Craft and Design Show, RHS Gardens Hyde Hall, Colchester, Essex CM3 8ET

Name: Craft and Design Show, RHS Gardens Hyde Hall, Colchester, Essex CM3 8ET — Peter Curtis Pottery
Start: 2026-05-01T10:00:00+0000
End: 2026-05-04T17:00:00+0000
Location: RHS Hyde Hall

Friday, May 1, 2026 10:00 AM 10:00
Monday, May 4, 2026 5:00 PM 17:00

RHS Hyde Hall Creephedge Lane Chelmsford, England, CM3 8ET United Kingdom (map)

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This exciting 4 day event from Friday 1st May to Monday 4th May is run by Lynn and Paul Bishopp of Woodland Crafts who run a series of prestigious craft events around the country.

Entry is free to RHS members. For non-members there is an entry fee for the garden but .admission to the Design Show is included in the entrance fee

Millbrook Pottery will be for sale from 10am until 5 pm on all four days. The range of Millbrook Pottery includes noodle/rice bowls, vases, cheese platters, yarn bowls, dipping bowls and mugs . For the gardeners amongst you totem poles, garden flowers, pot covers and hanging baskets. Each piece is glazed by hand resulting in each piece being unique and many pieces are one-off designs.

Millbrook Pottery is made by Peter Curtis who began making pottery more than 47 years ago. I was fortunate enough to be mentored by the late Sid Tustin of Winchcombe Pottery for several years.

I work from my garden studios in Beckenham, Kent. The majority of my work is hand thrown using white stoneware clay. I enjoy altering my work in various ways including incising, mark making, cutting, twisting and adding clay to the thrown pot . I decorate my pottery with a mixture of commercial and handmade glazes and sell my work at craft fairs and online in my Etsy Shop. In the past I had a thriving pottery business selling to more than 350 shops worldwide. My pottery has sold at Bonhams Contemporary Ceramics Auctions.

Before becoming a potter I danced with Ballet Rambert for 11 years, and latterly I danced with the Royal Opera Company for 29 years. Dance has always been a source of inspiration for many of the designs of my pots along with my love of flora and fauna.

Some on-line purchases are possible from my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/MillbrookpotteryShop

Follow me on http://instagram.com/millbrookpottery

My autographical book “THE DANCING POTTER” was published on 28th May 2020 it is on sale at Amazon Books ISBN No 9798623693372 UK price £7.95 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dancing-Potter-Mr-Peter-Curtis/dp/B089CQCCT9/