Most students have now been back over to Wobage to collect your wonderful array of fired pots from our 2017 season. We will be contacting those of you who haven’t very shortly. If for some reason you’ve been unable to pop in yet, please make arrangements with Jeremy asap, and a day or two in advance of visiting. Regrettably it is not possible for us to pack and post the large volume of course pots that we fire each year. However, if the distance you’d need to travel is impractically long, we are happy to fulfill this arrangement with a courier.

We are excited to announce that our programme of Pottery Courses for 2018 is now fully published and available for booking. Jeremy will host two Beginners in Wheel-Throwing stoneware, each two days in duration. The first Thurs./Fri. 22nd/23rd March and the second Thurs./Fri. 28th/29th June.

Jeremy will also host two Improvers, for intermediate and advanced throwers. The first is a three and half day focusing on Jars and Teapots; lids, galleries and spherical form: Tuesday – Friday 3rd – 6th July. The second is a three and half day focusing on Jugs and upright form: Thursday – Sunday 26th – 29th July.

Patia will host her four-day Earthenware Slip-decoration course, Thursday – Sunday 12th – 15th July.

The first Beginners in March, and Patia’s Earthenware Slip course have only a handful of places remaining between them, so to secure a place on either of these you’ll need to be quick!

A half-day Wheel-throwing Taster session in September which falls during our  h’Art Open Studios and WAM ’18 (Wobage Artisan Market), will be advertised later in the season.

The finer details for our 2018 season of short courses will very shortly be made live and available for booking.

Jeremy will host two Beginners in Wheel-Throwing stoneware, each two days duration. The first Thurs./Fri. 22nd/23rd March and the second Thurs./Fri. 28th/29th June.

Jeremy will also host two Improvers, for intermediate and advanced throwers. The first is a three and half day focusing on Jars and Teapots; lids, galleries and spherical form: Tuesday – Friday 3rd – 6th July. The second is also a three and half day focusing on Jugs and improving upright form: Thursday – Sunday 26th – 29th July.

Patia will host her four-day Earthenware Slip-decoration course, Thursday – Sunday 12th – 15th July.

Running alongside our Autumn h’Art open studios exhibition, Jeremy will be running a half-day taster session in wheel-throwing stoneware on the morning of Saturday 16th September 2017, 10am – 1.30pm. For full details and availability, please view the individual course page. Beginners welcome. (photo credit: Ben Boswell)

Please join us at Wobage for WAM 2017,  a spectacular one-day market place of contemporary crafts and fine foods, on Saturday 16th September.

http://www.wobageartisanmarket.co.uk/

Hand-printed lino-cut wall papers, greetings cards, prints and textiles from Anneliese Appleby

‘Kitchenwood’ locally sourced wooden utensils designed and made by Wobage’s own Ben Casson, from spatulas to pizza peels.

Cowmeadow Flower Farm, with their organically grown, English country garden cut flowers.

Herbal Harmony, natural skincare and cosmetics from Monmouthshire

Luxury natural aromatherapy candles from Cotswold based ‘Hestia’s Flame’.

Locklamp, internationally renowned energy efficient lighting by Colin Chetwood and Nick Grant.

Contemporary blown glass from Kathryn Roberts, hand-made in the Brecon Beacons.

Sarah Tassell makes hand felted fibre art, inspired by natural form.

From the fine food producers you’ll delight in delicious cakes, ice-creams and sorbets, wood-fired pizza and a selection of locally produced ciders, perry, juices and beers.

Wobage Workshops, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye. HR9 7QP. Open 10am – 5pm.  http://www.wobageartisanmarket.co.uk/

Our programme of Courses for 2017 is now live and available for booking. Jeremy runs two 2-day ‘Beginners’ in March and July and two ‘Improvers’ in April and July. The first Improvers is a 3-day and the second invites ‘Jug-making’ as it’s theme with a slightly longer duration of 3 and a half days.

Patia has a very exciting excursion afoot, to tutor and demonstrate in the studio of Margreet Bijpost in Baambrugge, Holland which is on the outskirts of Amsterdam. This is a 5-day course in Porcelain Wheel-throwing. Back at Wobage in July, Patia orchestrates four days of ‘Jar-making’ in earthenware and then in August her ever popular ‘Slip-decorated Earthenware’, also 4 days in duration.

Whether you are an absolute beginner or a maker with many years experience, there is something suitable for everyone! We hope that you enjoy a browse, and very much look forward to welcoming the new season of courses in 2017. Wishing you all a happy and hearty Christmas and New Year. Jeremy, Petra and Patiaxxx

Hi mudslingers. With our festive season fast approaching, we’ve been receiving a flurry of enquiries for next year! Apologies for the delay getting our schedule live on the site. Our dates for next year are as follows. Full details including prices and booking availability will be up very shortly, promise!

*2 day Beginners 23/24 March

*3 day Improvers 4th – 6th April

*2 day Beginners 6/7 July

*Jar-making, earthenware, week beginning 10th July

*3 day Improvers 19th -21st July

*Slip-decoration, earthenware, week beginning 31st July

(photo credit: Ben Boswell)

h.Art, Herefordshire’s Open Studios event is fast approaching, kicking off with our Exhibition Private View on the evening of Friday 9th September. New to the Wobage Artisan Market for 2016 , WAM is delighted to be offering our visitors the opportunity to participate in a selection of taster workshops provided by several of it’s professional makers. These workshops will take place throughout the duration of the Artisan Market, on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September.

Discover your inner maker at our Taster Workshops under expert tuition: Basketry for children and adults with Clyde Hoare, Pottery for children and adults with Jeremy Steward, Lino-cut, Mono-Print and Direct Relief with Anneliese Appleby, Felt-Making with Pearl Taylor, Bookbinding with Sarah Jarrett-Kerr and Card Braiding with Mary Jolly. Resident Wobage potter Patia Davis will demonstrate wheel-throwing and slab-building of her stunning earthenware domestic-ware and the WAM talk for 2016: ‘Wobage, Mick Casson and his legacy’ Ben Casson will share with us the compelling 40 year history of Wobage; through it’s transformation from dairy farm to a thriving creative hub for pottery, basketry, jewellery and furniture making.

photo: Ben Boswell

The Wobage Gallery opens for the season this weekend Saturday 5th March 10am, with a one day only bargain sale of seconds and old stock. Pots by Patia Davis, Sheila Herring, Petra Reynolds and Jeremy Steward and a few baskets from Clyde Hoare. DONT’ MISS IT, ONE DAY ONLY. Wobage Gallery is then open for the season, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm.

Our two opening courses of the season in February and March are now fully booked. We have a second 2-day Beginners scheduled for Thurs.7th/Fri.8th July, and then a 3-day Improvers aimed at more experienced makers, Wednesday 13th – Friday 15th July 2016. By popular demand the latter has an extra day in variation to the 2 day course in March, providing budding intermediates with an opportunity to get really stuck in. These courses are now available for booking. Patia’s two earthenware courses in June and July are booking out fast, don’t delay if you fancy a treat this summer!