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Kristine is a Perthshire potter who specialised in Raku pottery and alternative firing techniques.  She describes this as a very natural, simple process, which can produce beautifully complex and unpredictable patterns in the finished pieces. Some vessels are fired three or four times to get the desired colour, detail and depth to the finished surface. She believes that pottery is made to be enjoyed by sight and touch and alternative firing techniques bring pottery to life with a wide range of textures and colours. Kristine will be joining us at Borders Pottery and Glass Fair on Sat-Sun, Oct 10-11, 2026. Find out more rakubyk.co.uk - Kristine Blackbourn Scottish alternative fired Potter,

Goat Willow Pottery CIC as a not-for-profit community pottery social enterprise, set up by potter Sue Barclay to create an inclusive and supportive environment within the local community. The pottery uses revenue from classes to provide opportunities for subsidised places.  Sue who studied ceramics at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen decided to set up the community pottery, after she went on to work with adults with learning disabilities, helping them to create wonderful and unique pottery pieces. Sue and Goat Willow Pottery will be joining us at Borders Pottery and Glass Fair on Sat-Sun, Oct 10-11, 2026. Find out more Goat Willow Pottery CIC

Jackie handmakes stoneware, in small batches, from her garden studio in Edinburgh, with most pieces starting life on the pottery wheel.  She creates mostly functional pottery, combining simple contemporary form with colour, texture and occasionally, stamped or hidden words and personalised messages.  No two pieces are ever exactly the same, due to being handcrafted. Her range includes everything from mugs and cups, to jugs, butter and tapas dishes, serving bowls and trinket dishes. Jackie believes that handmade pottery should be useful, enjoyable and something you reach for again and again. Made slowly, in small batches, one piece at a time. She is joining us at Pottery North's two-day event at The Haining on Oct 10-11. Find out more about her work Jacque O'Shea OShea Pottery Ceramics Handmade Edinburgh Scotland | Jacque O'Shea Pottery

Peebles Pottery is a small independent studio nestled in the heart of the Scottish Borders. Set up in 2020 by Gabrielle Meehan shortly after she graduated, she turned her passion for pottery into a space for others to learn. Since then, she has taught hundreds of students the art of wheel throwing and hand building and the studio has become a creative hub with weekly classes and regular studio members. Gabrielle's own work focuses on functional and decorative stoneware, thrown on the wheel and fired in a gas kiln,  influenced by the principles of Japanese pottery of finding beauty in imperfection, in the marks left by the making process. Peebles Pottery will be joining us at  Pottery and Glass Fair at The Haining House in Selkirk, for one day only on Sun 11. Find out more Peebles Pottery

Lorna Blunt, runs Pirniepots from her studio in the Scottish Borders, creating pottery with a purpose - beautiful, functional stoneware pieces, to eat, drink and serve from.  All food safe, oven proof and machine washable. Her designs are driven largely by her passion for cookery - she says her bowls and dishes should complement and enhance the effort put into creating homemade food and her mugs are designed to sit warm and comfortable in the hand.  Following an earlier career in textiles, millinery and teaching art, Lorna says she has now found something she really loves doing.  She will be joining us at Borders Pottery and Glass Fair at The  Haining House in Selkirk, on Sat-Sun, Oct 10-11. Find out more @pirniepots on Instagram.

Iona Art Glass, run by Alison Milligan, is based in Northumberland, but they carry out restoration, conservation, repair and new design of stained-glass windows on a myriad of buildings across the country, from churches to public buildings, restaurants and private houses. The company, set up 50 years ago, specialises in conservation and restoration - bringing broken panels of stained glass back to their former glory - but also designing , creating and installing new panels.  They also create smaller decorative art pieces using both stained and fused glass.  Alison is joining us at Borders Pottery and Glass Fair at The Haining House in Selkirk, on Sat-Sun, Oct 10-11.

Find out more at www.iona-art-glass.co.uk