The Organisers
- Terry Woolliscroft - woolliscroftorg.blogspot.com/ and artfromtw.com
- Stoke-on-Trent Ceramic Heritage Action Zone - historicengland.org.uk
- Gladstone Pottery Museum - stokemuseums.org.uk/gpm/
- Potteries Heritage Society - potteries.org.uk
The Judges
- Katey Goodwin - Art UK - artuk.org/
- Lor Green - Urban Sketchers - facebook.com/groups/urbansketchersstoke
- Henry Birks - TrentArt Gallery - trent-art.co.uk/
- Facebook Page facebook.com/BottleOvenArtClub
Learn more about bottle ovens
- Gladstone Pottery Museum - www.stokemuseums.org.uk/gpm/
- The Potteries Bottle Oven - bottleoven.blogspot.com/
- The Last Bottle Oven Firing - lbof1978.blogspot.com/
- History of Gladstone Pottery Museum - gladstonepotterymuseumstory
- The local history of Stoke-on-Trent - www.thepotteries.org/
- Dudson Museum - dudsoncentre.org.uk/dudson-museum/
- Middleport Pottery - re-form.org/middleportpottery/information
- Moorcroft Pottery - www.moorcroft.com/
Locating Potteries bottle ovens using 'what3words' app
This app gives every 3x3 square metre of the globe a unique three-word code. 3-word addresses are easy to say and share, and are as accurate as GPS coordinates.
It makes it easier to tell others about the location of Potteries bottle ovens and kilns. See them here> bottleoven.blogspot.com/p/whats-left.html
Potteries Bottle Oven Day
On 29th August 1978, a traditional Potteries bottle oven was kindled and fired for the very last time. The event was organised by the 19 staff and 72 volunteers of Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent and hit the national headlines in print and broadcast media. It was a proud day for the Potteries and was described as ‘its biggest cultural event of the 20th century’.
More here> potteries-bottle-oven-day
