Crafts CouncilDirectoryWOODSETTON ART POTTERYDesigner maker in ceramic and metalWest Midlands, EnglandCeramicsJewelleryMetalworkingSocial practiceCraft educatorMixed mediaWebsiteE-mailInstagramFacebookAboutInfoRooted by training & history to The Black Country village of the same name, using local clay, minerals &metal from The UNESCO Black Country Geopark to make pieces of use.Three generations made their livings as designer makers for 50 years.The house & workshops have a long history being; by the Parkes family of iron founders; descendants of Abraham Derby 1st.For the latter 30 years, also a pottery with a history of making for galleries, museums and exhibitions in the UK, America, Japan & Europe.Focus:Wheel thrown stoneware, porcelain and metalCV:Download documentCommissions:Available for commissionsAboutRooted by training & history to The Black Country village of the same name, using local clay, minerals &metal from The UNESCO Black Country Geopark to make pieces of use.Three generations made their livings as designer makers for 50 years.The house & workshops have a long history being; by the Parkes family of iron founders; descendants of Abraham Derby 1st.For the latter 30 years, also a pottery with a history of making for galleries, museums and exhibitions in the UK, America, Japan & Europe.InfoFocus:Wheel thrown stoneware, porcelain and metalCV:Download documentCommissions:Available for commissionsWebsiteE-mailInstagramFacebookProjectIn preparation for upcoming celebrations of Dudley International Geopark StatusProjectBIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERY WORKSHOPSProjectKeswick School of Industrial Arts at Keswick Museum & Art GalleryProjectVICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM. Product development alongside their major exhibition “Decadence and Dreams: Art Nouveau 1890-1914”Project“LAPWORTH LATE” AT UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Kaolinite + Minerals + Metal Oxides + Heat = PotsProjectBlack County Enamel WaresProjectOSTRACISM & THE “JUDGMENT OF THE POTSHERDS”An audience participation project at Potfest by Lorraine Bates & Jo Stant of Woodsetton Art Pottery