Turning time

here is a rhythmic pattern to the life of a potter, one that has been followed at the site on the edge of the ancient Cotswold market town of Winchcombe for hundreds of years. It is a slow and subtle sequence of events that builds up over weeks and months. From the careful mixing of glazes and clay from raw powders and materials; gradually filling up shelves with the tactile forms of bowls, plates, mugs, jars, pots and more, skillfully hand thrown from warm red stoneware clay; decorating with glazes and slips; before slotting pieces into the wood-fired kiln. When the stoneware finally emerges, it is transformed by