Fellow Potter at Springfield Children's Centre

One of the parents Jon encountered at a workshop session in Hereford turned out to be a professional potter. Jon was inspired by her story:

Having had a go on a potter's wheel aged 5, she'd decided there and then that she wanted to be a potter when she grew up. As a young adult, a cleaning vacancy was advertised at the pottery in her village (Pembridge). She got the job and at the end of her shift was allowed to experiment and play on the wheel. Picking up hints and tips from the other potters, she showed an obvious talent for the wheel. As she became more competent she was given throwing tasks, small pots at first then later, larger lumps. Eventually she became Pembridge Terracotta's main thrower, shaping 25kg lumps into products.

Although the pottery closed a few years back, the old magic was definitely still there as she guided her two young children through their first pots.