Throwing Courses 2013

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2013 has certainly been a very memorable and important year in many ways. Looking out of the window this morning with just a brief flurry of snow – perhaps a momentary glimpse of a hard winter ahead. The autumn has indeed offered a plentiful bounty of nuts and berries and the colours still clearly visible are resplendent. The summer too was memorable this year as unusually for South West Wales it really was dry for much of the time.

throwing bowlsIt is on reflection of the summer months that my mind is cast back to my first year of hosting pottery courses here at Waun Hir. It has been a long held ambition to run courses and three were held one in May, June and July.
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Chicken Pie and the First Signs of Spring

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I didn’t spent a great  deal of time in the pottery January and February this year – finally knuckling down and concentrating on sorting out the kitchen and a few other jobs on the house. We’ve been here for 10 years in June and with bookings for my first course in May the house really ought to be welcoming and homely!

Now we’re into March and the first signs of spring are definitely in the air. It’s very quiet here at the pottery and the dawn chorus has been my alarm clock for the last few mornings. The garden has been blooming with snowdrops for some weeks now and the first daffodils are just beginning to wink glimpses of yellow.

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Social Media for Kitchen Pottery

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It has been written here more than once that the internet has become an integral part of the Waun Hir Pottery business. It cannot be over exaggerated how important its use has become.

At the pottery we have  often thought about the scale of our enterprise in relation to the potential audience that it can now reach with the internet. It clearly is not even a drop in the ocean. The UK is quite a crowded island and while on a social level attending craft or pottery fairs can be immensely enjoyable – do they really make sense on a business level any more? Saturation is a word that sometimes springs to mind – same makers, same events, same public. As makers if we want to survive and keep our traditions alive surely we need to be exploring new avenues and thinking outside of the conventional boxes with regards to our marketing?

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Blogging in Earnest

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This is the day when it all changes – previously little snippets of sporadic news or events is all that Kitchen Pottery has offered the reader. The internet has become such an integral part of the running of Waun Hir Pottery that it seems only logical to use the platform to voice opinions and to tell the whole story.

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Christmas Delivery

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We’ve been busy this Autumn at Waun Hir Pottery, and we’ve got plenty of stock!

We will do our best to fulfill all Christmas orders within 10 days, rather than the usual up to 28 days delivery time. Most deliveries will be by 24 hour courier.

If you have any concerns about availability or delivery times in the run up to Christmas please phone the pottery on: 01558 823099.

Swallows Keep Warm and Dry

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Nestling high above the kiln at Waun Hir pottery, these baby swallows certainly found the best place to escape the recent cold, wet weather. The propane gas kiln reaches temperatures of 1300 degrees Celsius, which means the birds must have had the cosiest nest around.

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