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Potfest in the Park - a visual feast.

Over 100 exhibitors invited from all over Europe and beyond....all with very distinctive individual styles ....all passionate about working with clay.

See the work of this year's exhibitors

See the Park slideshow 0000000000Review of the 2009 show

The venue, Hutton-in-the-Forest, is a cultural destination in itself with it's walled garden, topiary terraces and woodland walks. The ceramics festival takes place in and around marquees in front of the castle, with the potters competition pieces on the lawn, juxtaposing ancient architecture and modern ceramics ( see images from previous shows )

Hutton-in-the-Forest lies 5 miles northwest of Penrith, Cumbria
(M6 junction 41) - on the edge of the stunningly beautiful Lake District National Park............Map to venue

Each year a special tent is dedicated to a different Continental pottery town. Last year 6 potters from Hohr-Grenzhausen in Germany were invited. This year's special guests are from the association des Potiers Createurs de Puisaye from St Amand-en-Puisaye in central France. The Hohr-Grenzhausen area was famous for its salt glazed stoneware whereas t he Puisaye region sits on a vast bed of stoneware clay and is in a heavily wooded area - hence the predominence of wood-fired stoneware.The APCP is a group of professional potters who come together to organise workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions in their area along with a potters' market in Treigny.