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The Pots

All the work is hand thrown and turned stoneware. No machines or moulds are used and the traditional techniques have taken many years to perfect. The pottery does not try to mimic the past but draws on skills rarely practiced today.

Combined with high temperature stoneware glazes, fine brushwork, wax resist and glaze trailing, the finished pots with rich copper red and cobalt blue glazes are both functional and decorative whilst still having a contemporary look. On the Specials range, gold lustre is hand decorated on to the stoneware pot and then fired again, adding a luxurious opulence not normally found on studio pottery.

The glazes and pigments are made up from raw materials in the pottery and are fired in a gas kiln to over 1300° Celsius. This fuses both clay and glaze together in an impenetrable bond, giving the pottery both its brightness and its depth of colour. Although decorative, the pots have been designed to be used and are oven and dishwasher safe.

As hare spotter and potter at the March Hare pottery I moved into the idyllic surrounds of a restored Victorian Laundry in April 2023.

I have been creating and potting for much of my life and have gained experience and skills from talented local potters including Borders ceramicist Marianne Finlayson and tutors at Edinburgh Design School.

As well as making my own ceramics I love sharing the therapeutic qualities of working with clay. With many years of experience in community education, it is a delight to now be able to welcome groups and individuals to my own studio to discover the joy of creating.

Originally from Yorkshire I came to live in the Scottish Borders in 1975 in order to further my career in nursing.

Through my enjoyment of hill walking my love of the Borders landscape has grown and grown. I have also been inspired by my many visits to the West Highlands and the Isle of Skye.

In the past year I have found further pleasure in teaching others my self-taught skills.

I started painting in 2003 and have been exhibiting in galleries ever since.

My favourite medium is pastel. I enjoy the tactile nature of working with pastel and the wide range of effects that can be achieved.

Please visit our gallery to see Mary Goulden’s work, or buy from this artist and many others.

Ken was born and brought up in Edinburgh and now lives in Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders.

After studying chemistry at Edinburgh University, he began painting in the early 1980’s and became a full time artist in 1990. He has been drawn to the west coast and mountains of Scotland and much of his work explores the open space of mountain tops and coastlines.

Please visit our gallery to see Ken Ferguson’s work, or buy from this artist and many others.

I have always had a huge interest in Art ever since I was a child. I loved art classes throughout my school years and after leaving I attended Dundee College of Commerce and gained a Scottish Diploma in Art & Design.

However, on leaving I took a job in Retail Management and art seemed to take a back seat for a few years (20 in fact !!!). Art was just a hobby for many years until I went back to work part time after my children started school. The new job was a welcome return to my original choice of career & I am still there after 16 years!

I am a Visual Merchandiser for Rogerson Footwear which I love as this enables me to be creative! In my spare time I enjoy painting modern art. I use acrylics and paint mostly contemporary designs.

Please visit our gallery to see Jo Grewar’s work, or buy from this artist and many others.

Marion Boddy-Evans is an artist living on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. As well as painting landscapes and seascapes inspired by Skye and the Highlands.

Marion also combines her painting and drawing skills with jewellery techniques, to produce her Wearable Art. This includes a range of wirework accessories that is a bit like 3D drawings designed to be worn. These designs are quite realistic, inspired by the beautiful landscape of Skye and the numerous sheep; others are abstract explorations of textures, colours and patterns inspired by the ever-changing weather.

Please visit our gallery to see Marion Boddy-Evans’s work, or buy from this maker and many others.

Gaynor Hebden-Smith creates bespoke hand crafted pieces of jewellery and accessories using a contemporary combination of reclaimed sea glass, sterling silver, metals, beads and crystals. She collects all the sea glass used in her designs from the beautiful coastlines of Scotland’s beaches.

The glass used has found its way into the sea either accidentally or through littering. Over the years the power of the sea naturally breaks and tumbles the glass, resulting in the uniquely shaped, smooth and frosted pieces of sea treasure.

As no two pieces of sea glass found and used are ever the same, wearers know that a piece of Scottish Sea Glass is truly one of a kind.

Please visit our gallery to see Scottish Sea Glass’s work, or buy from this maker and many others.

David Meredith was born in Leicester, England in 1973. He was educated at the Leicester College of Art where he aspired to a job as an illustrator. However, a chance meeting with his future employer at the end-of-year exhibition led David to a career in the pewter industry. He has worked as a sculptor professionally for the past 16 years.

David started as an apprentice model-maker working in minute detail for the jewellery and giftware industry. Within two years he had become the head sculptor but he felt it was the right time to leave and pursue his own work through galleries and private commissions. He did continue to work for the giftware industry in a freelance capacity and sculpted for many of the leading names of the time.

One of his favourite commissions was working on projects for theme parks, including a fifty foot dragon for a rollercoaster ride; “it’s not everyday you get to work on something that big – I loved every moment of it!”

David now concentrates his efforts on wildlife sculpture produced in bronze which is exhibited in galleries nationwide. He is a passionate supporter of many wildlife charities.

Please visit our gallery to see David Meredith’s work, or buy from this maker and many others.

Aldona Juska creates a unique range of art sculpture and jewellery which is hand cut out of scrap steel and copper. Fire is used to produce the natural warm earth colours that create a unique patina for each piece. Slight variations in colour are to be expected. The copper is then lacquered.

The recycled copper jewellery is embellished with semi precious stones, genuine Swarovski crystals and glass beads.

Please visit our gallery to see All Fired Up’s work, or buy from this maker and many others.