Arts & Crafts in Newton Abbot, Devon

Fresh reviews:

Penny Simpson has studied ceramics around the world and holds regular exhibitions in Japan amongst other places. She’s good, and very passionate in a quiet way about her craft — a real traditional artisan who will probably carry on learning and experimenting until they pry the clay out of her hands.And she…

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The Studio

The house of marbles is a great place to visit and it’s totally free. You can watch the glass making process and its amazing seeing how they do it. There’s a lovely little outdoor courtyard where you can play giant chess amongst other games and there’s a wonderful marble water fountain. There is of course a…

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House Of Marbles

I love crafts — especially ceramics — and this has some of the best ‘ceramics’ from the southwest. So why doesn’t it work for me?A lot of the pieces are about surface — their form is weak to non-existent. They seem sometimes to be trying to express an idea or style, and they are trying to hard. It’s an art…