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Newly designed course website:

We love it and hope that our customers and students do too! The Wobage potters can strongly recommend Papergecko, a small web and print design company, based in Crickhowell, Powys, South Wales and run by artist and designer Stefhan Caddick. For more information contact http://www.papergecko.co.uk/

Would you Adam and Eve it?:

Finally, the Steward family have moved in to their home on the edge of the Forest of Dean!

1st class honours for Wobage apprentices:

Congratulations to Lloyd Davies and Josh Redman, part-time apprentices at Wobage during the Summer of 2008. They have graduated with flying colours from the UWIC (Cardiff) Ceramics degree last month with First Class BA(Hons). A just reward for their hard graft and the great work that contributed towards their degrees and two impressive gallery shows. […]

Sheila Herring, Wobage apprentice:

We are delighted to welcome Sheila Herring into the pottery for a one year apprenticeship from September 2009. This follows the successful application submitted by Sheila and Jeremy earlier in the Summer to the ‘Adopt a Potter’ scheme. Now a registered charity, this fantastic project to fund workshop training to students, was initiated by salt-glaze […]

Course programme 2010:

We are now making final clarifications of dates and content for the programme of courses for next year. The 3-day beginners course will run in July rather than June. Jeremy’s Jug-making, also in July, will run for four rather than the 3 days this year. We are making some changes to the 7-day handbuilding/throwing and […]

Students salt-fired course pots:

A couple of good salt-firings in September and October, have included most of the work made during Jeremy’s and Sarah Dunstan’s courses over the Summer of 2009. Many have already been collected. If you’ve not yet been contacted, then there are a handful of pots that are still to be fired and yours are included […]

New kiln-site:

This Autumn’s sunshine offered perfect opportunity for us to move ahead with the groundwork and kiln-shed construction for the new site. Contrary to the misleading pics, the shed construction was largely undertaken by strong girls with big tools belts, namely Patia and 3rd year Cardiff Degree student Fleen Doran. Thank you Fleen for your hard-work […]

Residency for Redman:

The Wobage Makers invite Cardiff graduate Josh Redman, for a couple of years in the pottery. After a busy Summer, technician to the Summer courses, Josh is settling back in to his own production of functional pots and sculpture. In hot pursuit of the rural Herefordshire idyll, he is baking bread as well as gas-fired […]

Wobage Makers Gallery Summer Exhibition:

The Wobage Makers warmly invite you to our annual Summer Exhibition and sale of new work. 2010 sees an extension to our previous long weekend exhibition on the last May bank holiday. This year’s show begins on Saturday 29th May and continues through to Sunday 6th June. Opening hours: 10am – 5pm. Featured alongside the […]

Adopt a Potter mugs:

Sheila Herring has been busily making mugs to donate to the ‘Adopt a Potter’ Trust which is supporting her apprenticeship to Jeremy this year. Jeremy has designed the shape and handle for the mug, which have been adapted to three different sizes. A batch have just been beautifully fired in the small wood-salt kiln. These […]

Bottle-kiln building:

With the new Wobage kiln-site shed completed a few weeks ago, Patia is now making good progress with the building of her updraught wood-kiln. Once complete, she will journey towards wood-firing her earthenware which is currently electric fired. Patia was inspired by a similar kiln which she helped build and fire with Clive Bowen at […]

Evening class place available:

Patia has a last minute cancellation and therefore a place available on her Wednesday evening class. The 10 week Summer term covers all aspects of wheel-thrown earthenware, including slip-decoration and raw-glazing. Equally suitable for a beginner or a maker with more experience. You’ll find more information and contact details on the Evening classes page

“It’s not just about the cake…”:

Amateur potter and architect, Catherine Yeatman reviews the Wobage courses she attended in 2009. “…there are salads with flowers in them, good company, a family of barn owls, home-made pizza in the wood-fired oven and by no means least there are, of course, the pots…..” Click here to read the review in full

New pots from France:

In readiness for the Wobage Summer Exhibition at the end of May, Andrew and Clare McGarva have just delivered fresh pots and tiles from their workshops in Burgundy, France. For a closer look at their recent production have a browse through their website. You’ll find images featuring Andrew’s large slipware dishes, the McGarva’s widely recognized […]

Patia’s kiln-build update:

After a busy April, Patia’s kiln is now up to the top of the chamber, with the springers in place to begin corbelling the domed roof. Would you trust these two men (see image) with the design of your damper? A lamp-maker and an energy consultant! Thanks indeed to Colin Chetwood and Nick Grant, partners […]

Sheila Casson’s 80th Birthday celebration:

The Wobage makers warmly invite you to join us for our forthcoming exhibition, beginning on the next May Bank Holiday weekend, opening Saturday 29th May 2010, until Sunday 6th June. In celebration of Sheila’s 80th birthday this Spring, Wobage Gallery will be displaying a retrospective exhibition of Sheila’s pots. The exhibition will also include new […]

Porcelain screw-tops!:

Hot from the kiln and ready for our forthcoming exhibition this weekend, Patia is rattling through several firings of both her porcelain and earthenware ranges. Some fantastic new square slip-decorated dishes which have proved very popular indeed, alongside the fresh greens of her yew-ash glazed, reduction-fired porcelain. (see pics) For the first time, she’ll also […]

Hot pots, pre-show wood-salt firing:

The small wood-salt kiln was fired Tuesday 25th and will be unpacked later today, nothing like the smell of a smouldering exhibition plinth! The kiln was crash-cooled and basted just after midnight, and the draw rings looked very promising indeed. Jeremy was assisted over the 20 hour firing by apprentice Sheila Herring, Josh Redman and […]

Don’t miss Sheila’s retrospective:

The Wobage team has been busy this week preparing Sheila’s birthday retrospective of pots, including a ‘for sale’ display of her current salt-fired stoneware and porcelain which has just been unpacked from the gas-salt kiln. Some wonderful mature surfaces, particularly the rich blue-blacks. The exhibition is being set up in the entrance of the magnificent […]

Chill with a farmhouse perry:

The Wobage makers warmly invite you to join us for our exhibition this weekend. Beginning this Saturday 29th May and continuing every day until Sunday 6th June, 10am-5pm. Enjoy the sunshine, the Wobage lawns and Spring flowers, bring a picnic and relax with a glass of Wobage ‘Early Griffin’ perry and a slice of our […]

Mick Casson retrospective & book launch:

The planning for Mick’s retrospective exhibition this Autumn is now well under way at Wobage, touring from Ruthin Craft Centre, North Wales, which has also now published Mick’s biography written by Emmanuel Cooper and Amanda Fielding. The book will be available for sale at £20 from Wobage Makers Gallery. The biography is beautifully illustrated throughout, […]

New pots from Sheila Herring:

Marking a year of apprenticeship to Jeremy as part of the ‘Adopt a Potter’ trust scheme, Sheila Herring will be exhibiting her new body of wood-fired salt-glaze at the forthcoming Autumn Wobage show. In the way that Mick Casson supported and nurtured new young talent, it seems fitting that the exciting and spirited work that […]

Press release, Casson retrospective:

With Mick’s exhibition and book launch fast approaching, find attached the press release for the event. Mick show press release

Oxford Ceramics Fair 2010:

Patia and Jeremy will be exhibiting new work at the CPA (Craft Potter’s Association) Christmas Fair in Oxford, on the weekend of 30th & 31st October. For full details and directions to get to the event, please visit the Oxford Ceramics Fair website.

New course programme 2011:

The Wobage course programme for 2011 is now live with some new additions promising to make for a busy and exciting Summer. Clive Bowen visits the 5 day jar-making course for two days of demonstration and tuition. Designer maker Tavs Jorgensen leads a plaster workshop with hot trade tips on profiling & sledging hump moulds. […]

wigs well on…:

….for the Wobage pottery christmas party, thank you to our hosts Graham and Linda at the Alma Inn in Linton. “She’d an ankle like an antelope and a foot like a deer A voice like a blackbird so mellow and clear And her hair it hung in ringlets so beautiful and long And I thought […]

Happy Christmas!:

Watch out, you saw it here first, the new look for the Wobage tutors for 2011! Thank you to all Wobage students and Makers Gallery customers who have supported us in 2010. It has been a most rewarding and enjoyable year. Some great students and some inspirational fired pots to match, through the season of […]

Winter evening classes, Josh Redman:

Wobage pottery evening classes are now in their 5th year, their popularity creating a thriving, creative, productive and sociable community of makers on each of the three evenings. With priority of place offered to existing students, new places not often become available. Such a last minute opportunity arises here, for two students to join Josh’s new […]

Evening classes, new availability:

The 10 week block of Summer evening classes are now upon us. A most enjoyable term for the light evenings  and the warm gently breeze that predominates over Wobage’s microclimate! Perfect conditions, we anticipate but don’t guarantee, for much quicker drying and pot turnaround of an evening. Wednesday and Thursday class numbers are already up […]

Stepping stones to UWIC ceramics degree:

Congratulations from the Wobage Makers to Thursday evening class student, Clare Mace, who has acquired a place from Autumn 2011 on the BA Ceramics degree at Howard Gardens, Cardiff. Clare joins another ex. Wednesday class student Wendy Houghton, who began the same UWIC degree last year. Good luck Clare!

New photography for May exhibition 2011:

Local photographer JP Kavanagh, who has worked extensively with many of the Wobage Makers in previous years, has been collaborating again with Patia and Jeremy in developing a small body of framed work for the May exhibition. The Wobage Gallery is delighted to celebrate Patia’s work in this year’s Summer exhibition, marking her 20th year […]

Ruthin Slip exhibition:

Jeremy and Patia are currently exhibiting at Ruthin Craft Centre in North Wales, a mixed show featuring 12 makers and entitled ‘Slip’. To paraphrase curator Gregory Parsons, the materials and techniques may be simple, but the results can be astounding. With a range of practice that spans the traditional to the modern and contemporary, the […]

Josh at Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff:

Josh Redman is currently prolifically making towards exhibition at Milkwood Gallery in Roath, Cardiff, South Wales. Alongside these magnificent tall narrow bottle forms for the large window display of the gallery, Josh is working on an installation entitled ‘Dinner For One’ in their main gallery. He will also be featuring a set of 27 photographs […]

Courses review:

A student from last Summer’s course programme, potter Sylvia Holmes, has written review of Jeremy’s 5 day throwing/salt glaze course, published in regional potter’s association newsletters. Here follows the article: “I was recently luck enough to attend a five-day throwing workshop taught by Jeremy Steward at Wobage Workshops, near Ross-on-Wye in rural Herefordshire. We had […]

Summer course guests for 2011:

We have an exciting line up for this Summer’s Wobage course programme and there are still one or two places available on most of the workshops. Clive Bowen visits the 5 day jar-making course for two days of demonstration and tuition. Designer maker Tavs Jorgensen leads a plaster workshop with hot trade tips on profiling & sledging […]

Summer Exhibition, Patia’s 20th year:

The Wobage Summer Exhibition opens on Saturday 28th May and continues every day 10am –  5pm until Sunday 5th June 2011. We celebrate Patia Davis’ 20th year at Wobage with an exhibition featuring both her porcelain and slip-decorated earthenware. She has been prolifically moulding and slabbing out new flat-ware to add to her already acclaimed […]

Private view, Josh at Milkwood, Cardiff:

Josh’s personal experiences form the main concept behind this new work, a large, food-like object produced in-situ and placed on a dining table. ‘Dinner for One’ acts as a stark reminder of the fine line between independence and isolation. ‘100:Poscards’ is one of a series of projects organised and curated by Jazz Cakes, with the […]

Wobage Summer exhibition opens:

This weekend, Saturday 28th May, the Wobage makers warmly invite you to the opening of our Summer exhibition. Celebrating Patia’s 20th anniversary at the studios, we will be exhibiting in the ‘cathedral’ barn as well as the main Makers Gallery. New pots from hot kilns, new indigo dye embroidered fabrics from Clare McGarva in France, […]

h’Art Wobage Exhibition opens:

The makers at Wobage warmly welcome you to the opening of our Autumn Exhibition of pottery, wood, jewellery and sculpture, in conjunction with Herefordshire’s Art Week. Please join us on the evening of Friday 9th September, for a glass of locally produced wine, or a ‘Springherne’ sparkling perry, made from pears harvested from the Wobage […]

Successful season of Summer courses 2011:

With the broadleaf colour beginning to appear and a wee chill of an evening a sign of the end of the Mediterranean Summer we’ve enjoyed in rural Herefordshire,  a little time to reflect upon an inspiring season of workshops at Wobage. Fully booked courses, some terrific new visiting demonstrators, notably Tavs Jorgensen and Clive Bowen […]

‘Talking in Clay’ Courtyard Arts:

Josh Redman features in this current exhibition at Hereford’s Courtyard Art Centre which runs through h’Art until Sunday 18th September. The exhibition features a selection of international, national and local ceramists and also includes an exciting range of events including ‘have a go throwing’, ‘family pot decorating sessions’, and artist’s talks. Furthermore, Josh will be demonstrating […]

Josh Redman, new exhibition:

In addition to his selection of sculptural candle holders now on display as part of the Wobage pre-Christmas exhibition, Josh is also displaying new pots in a few different venues. He is now stocked at European Makers Gallery, Amsterdam. http://www.europeanmakers.nl/Eng/1.html A selection of his mugs and bowls will be on display during the Christmas exhibition […]

Wobage Christmas exhibition 2011:

The Wobage makers warmly invite you to our Christmas Exhibition. Please join us for a browse and a home-made mince pie and fresh cup of coffee or tea. The pies are warm and delicious! On display is a range of new work from all of the makers, with plentiful gift ideas for Christmas across a […]

New course programme 2012 launches:

Led by Jeremy Steward and Patia Davis, the pottery at Wobage Workshops is delighted to introduce it’s teaching programme for 2012, which this year expands with the introduction of some brand new courses. Large-ware thrower from Norfolk, Stephen Parry, guests alongside Jeremy Steward on a five day ‘Big Improvers’ course, focusing upon extending student skills […]

Contemporary Ceramics, London:

Jeremy and Patia are currently exhibiting recent work at the new Contemporary Ceramics Centre in London. Contemporary Ceramics is newly situated in the heart of Bloomsbury, opposite the British Museum, a must visit for pot-lovers. It is the gallery arm of the CPA, the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain, of which Patia is a […]

Plant pot demo’:

Adam Keeling heads the production team of plant-pot makers at the world renowned Whichford Pottery in Warwickshire. An audience of 24 packed into the Wobage throwing studio earlier this month; it included evening class students and UWIC Ceramics undergraduates as well as the Wobage crew. All of us greatly enjoyed Adam’s large-ware demonstration, where he […]

Summer courses season begins:

Over a long weekend, beginning 1st June, Wobage welcomed a full quota of ‘Improvers’ to participate in the first course of the season. With the dining canopy erected, the lawns mowed and the studios spring cleaned, it was great to bring the throwing studio alive with prolific activity. The 3 day course covered a wider […]

Beginners course news:

Beginners they were, but are no longer! Flamin’ June, flamin’ eck! Despite the drizzle, and with the throwing studio wood-stove fuelled, our intimate group last weekend came on a real treat over the 2½ days. A big thank you to Tracey our caterer for such wonderful grub. To name just a few, hot soup, red […]

Testimonials 2012:

“A very stimulating course. Excellent facilities and very generous provision of materials. Yummy lunches. There was a really good balance allowing me to explore the materials myself and ask for help whenever. The tutors worked hard all the time.” 5-day ‘Porcelain’, with Patia Davis & Matt Blakely “Just to let you know that I had […]

Jug-making, late availability:

The summer courses season at Wobage is drawing to a close, with our final 5 day course beginning this coming Wednesday 22nd August. We still have a couple of places available and it’s still not too late to book! The course is suited to those with some previous experience in wheel-throwing and  includes visiting demonstration […]

Tuesday evening class, Autumn term:

We have a new evening class beginning in September, and a new tutor Ana Simmons, recently graduated with a first class BA(Hons) in Ceramics from Cardiff. Ana joins Wobage very shortly, where she plans to continue with her range of reduction fired porcelain and to begin teaching on the course programme. This 10 week course […]

Early-Bird discount for 2013 season!:

For the 2013 season, now live, we are offering a 5% discount on bookings made before December 31st 2012. In addition, you’ll get a £15 pot voucher to spend on a pot made by one of the tutors teaching on the course that you have booked on.

Evening classes Jan’2013:

We’ve had two late cancellations for our sought-after Tuesday and Wednesday evening classes, and therefore, we are able to offer part-term availability for a new student to join each class. There are a limited 8 places available on each course, and with existing students being offered priority of place for subsequent terms, new places arise […]

‘Early-birds’ extended to 31st Jan’:

Here’s looking forward to the warmth and sunlight of longer days, and to our exciting course programme for 2013. Our apologies for the rather sluggish launch of the new season’s programme towards the end of last year. I’m sorry that we didn’t post up the regular pre-Christmas newsletter to let everyone know. Finally though, here […]

Evening classes April 2013:

We have just one space still available for our Tuesday evening class, beginning April 16th for 10 weeks. Places for these popular courses are highly sought after. Existing students are offered priority of place for future terms, so new places seldom arise. Snap it up quick! For further details and term dates, please view our […]

Summer courses 2013, update:

Any places still available on our Summer course programme are booking out fast, so to guarantee a place on your course of choice, you’ll need to be quick. Please note on individual pages that some courses are already full and others just have one space available. We are looking forward to an exciting season, with […]

Course programme 2014:

Our summer 2014 programme is close to launch, full dates and details for which will be available for viewing online within the next two or three weeks. New to the season will be a repetition production course ‘From Egg Cups To Breadcrocks’, Earthenware Throwing Improvers guesting Jane Bowen and the re-introduction of a firing course […]

Wobage Christmas Exhibition:

Please join us at Wobage for fresh coffee and mince pies for our Chrismas Exhibition. We’re open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10am – 5pm. Enjoy a break from the busy high-streets, a quiet shopping experience for quality hand-made. For further information, please visit our Wobage Gallery website.

‘Early Bird’ discount 2014:

For the 2014 season, we are once more offering a 5% discount on bookings made before January 31st 2014. In addition, you’ll get a £15 pot voucher to spend on a pot made by one of the tutors teaching on the course that you have booked on. Our course prices are unchanged from last year, […]

Guest demonstration 2014:

We’re very excited by our line-up of guest demonstration for 2014. We welcome Hermann Peterson all the way from the North Friesian Island of Pellworm, North Germany, for an all new ‘Improvers’ course. A master of our contemporary studio pottery generation, Professor Walter Keeler returns for 2 days of demonstration and tutorial during the ‘Jug-Making’ […]

Testimonials:

You can read reviews from students attending courses in previous years, on the page ‘Testimonials’ via the courses pages. The Wobage flat is booked for the first three courses of the season, but still free for the last, Patia’s 4 day ‘Slip-decorating Earthenware’. You’ll find recommendations for alternative local places to stay on our ‘Accommodation’ […]

New course with guest Australian potter, Sandy Lockwood:

We are delighted to publish that Sandy Lockwood will be visiting Wobage for demonstration and tutorial during her visit to Europe this August ’14. The Improvers course is entitled ‘Clay Brainstorming’, please view the individual course page for further details. ‘To be successful you  must respect failure and understand the power that not knowing can […]

Fun with Facets:

We’ve an exciting new course just published, a one-day exploration into the seductive joys of faceting wheel-thrown clay, with tutor Anastasia Simmons. A one-off, Saturday 3rd May, don’t miss it!

Rest in Peace Dilly dog:

This week we heard from long-standing summer school student Jane and the sad loss of her canine companion, Dilly. The gentle and beautiful old Dilly, will perhaps be best remembered for her wonderfully distinctive and wispy ears! Over the years she has become something of a mascot for the Wobage summer season and she’ll be […]

Earthenware throwing with Jane Bowen & Patia Davis:

We’ve had a last minute cancellation for our most popular course of the season, the 5-day Earthenware Throwing & Slip Decoration course with Patia and guest Jane Bowen, 9th – 13th July 2014.  It’s a great looking schedule,  a last chance for someone to book up! Further course updates: There are still places available on […]

New Monday Evening Class for Jan’ 2015:

Monday’s class is a wheel- throwing course, catering for all skill levels from complete beginners to well experienced makers. We have a power-wheel for each student,  a maximum of nine for each 10 week term. There is a Saviac treddle wheel for anyone preferring foot power rather than electric! Alongside developing skills in throwing and […]

Summer 2015:

Jeremy and Patia are taking sabbatical from summer teaching this year, 2015, so there will be no intensive courses forthcoming this season. Many of you have contacted us, and we are very sorry to disappoint. If you would like to keep in touch and hear about future courses when they are made live on the […]

Basketmaker joins studios:

We are delighted to welcome basketmaker Clyde Jefferson to the Wobage studios. Working in the upstairs of the Farm granary, Clyde works alone creating a range of traditional baskets, handmade from a wide variety of natural hedgerow materials.  All materials are sourced from renewable and sustainably managed hedgerows.  They include willows of many types, dogwood, […]

Wild Wicker courses at Wobage:

Basketmaker Clyde Hoare will be running regular introductory courses in basket weaving throughtout the year. These are day-long courses that introduce a basic understanding of basket making from its history to its place in the modern world. You will get to craft your own basket using green and dried willow, red and yellow dog wood […]

Summer term evening classes:

We have had a late cancellation for the forthcoming summer term for Thursday evenings. New availability is a rare commodity so please get in touch hastily via the booking page if you are interested in joining us. Beginners are very welcome. You’ll find further details on the evening class page. THURSDAY CLASS – SUMMER 2015 […]

Course dates and details for Summer 2016:

  Two courses are scheduled in for summer 2016. THROWN AND SLIP DECORATED EARTHENWARE . A five day course with Patia Davis and guest demonstrator James Burnett Stuart. …..  early July 2016, date…to be confirmed SLIP DECORATED EARTHENWARE DISHES with Patia Davis. A five day course exploring slab moulded dishes and thrown and altered dishes. […]

Wheel-throwing – Beginners/Intermediates 2016:

We are delighted to announce two short intensives for the new year, the first in February, the second in March. The first is ideal if you’ve never as much as touched clay before and wish to give wheel-throwing a go. Or perhaps you’ve dabbled in a previous life many years ago and you’re in need […]

5 day Earthenware courses 2016 go live!:

Patia’s hugely popular 5 day red-earthenware courses fall in June and July next year, and they are now live on the site and available for booking. We’re very excited to be welcoming James Burnett-Stuart down from his home and workshop in North Herefordshire for the Earthenware Throwing course. For further details check out the individual […]

Petra Reynolds – New pots at Wobage Gallery:

This Saturday 19th December is the last chance before Christmas to choose from a selection of fabulous hand-made work from the Wobage Gallery, from pots and kitchen-wood to baskets, jewellery and textiles. Returning from a break from pot-making, Petra has a fantastic selection of her slab-built domestic ware, fresh and hot from the wood-salt kiln. […]

Beginners & Improvers courses July 2016:

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 […]

Wobage Gallery Sale:

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 […]

Pledge your support for Martin Clarke & Tilley Printers – A short Documentary Film by Moss Davis:

Through the crowd funding process of KICKSTARTER…  Film maker, Moss Davis will now be able to go ahead with this exciting project. The initial baseline fund of £1,500 has now been reached, which is absolutely fantastic. Phoebe Clive, owner of TINSMITHS in  the local town of Ledbury has been instrumnetal in believing and valuing,  the […]

h.Art and WAM taster workshops 2016:

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 […]

Courses schedule 2017, Summary:

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 […]

Courses 2017 now live!:

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 […]

Wobage Artisan Market September 2017:

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 […]

Wheel-throwing stoneware half-day WAM 17:

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)

Courses schedule 2018:

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 […]

2018 Pottery courses live and available for booking:

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 […]

Fired pots to collect:

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 […]

March Wheel-throwing Beginners – last minute place:

We have received a last minute cancellation at the Pottery today for this March Beginners course in Wheel-throwing. (as of Monday 19th March) This is available at the reduced rate of £110.00. Thursday/Friday 22nd/23rd March, anyone fancy trying their hand at mudslinging? Please share! https://www.workshops-at-wobage.co.uk/news/2-day-wheel-throwing-beginners-march-2018/

Newsletter subscriptions April 2018:

Dear Wobage friends and mudslingers. Our website is currently undergoing some maintenance and tender loving care from the wonderful Papergecko, which will include a switch in the administration of our Newsletter function. If you are subscribed to receive these occasional newsletters via e-mail, you will shortly be notified of our move to Mailchimp administration. Mailchimp […]

New Courses season 2019!:

Our course schedule for 2019 is now live and available for booking, horrahh! Please accept our sincere apologies for the protracted delay. There are three Improvers courses, all in July, aimed at makers with some previous experience in wheel throwing. The titles for these are ‘Thrown and Altered’, ‘Just Mugs!’ and finally ‘Jars’. Each are […]

Wobage Christmas Exhibition 2018, final opening hours:

It’s been wonderful to see the Wobage Makers Gallery so busy up to Christmas. Our final opening hours are Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd December, 10am- 5pm. Both Patia and Jeremy have both fired again subsequent to the Private View opening back in November, so there is still plenty of fresh and exciting new work […]

Summer Courses 2020:

Dear Wobage Mudslingers. Our seasson of Courses for the new year will be launched and available for booking towards the end of this month, November. Patia and I are busy assembling course structure and final details in order to make them live for you as soon as possible. In summary, dates and course titles are […]

2020 Courses Live and Available for Booking!:

Our season of Summer Schools for 2020 is now live on the website and available for booking! Patia, Petra and Jeremy are very much looking forward to next Summer, to welcoming a fresh cohort of students, and meeting friends old and new. For further details, please visit the individual course pages, via the following links: […]

Wobage Makers Gallery – Christmas Opening 2020:

The Wobage Gallery is looking absolutely fantastic for Christmas, and is brimming with top quality stock from all our resident makers. Patia has a fabulous and diverse range of stock in both Slip-decorated Earthenware, and Porcelain. Petra has been busy in the pottery once again, making her unique range of slab-built domestic ware, wood salt-fired […]

New Courses season 2022:

Thanks for your patience mudslingers. Our courses programme for next year, will be live and available for booking very shortly!

2022 Summer Courses season, now live!:

Hey lovely mudslingers Yes, we have three courses now available for booking for 2022. As we approach the shortest day with another dark dreary morning, I am already yearning for Petra’s yummy lunches under the Wobage canopy and long Summer evenings. By popular demand, we start the season with ‘Clay-Brainstorming’, This course seeks to provide […]

Wobage Makers Gallery – Christmas 2021:

Wobage Makers Gallery is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10am-5pm up until Christmas. We close for business this year at 5pm on Thursday 23rd December. Our Gallery is spacious and well-ventilated, and packed full of fresh stock for Christmas. Please join us for a quiet browse away from the bustle of the High Streets, a […]

Summer Schools 2023:

Dear friends and mudslingers. We are excited to announce that our season of Wobage Pottery Summer schools for 2023 will be published online on our Courses website this Thursday 8th December at 7pm. As soon as these full details are live on the website, you’ll be able to book. In the meantime, here are the […]