Ceramics festival returns after 'inspiring people'

An annual Ceramics festival is set to return to a town in East Yorkshire dubbed the "home of pottery".

The second year of the Ceramics Festival is taking place this Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 to 16:30 BST each day at St Nicholas Parish Hall, in Hornsea.

The event will host 20 ceramicists and display their pieces, which will be auctioned off to raise money for the Hornsea Museum, as its hosts the largest collection of Hornsea pottery.

Sher King, who co-owns Number Nine, The Marketplace, who set up the event, said it had "really inspired people" to get into pottery.

She said: "We were absolutely overwhelmed with positive comments from both the local community and our ceramicists about last year's event which was amazing.

She added that Hornsea Pottery was "one of the most recognisable range of ceramics in the world, so it made complete sense that we should have an annual event to celebrate ceramics here in Hornsea".

Some of the artisans set to attend this year include Nigel Folds, of Skid Row Pots, who said he will be "selling a range of colourful domestic earthenware, together with some one-off decorative pieces, both thrown and hand-built".

And Philippa Whiteside, of Philippa Whiteside Ceramics, will also be bringing some of her porcelain ceramics to the festival following her appearance on the BBC One show Make It At Market.

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