It’s been a busy first year for us at the studio, we’ve had so much fun & met lots of lovely people all on their own ceramics adventure! Here’s some of the lovely work that’s been produced here this year…

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We’ve got a great new flock of chickens roosting on the drying shelves. Thanks to Jill Collier for delivering an amazing workshop, everyone had a great time. Here are some pics from the day…

Shaping the body

Making tail feathers

Selecting feathers

Giving personality to your chicken!

Jill demonstrating forming the head

Applying the feather supports

September’s workshop

Ready to apply colour

Before the firing

The flock produced in September’s workshop

A date for your diaries….

Fired Up Studios will be open for the South Northants Art Trail from 5th – 14th October, daily from 11-5pm.

As well as a display of finished ceramics by Helen Woolner, Jill Collier & Sue Clayton, there’ll be Throwing workshops available every morning (booking essential) plus free demonstrations of throwing & hand building projects every afternoon between 1-3pm – so do feel free to drop in and see what’s happening….

Learning to throw

Pots on the wheel

Having a go on the wheel

Studio Display

The Church and the Steeple

Raku figure

Wow, what a great little festival! Small but perfectly formed, with loads of interesting stalls & demonstrations – including Fired Up Studios, lovely people, fab weather, great bar & Bands!

Lovely to meet so many first time throwers – only just managed to fit all the pots in the car for the journey back to the studio, keep your eyes peeled for pot firing updates, they should be due for collection from Shutford Village Hall shortly…

Another great part of the Shutford experience was making this platter to mark the occasion…

Had a great day taking our portable wheel on its first road trip offsite to the 2nd Annual Banbury ArtsFest, part of the Banbury District Show…

Our next road trip will be to Shutford Summer Festival on 23rd June, so if you missed us in Banbury head over to Shutford – we’ll have both wheels there for a proper Throwdown!

Have a go throwers – a whole new crop of pot fans

The wheel got put to good use!

Jill demonstrating handbuilding wildlife sculptures

Highlights from the Banbury show…

Art Weeks is upon us once again – this time last year Fired Up Studios was a pipe dream, I was selling pots from my stall in the large group exhibition at the church (a fabulous show – even bigger this year!) and got talking to a visitor about my work and how I’d love to have a studio where people could come and make ceramics, he turned out to be a business advisor at Northamptonshire Growth Hub and here we are today!

If you’d like to come make some ceramics at Fired Up Studios there’ll be Introduction to Throwing on the Wheel workshops throughout Art Weeks. Full details & sign up here

Over 60 people visited the studio for our opening event, Hey Clay!  -the Crafts Council’s annual celebration of all things ceramic. A marvellous collection of pots and platters were produced…