The Great Pottery Throw Down

I work as a Potter/Ceramic Artist in my studio on Station Road which I call Scipelei Pottery (the name entered in the Doomsday Book for Shepley in 1086). I also work as a Supply Teacher at Shelley College where I used to be a full time Art Teacher.

I got a phone call last August from a researcher at Love Productions, makers of The Great Pottery Throw Down for Channel 4. At first it seemed like a hoax but as the conversation developed, I wondered if I was going to be asked to take part. But NO! Imagine my surprise when he told me he had found a Large Cheese Bell and 2 lidded pickle jars on my website and would like to use them as examples in a part of the programme they call “perfect perfect”, a discussion among the judges about the attributes the contestants should aspire to achieve in their pieces (I’m taking that as a compliment!). They emailed me a contract in which I was bound to keep it secret until the show went out in early January. Unfortunately, I was also told “As a Channel Four programme we cannot refer to any artist directly by name or be seen to be endorsing the product.” Shame!

I delivered the pieces to Gladstone Pottery in Stoke myself but only got the 2 jars back about 3 weeks later. It turned out the production manager liked the Cheese Bell so much that he bought it. It featured on the first show on Sunday 10th January which felt quite surreal to watch. So here I am letting you know that my work has been on mainstream TV. It’s not a life changer but it’s something to be proud of and I’m really chuffed!
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fantastic customers, both online and locally, who have supported my business from the start and particularly in the last year during the absence of shows and exhibitions where the work of many artists like myself are usually on show. There’s lots of brilliantly creative people in Shepley and we can be proud of being a village that sees the value of embracing the Arts. With this in mind, look out for the third ArtattheHouse at Cliffe House June 12th/13th.

Watch this space!

Thanks for reading.
Nigel Hoyle