Crafts CouncilDirectoryWOODSETTON ART POTTERYIn preparation for upcoming celebrations of Dudley International Geopark StatusAboutCurrently working on new pieces with local minerals and fossils using traditional sprigging techniques. During lockdown I had more time to collect and study the local minerals and fossil strata on permitted walks and have been experimenting With preparing and firing them to imitate the changes that they undergo in historic natural geological heating and metamorphosis.WOODSETTON ART POTTERYWest Midlands, EnglandSilurian surfaces and iron pyrites, detail, L.G. BatesThrown stoneware bowlSilurian Bowl, L.G. BatesThrown Stoneware Bowl, metal oxide and mineral glazesIn preparation for upcoming celebrations of Dudley International Geopark StatusAboutCurrently working on new pieces with local minerals and fossils using traditional sprigging techniques. During lockdown I had more time to collect and study the local minerals and fossil strata on permitted walks and have been experimenting With preparing and firing them to imitate the changes that they undergo in historic natural geological heating and metamorphosis.WOODSETTON ART POTTERYWest Midlands, EnglandSilurian surfaces and iron pyrites, detail, L.G. BatesThrown stoneware bowlSilurian Bowl, L.G. BatesThrown Stoneware Bowl, metal oxide and mineral glazesMore from WOODSETTON ART POTTERYProjectOSTRACISM & THE “JUDGMENT OF THE POTSHERDS”An audience participation project at Potfest by Lorraine Bates & Jo Stant of Woodsetton Art PotteryProjectBlack County Enamel WaresProject“LAPWORTH LATE” AT UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Kaolinite + Minerals + Metal Oxides + Heat = PotsProjectVICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM. Product development alongside their major exhibition “Decadence and Dreams: Art Nouveau 1890-1914”ProjectKeswick School of Industrial Arts at Keswick Museum & Art GalleryProjectBIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERY WORKSHOPS