Events

(Our membership year runs from 1^st October to 30^th 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 Memberships 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 2025

• Friday 9^th May, 7 pm at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall
  Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Bryony Applegate 
  Based in Much Hadham, Bryony Applegate is an award winning designer/maker. She studied at Oaklands College, Staffordshire University and the RCA. She now specialises in high-end tableware and interior ceramic objects.

• Friday 14th to Sunday 16th September 2025: Guild Annual Exhibition at Kingsbury Barn, St Albans.

• Saturday 11th October 2025, 9.30 am to 1 pm : Guild AGM followed by talk and demonstration by Roger Cockram, an artist/potter, living and working in North Devon. who makes a series of ‘individual pieces in high temperature fine porcelain, with a background inspiration of the nearby sea and coast. He also makes a range of domestic kitchenware for use in the home.

• Sunday 19th October 2025 Potters Open Day 2 – a 50th Anniversary special – watch this space for more details

• Friday 14th November 2025, 7 pm at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall. Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Jeremy Nichols who makes make saltglazed domestic pots, which have been steadily evolving since he started experimenting with open handles as an alternative to the closed loops conventionally used in ceramics. His designs are also influenced by early interests in aviation and the precision of engineered objects, alongside a more recent interest in contemporary architecture with its varying approaches to the relationship between form and function.

• Friday 12th December 2025, 7 pm at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall. Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Phil Jolley who builds with slabs layered with different clays and decorated surfaces, suggestive of what might have once been and archaeological finds and remains. He exploits the use of glazes and their action upon the various clays and stains, oxides and slips are crucial to the final result.
  

Events 2026

• Friday 9th January 2025, 7 pm at Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall. Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Katherine Kingdon who describes her work as “a celebration of ‘in the moment’ creative decisions and storytelling. I like to leave an element of ambiguity in the surface imagery. To suggest a narrative, but to leave enough space for the viewer to dream“

Past events 2025-2024-2023

• Friday 11^th April 2025, Guild Meeting talk and demonstration by Jaroslav Hrustalenko. 

• Sunday  23^rd March 2025 – Potters Open Day with Mella Shaw, Wayne Clark, and Rich Miller.

• Friday 7^th February 2025: Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by John Jelfs.

• Friday 10^th January  2025:  
  Guild Meeting with talk and demonstration by Harriet Hellman 

• Friday 13^th 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