PRESS RELEASE for immediate use 23 / 11 / 15
Inspired
by The Great Pottery Throw Down?
Join us
for Hey Clay!
Friday 4
and Saturday 5 December 
Have you been inspired by the BBC’s Great Pottery Throw Down this
autumn? If so you’ll be pleased to hear that on Friday 4 and Saturday 5
December the Leach Pottery are taking part in Hey Clay! - a national celebration of clay organised by the Crafts
Council and BBC Get Creative which aims to give everyone the chance to unleash
their inner potter.
Along with studios, museums and galleries across the country, the Leach
Pottery invite you to roll up your sleeves and get creative with clay. Come
along and make a clay character at one of our free, family friendly morning
classes or afternoon ‘drop-in’ sessions and help us as we endeavour to make a
whole community of clay people. These fun, family friendly hand-building
sessions are available to all ages and abilities. No firing is included. Hey
Clay! At the Leach Pottery includes free entry to the museum on both Friday and
Saturday, and free throwing demonstrations in the old pottery workshop.
Session details as follows:
Morning Classes: Booking
essential
Friday 4 December
10am –10.45am. Create a clay character. Max 10 Places
11.15am – 12pm. Create a clay character. Max 10 Places
Saturday 5 December
10am –10.45am. Create a clay character. Max 10 Places
11.15am – 12pm. Create a clay character. Max 10 Places
Afternoon ‘drop-in’ sessions: No
booking required
Friday and Saturday, regular 30 minute sessions between 1pm and 3pm. Get
messy with our Giant Clay Etch-A-Sketch and create a clay character to add to
our community of clay figures. Max 10 people at any one time. There may be some
waiting time if busy.
Please note: There is limited car parking onsite but a large car park opposite (£5 per day)
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The Leach Pottery is managed by the Bernard Leach (St Ives) Trust Ltd, a registered charity founded in 2005 reg. no 1111263. The primary objectives of the trust are to further the development of studio pottery, provide training in the art, craft and making of pottery and to advance the public education of the life and work of Bernard Leach and his circle.
The Leach Pottery’s dedication to providing student and apprentice opportunities and excellence in training has resulted in its selection as one of the UK’s new Craft Trailblazers, a group of key employers who have set the national standards for new government backed craft apprenticeship guidelines.
katie@leachpottery.com / www.leachpottery.com
Fine Art Communications
Mercedes Smith / 07825 270235 / mercedes@fineartcommunications.co.uk
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