Welcome to our first newsletter! We are Karen and Ian George. We have been making and teaching pottery for years but in 2023 we decided to take it a bit more seriously. It’s been busy! We called ourselves Elmhurst Creative, created a website and got ourselves on Instagram and Facebook. We now have work in … [Read more…]
We are so proud of all the work our students have been making that we decided to add a Student Gallery to our website so you can admire their work too. The range of work has been amazing. Every week they come to us with a new challenge… “I want to make this – how … [Read more…]
I am excited that Haddenham Art Centre have agreed to stock my new smoke-fired vessels. Lydia at Haddenham Arts Centre was kind enough to buy a similar one at their Summer Art Market. Since then I’ve been experimenting with the form and decoration to produce the current collection. I hope you will agree that they … [Read more…]
Ian George will be showing and selling some of his new ceramics at Haddenham Arts Centre on Saturday 20 May 2023. Please come and see my new work and if you feel inspired to have a go yourself, why not ask me about taking pottery lessons in our garden studio in Cottenham? Summer Handmade Art … [Read more…]
Karen George is among about twenty other potters and clay artists from Anglian Potters showing their work at the Ferini Gallery in Pakefield, near Lowestoft until 29 May 2023. You will find a wide range of work on show from sculptural work to domestic wares. Karen created new work for the event including smoke-fired bowls … [Read more…]
Ian joins the Anglian Potters Spring exhibition at the Undercroft gallery in Norwich’s historic market square. Runs daily 8 to 23 April.
It is a very exciting time at Elmhurst Creative because we have just taken delivery of our new electric potter’s wheel! Just as soon as we get the wiring sorted out, we will be ready to offer lessons in throwing on the potter’s wheel. The Shimpo Whisper T is super smooth and super quiet so … [Read more…]
Ian and Karen will be at the Cottenham Community Centre Christmas Fair on Saturday 26 November 2022, 10am to 2pm. We hope to sell a few pots and get some feedback on our plans for pottery classes. We also hope to test our new card reader!
The annual Anglian Potters winter exhibition is underway at All Saints’ Church, Jesus Lane, Cambridge UK. Karen is among the many clay artists and makers from all over East Anglia taking part in this exhibition and sale of pottery and ceramics. The exhibition runs every day except Mondays until 11 December 2022.
Welcome to Elmhurst Creative. As well as being creative people ourselves, we’d like to help you get creative too. So if you’d like to learn some pottery skills and you live near Cottenham then why not contact us and we can have a chat.
