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Keith Brymer Jones - Firing Earth
Thu 05 Nov
|The Painswick Centre
Firing Earth: An unexpected History of Pots and Potters Did you know a potter’s wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? That in the 17th century, people believed eating clay was good for you?
Time & Location
05 Nov 2026, 19:30 – 21:30
The Painswick Centre, Bisley St, Painswick, Stroud GL6 6QQ, UK
About the event
KEITH BRYMER JONES
Firing Earth: A Very Personal History of Pots, Places and Potters
Did you know a potter’s wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? That in the 17th century, people believed eating clay was good for you? That Royal Doulton started off as a sewage company? And do you know which famous potter said: “To make pottery is an advantage?”.
All this and much more about the history of ceramics is contained in “Firing Earth”, the latest book by Keith Brymer-Jones, potter, ceramics designer, and lead judge on Channel 4’s “The Great Pottery Throwdown”.
In association with our friends at First Thursday Painswick, we’re delighted to welcome Keith to Stroud Book Festival to discuss this very personal account of potters and pots, and how his own life has been inextricably linked with ceramics too.
You will never look at a mug in the same way again!
Tickets
Regular Ticket
£14.00
+£0.35 ticket service fee
Goes on sale
11 Sept, 06:00