Previously Winchcombe Archive Collection
Events
Fish, Fur & Feathers
Animal Designs in Studio Pottery
31st May - 30th August 2025
Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
A showcase of superb pots from the permanent collection which use animal imagery as the central decorative theme.
The exhibition centres on our core collection of earthenware pots made at Winchcombe Pottery by Michael Cardew and Ray Finch.
We will also be displaying fine pieces by contemporary potters Andrew McGarva and Philip Wood, from founder John Edgeler's personal collection, and other significant pieces from big studio pottery names.
There will be a selection of work for sale by local potters.
Previous Events
To bring alive the subject matter represented in our Trust collections, since 2014 the Long Room Gallery has been the venue for a variety of events and functions, and on one occasion the organizer of a related concert of English music held in the Methodist church next door. Our approach to objects owned by or associated with the Trust has always been very much hands on, providing visitors with the opportunity to handle historic and vintage materials more normally shown behind glass in conventional public Museums. We have also on occasions provided mini craft workshops, most notably a demonstration of textile dyeing held in our garden by the textile worker Jan Macmillan and a delightful slip trailing session led by Henry Sandon.
As to the handling sessions, these included Barley Roscoe (Barron & Larcher block printed fabric); Alan Powers (20th century design); John Randle (letterpress books) and Miriam Macgregor (wood engravings and their design process); and the odd Winchcombe antiques roadshow hosted by Henry Sandon, a leading BBC antiques expert and presenter of his day. Shows were also on occasions embellished by the provision of food of the period related to concurrent exhibitions – most notably our Cranks wholefood buffet held in tandem with a Ray Finch pottery show in 2016 which focused on his output of the 1970s and 1980s.