Nigel (@nigelwebster21) and I set out for a rather crazy pottery road trip visiting ten potters / potteries over four days covering 800 miles. We visited Winchcombe Pottery meeting Matt Grimmitt and John Forester and learning about the history of the Pottery. The old bottle kiln was quite an archaeological site. We then went to Cotswold Pottery and met John Jelfs who was busy making mugs. The next day we traveled to the Gloucestershire / Hertfordshire borders near Ross on Wye to visit Wobage and Nigel Lambert. We meet up with Patia Davis and Jeremy Stewart at Wobage. It was great to see Patia making her amazing slip decorated dishes and have a look around the kilns. Nigel Lambert lives in an idyllic location where he makes his distinctive woodfired slipware. We then did a mad dash up to mid-Wales to visit Charles Bound. His work is quite extraordinary and totally unique. It was interesting to chat with him about his work and inspirations. After an overnight stay in Hereford we drove down to North Devon to visit Russel Kingston at Lynmouth. His work is full of vigour and enthusiasm. His new gas fire kiln was impressive. We then went to visit Clive Bowen in Shebbear. As ever Clive was his quite unassuming self, showing us around the pottery and his impressive bottle kiln. We stayed over in Bovey Tracey and was amazed to discover loads of pots made by Jeremy Leach who lives there. We even had dinner in The Rock pub where he goes for a pint, although he wasn’t there! The next day we visit Nic Collins and Sabine Nemet in Moretonhamstead, not easy to find however. They have a great set up with Nic’s Anagama kiln and Sabine’s salt glaze kiln. Finally we headed off to Glastonbury to visit Mike Dodd. We were very impressed with his electrically assisted momentum wheel. It was nice to chat to him about his work and about Richard Batterham before heading home. We had a bonus trip to Celebrating Ceramics at Waterperry Gardens the next day and a visit to Whichford Pottery. We had great trip which provided an inspiration for our own pottery making.
David Mason Pottery 
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