Our membership year runs from 1st October to 30th September
Browse below to see What’s On! Our monthly meetings, from October to May, are held at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall, WD4 8BR. We have an amazing line up of talented ceramicists for you.
Our dedicated committee aim to hold a variety of events throughout the year, including these monthly meetings for both members and non-members (for a small fee), as well as our usual social coffee mornings/afternoons and our annual exhibition and sale of ceramics at Kingsbury Barn in September.
This page is updated with our forthcoming events, which are also notified to members on our Chair’s email. If we hold any events on Zoom, links are notified to members in this way. Details of how to become a member can be found on our Membership page, so sign up and join in!
We welcome new members in whatever capacity you choose – whether you want to watch our demonstrations or just join in the socials or both. You can also read about our many past events in our quarterly Newsletters – we have a significant archive.
You’ll find the schedule below and updates on our Facebook page and Instagram account. Events are FREE to members unless otherwise specified and some events are available to non-members. We welcome non-members to demonstrations, the entry fee for guests is £5, payable on the door.
Events 2026
- Sunday 22nd March 2026 Potters Open Day at the Trestle Arts Base, St Albans – with speaker John Higgins , Demonstrators Toni De Jesus and Paul Young
Meet the artists, ask questions, and take home original works, and of course there will be our infamous (and fabulous) raffle.
Bluematchbox Potters Supples: will be displaying and selling pottery supplies
The onsite Cafe, Fade to Black, will be open for hot and cold drinks and cake/snacks.
Find the full programme and buy tickets on Eventbrite.
- Friday 10th April 2026, 7 pm at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall. Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Jo Davies.
- Friday 8th May 2026, 7 pm at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall. Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by John Wheeldon
Past events 2025-2024-2023
- Friday 13th February 2026: Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Lesley Farrell
- Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th January 2026: Glaze talk at Kingsbury Barn and soda firing at the Chiltern Open Air Museum with Anthony Dix
- Friday 9th January 2026: Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Katherine Kingdon
- Friday 12th December 2025: Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Phil Jolley
- Friday 14th November 2025: Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Jeremy Nichols.
- Sunday 19th October 2025 – 9.30 am to 5 pm Potters Open Day 2 –SCULPTING AND WORDS, a collaboration between poetry and ceramics: with Poet and Playwright Caroline Bird, Ceramic Sculptor Sharon Griffin, and Slipware Potter Russell Kingston .
- Saturday 11th October 2025 9 to 1 pm : Guild AGM followed by talk and demonstration by Roger Cockram.
- Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September 2025: Guild Annual Exhibition at Kingsbury Barn, St Albans.
- Friday 9th May: Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Bryony Applegate
- Friday 11th April 2025: Guild Meeting talk and demonstration by Jaroslav Hrustalenko.
- Friday 7th February 2025: Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by John Jelfs.
- Friday 10th January 2025:
Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Harriet Hellman
- Friday 13th December Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Adam Keeling
- Friday 8th October 2024 AGM and announcement Fitzwilliam Prize winners followed by a talk and demonstration by Ian Byers
- Saturday 12th October 2024: talk and demonstration by Russell Collins
- Friday 13th to Sunday 15th September 2024 Guild Annual Exhibition at Kingsbury Barn.
- September 13th 2024 Private View at DCPG Kingsbury Barn Exhibition, St Albans AL3 4SE
- September 2nd 2024 Visit to H.G. Matthews Brickworks, Bellingham, Chesham HP5 2UR
- July 9th 2024 Visit to Whichford Pottery, Shipton-on-Stour CV36 5PG
- Friday 10th May 2024 Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Fay De Winter
- Friday 12th April 2024 Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Tony Dix
- Friday 9th February 2024 Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Miche Follano
- Friday 12th January 2024 Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Mark Dally
- Friday 8th December 2023 Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Gareth Mason
- Friday 10th November 2023 Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Peter White, Woburn Sands Clay
- Saturday 14th October 2023 Guild Meeting and AGM with talk and demonstration by Steve Woodhead
- Saturday 14th October2023 Guild Meeting and AGM with talk and demonstration by Steve Woodhead
A list of our previous Demonstrators can be found below
| Date | Speaker/s | Notes | POD |
| 12/05/2023 | Lucy Baxendale | ||
| 14/04/2023 | Peter Black | ||
| 19/03/2023 | Keith Brymer Jones | POD 2023 | |
| 19/03/2023 | Kay Aplin | POD 2023 | |
| 19/03/2023 | Sally Macdonell | POD 2023 | |
| 10/02/2023 | Mel Chambers | ||
| 13/01/2023 | Tom Knowles Jackson | ||
| 15/12/2022 | Rachel Wood | ||
| 09/12/2022 | John Masterton | ||
| 11/11/2022 | Fiona Booy | ||
| 03/07/2022 | Hamada – Leach Centenary celebration | ||
| 14/05/2022 | Richard Ballantyne & Carol Read | ||
| 26/03/2022 | Pie Bolton speaker coordinator for Jack Latti and Sandy Lockwood. | POD 2022 | |
| 26/03/2022 | Sabine Nemet | POD 2022 | |
| 26/03/2022 | Ben Brierley | POD 2022 | |
| 11/02/2022 | Paul Wearing | ||
| 14/01/2022 | Ben Fosker | ||
| 12/11/2021 | Craig Barclay FSA | Zoom lecture from UK: “The Secrets of Crusty Wearing”. | |
| 19/10/2021 | Kate Malone | Zoom from UK: Earth, Air, Fire, Water – Connecting clay with the elements. | |
| 08/10/2021 | Pie Bolton | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 11/09/2021 | Meg Patey | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 14/08/2021 | Jane Sawyer | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 10/07/2021 | Mary-Lou Pittard | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia: ‘It’s A Family Affair’ with Mary-Lou, hubby Chris and daughter Jess | |
| 12/06/2021 | Jane Annois | Zoom demo due to Covid from Australia | |
| 14/05/2021 | Midori Takaki | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 13/03/2021 | Conversation on Zoom with Ester Beck, Professor Vasu Reddy, Vidya Thirunarayan | Zoom. ‘Being Centred’ | POD 2021 |
| 13/03/2021 | Sasha Wardell | POD 2021 | |
| 13/03/2021 | Thomas Bhole & Mario | POD 2021 | |
| 13/02/2021 | Christine Pike | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 11/12/2020 | Katherine Kingdon | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 05/09/2020 | Hannah McAndrew and Doug Fitch | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 14/08/2020 | Enrique Perez Albared | Zoom lecture from UK | |
| 12/06/2020 | Denis Di Luca | Zoom demo due to Covid, from Italy! | |
| 07/03/2020 | Stephen Dixon | POD 2020 | |
| 07/03/2020 | Wendy Lawrence | POD 2020 | |
| 07/03/2020 | Brendan Hesmondhalgh | POD 2020 | |
| 10/02/2020 | Margaret Gardiner | ||
| 07/02/2020 | Elaine Wells | ||
| 06/12/2019 | Ruthanne and David Tudball | ||
| 08/11/2019 | David Wright | ||
| 12/10/2019 | John Higgins |