Maylord Orchards Activities and Demonstrations

Join us for a potters panel with Janet, Dave, Sophie and Shani, who will be discussing their potting journeys and answering your questions! Sunday 10-12pm @ Maylord Orchards

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Join us for rapid paced outdoor raku firings in Trinity Square, outside Maylord Orchards.

Raku firings are high paced for the easy going world. We start by popping some glazed pots in our outdoor kiln, crank up the gas for 45 minutes, and then open the kiln at a balmy 1000C. Your pots will be put through smoking reduction bins, and quenched in icy water before being returned to you to be scrubbed up to reveal what the kiln gods have created.

Friday and Saturday 1030am & 1230pm 

No need to book, just rock up!

Channel 4's The Great Pottery Throw Contestant, Janet is a playful potter, who expresses her creativity wonderfully on thrown and sculpted ware. She will be delivering an interactive making workshop Friday 12-130pm @ Maylord Orchards

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Channel 4's The Great Pottery Throw Contestant, Shani creates wheel thrown items and has a particular interest in developing her own glazes. She will be delivering a glaze science for beginners talk Saturday 2-3pm @ Maylord Orchards

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Knucklas based potter Tony Hall is joining us on Hereford High Town to show case his mind boggling Throwing Big demonstration.

Expect lots of clay and fire!

Saturday and Sunday 12pm @ Maylord Orchards square.  No need to book, just rock up!

Bryony enjoys teaching a wide range of ceramic processes in the Ceramics Workshop at HCA.

She has always taught alongside her practice, and has delivered many workshops to schools and community groups.

She loves surface pattern, and incorporates different printing techniques into her work.

Bryony will be running press moulding and print on clay workshops on Saturday and Sunday afternoon @ Maylord Orchards.

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We will be hosting a selection of local makers and celebrating the best one of a kind, handcrafted pottery Herefordshire has to offer.

Friday - Sunday 10-3pm

See our stallholders here

This year we will be hosting a ceramics sustainability hub, having teamed up with Hereford River Carnival, the Wildlife Trust, and local makers!

The Sustainability Hub will have stalls from local organisations, a display of work from Rupert Brakspear, and an interactive public project!

All weekend 10am - 3pm 

No need to book!

Channel 4's The Great Pottery Throw Contestant, Dave is a true jack of all, throwing, handbuilding, and surface decoration. He will be delivering two interactive beginners workshops Saturday @ Maylord Orchards

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Nantgarw china works will be visiting us to deliver a talk on their fascinating history and current projects. The talk will be taking place Friday 2-3pm @ Maylord Orchards

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Our experienced team will be running have a go on the wheel sessions in Hereford City Centre all weekend, just drop in!

Maylord Orchards Fri & Sat 10-3, Sun 10-2

No need to book, these are all drop in sessions

Lucy Is a teacher and technician at CUP Ceramics, working both as a handbuilder, and slipcaster.

Lucy will be running a slipcasting taster on Saturday 12-2pm @ Maylord Orchards.

More info here