2019 marks the forty second year of the pottery being in Queen Camel.
Enjoy the intensive teaching in the relaxed atmosphere of a modern studio. Learn the timeless skills of the potter and fire pots by the magic of burning wood to 1300 deg C, deep in the Somerset countryside.
Jennies weekly classes
Spring term 2020
Three classes will run this term, starting 14th January. The term will be for 10 weeks with a 1 week long half term break.
Please note Jennie will start to take bookings after the middle of December
Summer school
For 2019 the pottery will be open to students on dates during June, July and August for the week long pottery course.
These are now full
This site deals mostly with the teaching side of our endeavours and with the production of our pots
I established Ridge Pottery in Queen Camel, Somerset, in 1977, with the aim firstly of making beautiful and useful pots of all kinds and sizes and secondly to continue with the international summer school I had started in Devon. In partnership with Jennie and with the help of many assistants, this quickly became a reality.
From the ground up!
We dig our own clay; our glazes are made from local materials, and we wood-fire our finished stoneware pottery. We are devoted to making good, useable pots, delighting in the timeless skill of working in clay and promoting the fulfilling life of creating with hand, eye and the earth’s materials.
Donyatt Clay
We have been using Donyatt clay for many years, having first dug clay out of the Shave Lane pit in the late 1960’s. This pit was started around 1900 and followed a narrow... READ MORE
A Potters Wood
Burning the quantities of wood that we do to get kilns up to 1300 degrees centigrade, makes one conscious of where it is coming from. Our firewood is mostly sawmill waste, supplemented by... READ MORE