Elin Hughes Ceramics

Elin Hughes Ceramics Welsh woodfiring potter based at Kigbeare Studios, Okehampton, Devon
Wheelthrowing classes for beginners and intermediates

08/09/2026

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We're thrilled to announce that Crux Craft Fair will return to Rattery Village Hall Friday 27 ā€“ Sunday 29 November.

Crux Craft Fair is an annual friendly Christmas craft market offering beautiful and unique crafts handmade by local Devon designers. The fair is firmly established as the southwestā€™s premier Christmas craft event and offers the perfect opportunity for visitors to shop locally for gifts.

Over 30 exhibitors from the southwest are carefully selected. Expect leather goods, ceramics, jewellery, woven work and clothing, prints, woodwork, basketry, chocolates and more!

The Cellar Door, a fabulous husband and wife team from Dartmouth, will be running the Crux cafe again this year. Chefs Charlie and Dan use locally sourced seasonal produce, including some from their own smallholding, to create delicious and beautiful food.

Every year Crux Craft Fair supports a local charity, and this year Crux will raise funds for Dart Sailability a charity that enables anybody with a physical or mental disability to enjoy sailing, boating and social activities on the River Dart. Run by volunteers Dart Sailability take to the water as often as possible tides permitting, from spring to mid autumn. Their simple rule of thumb is "if you can sit you can sail"!

šŸ“† Mark your diaries. More details coming soon.

Ar ddydd Iau dwiā€™n teithio i'r gogledd ar gyfer Gŵyl Grefft Cymru yng Nghastell Aberteifi, gan arddangos mewn digwyddiad...
08/09/2026

Ar ddydd Iau dwiā€™n teithio i'r gogledd ar gyfer Gŵyl Grefft Cymru yng Nghastell Aberteifi, gan arddangos mewn digwyddiad am y tro cyntaf yn y rhan o'r wlad lle cefais fy ngeni. Mae'r ŵyl yn ddathliad bywiog a chydweithredol o grefft, gyda dros 90 o grefftwyr cyfoes yn gweithio ym meysydd serameg, gwydr, tecstilau, gemwaith, metel, pren, print, papur, lledr, deunyddiau wedi ailgylchu a chyfryngau cymysg.

Bydd yr ŵyl ar agor o ddydd Gwener 11 Medi tan ddydd Sul 13 Medi, rhwng 10am a 5pm, a gallwch weld fy ngwaith a fi yn stondin 38. I archebu tocynnau cynnar am Ā£9, ewch i https://craftfestival.co.uk; mae nifer cyfyngedig o docynnau hefyd ar gael wrth y drws am Ā£11. Mae'r ŵyl yn darparu gwasanaeth parcio a theithio am ddim o faes sioe Aberteifi. Gobeithio y gall rhai ohonoch ddod draw!

Castell Aberteifi, Green Street, Aberteifi, Ceredigion, Cymru, SA43 1JA

This Thursday I head up north for Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle, exhibiting at a show for the first time in the part of the country where I was born. The festival is a vibrant and collaborative celebration of craft with over 90 contemporary craft makers working across ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery, metal, wood, print, paper, leather, recycled and mixed media.

The show is open from Friday September 11th to Sunday September 13th 10-5pm and you can find me at stand 38. To book early tickets for Ā£9 visit https://craftfestival.co.uk or limited tickets are also available on the door for Ā£11. The festival is operating a free park and ride service from Cardigan showground. I hope some of you can make it!

Cardigan Castle, Green Street, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales, SA43 1JA

Sarah James MBE Visit Wales Darganfod/Discover Ceredigion

šŸŗPottery Wheel Taster Workshops OkehamptonšŸŗAs the nights start to draw in why not try something new this autumn with a T...
07/09/2026

šŸŗPottery Wheel Taster Workshops OkehamptonšŸŗ

As the nights start to draw in why not try something new this autumn with a Tuesday evening wheel throwing workshop at Kigbeare Studios & Gallery ?

ā€¢ Small group sessions
ā€¢ Suitable for beginners
ā€¢ All materials included
ā€¢ Ages 8+

2hrs
Tuesdays 6.30-8.30pm

Dates available:
September 8, 15, 22, 29
October 6, 13

Ā£40 per person

Learn more: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/kigbeare-studios-and-gallery-120804610999

Kigbeare Studios & Gallery
Southcott, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 4NL

This Sunday September 6th Iā€™ll be bringing my wares to Dartington Makers Market. Open 10.30-3pm at Dartington Hall, Devo...
03/09/2026

This Sunday September 6th Iā€™ll be bringing my wares to Dartington Makers Market. Open 10.30-3pm at Dartington Hall, Devon, TQ9 6EL. Hope to see some of you there!

A couple of moody blue cake plates for rainy Sundays like this one. These came out of the little gas kiln last week. Whi...
30/08/2026

A couple of moody blue cake plates for rainy Sundays like this one. These came out of the little gas kiln last week. White stoneware with high iron slip and chun glaze, fired to cone 10 reduction. These slip tests are a much better fit to the clay body than previous experiments - making progress!

Iā€™m really excited about some of these glaze over high iron slip combination tests that came out of the gas kiln this mo...
24/08/2026

Iā€™m really excited about some of these glaze over high iron slip combination tests that came out of the gas kiln this morning. Thereā€™s a bit of crazing (hairline cracks caused by thermal mismatch) that needs to be addressed but overall thereā€™s some great depth of colour and luminosity to these over the white porcelain body.

Hereā€™s another pot in the porcelain clay body I mix up. The colour depends on placement in the kiln, atmosphere and reac...
19/08/2026

Hereā€™s another pot in the porcelain clay body I mix up. The colour depends on placement in the kiln, atmosphere and reaction of the surface to the wood ash throughout the five day anagama firing. I love how here itā€™s taken on a salmon pink sheen and a flickering tongue of flame flashing where the fire has been redirected over a lump of wadding.

Woodfired porcelain mug. Unglazed on the outside, you can see where it picked up a wood ash directional sheen from the f...
17/08/2026

Woodfired porcelain mug. Unglazed on the outside, you can see where it picked up a wood ash directional sheen from the five day anagama firing as well as some rich red flashing. This porcelain clay we mix up at Kigbeare is a slight variation on the ā€˜fine-grained porcelain bodyā€™ recipe outlined in Jack Troyā€™s 1995 book Wood-fired Stoneware and Porcelain. The clay I use has a little extra grolleg china clay and bentonite in ratio to the feldspar and quartz.

Look at these fabulous student pots from the last throwing course at Kigbeare Studios & Gallery It has been great to see...
14/08/2026

Look at these fabulous student pots from the last throwing course at Kigbeare Studios & Gallery It has been great to see everyone's styles and personalities emerging out of the clay over the last months!

If you'd like to to make your ideal coffee mug or breakfast bowl, Charlie Collier and I have got some new dates for eight week courses starting from September. Pots are fired to stoneware temperature so they are microwave and dishwasher safe.

2.5hrs
Ā£280 per person

Starting:
Morning Classes
Thursday 3.9.26 10.30-1pm
Friday 4.9.26 10.30-1pm
Saturday 5.9.26 10.30-1pm

Evening Classes
Monday 31.8.26 6-8.30pm
Wednesday 2.9.26 6-8.30pm
Thursday 3.9.26 6-8.30pm

To book email: [email protected]
www.kigbeare.co.uk/courses

Kigbeare Studios and Gallery, Southcott, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 4NL

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