work
Lesley is looking forward to this afternoons free plate workshop. Full details of future free plate workshops are on our website:
https://www.bartleyheathpottery.com/free-plate-workshops/
During Hampshire Open Studios we will be part of the Odiham Villages Art Trail with 6 local venues.
https://hampshireopenstudios.org.uk/
We are taking part in Hampshire Open studios again this year. 20th-29th August. Demos/tea & Cake in the garden on the dates below.
We have hardly had a drop of rain here for the last month, so I have put some cream jugs out to dry in the sun. That usually works!
Our Pots are left at Bishop’s Kitchen in Chichester for the team to work their magic. Opens this Saturday
Time to make choices for Bishops Kitchen which starts on Saturday.