» Teaching Phil Rogers Pottery

I have conducted many workshops for potters both in the U.K.and overseas. For sixteen years I opened my own workshop here in Wales for four weeks each summer to students from around the world. In 1997 I spent three months in S. Korea teaching at Chungnam University in Taejon where I built a salt kiln with third year students. By invitation of the British Council I spent a week in Cape Town, South Africa in 1996 working with Township people and I have been a guest demonstrator at Potters festivals in Malta, Israel and at the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth and later in the same year addressed the World Ceramic Symposium in Ichon, S. Korea.

In 1993 and then again in 1995, I visited Ethiopia with the charity
‘Project Ploughshare’. Our purpose was to create a pottery that
would provide employment for local women. This we did and the
pottery continues to flourish employing 25 ladies thus providing
support for themselves and their children.

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At Aberystwyth in
1999.

In September of 2002 I took part in an international workshop
with, amongst others, Janet Mansfield and Paul Soldner in Ichon S.
Korea at the World Ceramic Center. I shall be back there in April of
2009 to address the Symposium on the Environmental Concerns of Salt
Glazing.

I am very happy to consider workshop invitations from
anywhere. A two-day throwing demonstration with either one or two
slide talks can be tailored to suit specific needs. I have taken
longer sessions, particularly regarding kiln building or hands on
clay work.

A two or three day ‘Glazes from Local Materials’ workshop has
also proved very successful and again, this could be extended to
allow for a more thorough investigation. If you have a clay facility
and would be interested in my leading a workshop for your group then
please email
me or telephone and we can discuss your requirements. All of our
details are on the Contact page.

The following are a few snapshots taken at various
workshops, exhibitions and events I have been involved with both in
the UK and in the far East.

Finishing a tall
pitcher.

Building a small salt
kiln during one of the summer workshops here at my pottery in
Rhayader Mid Wales.

Encased in clay for a
stunt at the ‘Earth and Fire’ Potters festival at Rufford Country
Park. ‘Earth and Fire’ is held annually during the last weekend of
June and is an opportunity for collectors to see the work of upto
100 of the very best potters from the UK and Europe. Details are
availabe from Rufford Craft Centre and there is a link to their site
from my links page.