Joe Finch and David Small will be running a Potters Surgery during the weekend showing pottery tips, tools and techniques they have learnt and acquired over a combined 100 years of potting. Come and join them in the Pottery Studio to learn and share skills and ideas. 10:00 Kneading and wedging 10:30 Centering (different methods) 11:00 Throwing (cylinders, bowls, bottle forms, oval dishes, jugs, etc.) 13:00 Turning 14
Joe started his pottery career in 1964 with an apprenticeship under his father Ray Finch at Winchcombe Pottery. It was during that time that he gained his first experience of kiln building when helping to build a new two chamber, oil fired kiln. In 1968 he travelled to South Africa where he spent three months with Esias Bosch before moving onto Lesotho where he was sponsored to establish Kolonyama Pottery. Here he d
Joe Finch started his pottery career in 1964 with a four year apprenticeship under his father Ray Finch at Winchcombe Pottery. Whilst learning the more obvious skills such as throwing, glazing and firing, he developed a natural eye for strong, functional forms, and the flexibility to produce pots that are both desirable and affordable. All these factors are still paramount in his work. He moved to Wales in 1984 with
