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The Country Potter ("Rural Crafts Today" film project)

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Host: Museum of English Rural Life

Notes:

A film showing Mary Wondrausch, a potter, at work.  Now in her 80s, for the last 30 years she has been working as a potter in Surrey. Her speciality is decorative slipware which has a tradition in England going back over four centuries. The commemorative plate, to celebrate a special birthday or wedding anniversary, has been a staple of her business but she still likes to experiment and try new things. Her base in the village of Compton was once the site of a country brickworks and now plays host to the full range of Mary’s artistic energy.

Keywords:

pottery slipware

SHIC codes:

,4.3223

Address:

The University of Reading
Redlands Road
Reading
RG1 5EX
United Kingdom

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