Bandon Pottery

05/06/2023

377 signatures are still needed! Save Murragh from a planned Mega Quarry along the Bandon River in West Cork!

02/12/2022

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11/03/2021

Competition Time: like and share this Mother’s Day post and be in with a chance to win a Hamper just in time for Mother’s Day!!!

20/12/2019

There's still time to buy an heirloom Bandon Pottery plate to serve up your festive fare! Try these big 32 cm diameter plates, either with repeating waxed spiral design on rim or with impressed leaf shapes. Only one of each left, at €90.30.

11/12/2019

Last chance to add to your collection of Bandon Pottery or to buy a very special gift for a very special person. Message, or phone for stocklist.

11/12/2019

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20/11/2019

In April this year I reached the age of 80 years, and decided to finally hang up my clay-covered dungarees and retire from the Pottery Business.
I would like to thank all of you, my loyal customers, for your support during the last 45+ years. Many of you saved for years to add to your collections of Bandon Pottery; you followed me from our workshop, shop and cafe in Bandon, to the factory unit at Lauragh and then sought me out along the pot-holed side roads and muddy boreens of West Cork, to find me eventually in my rural bolt-hole near Enniskeane. Thank you all for being so persistent!
I still have a small amount of pottery stock, and I should prefer to give old customers and friends who have already started collecting the opportunity to buy what’s left. If you would like to know which pieces are available, please send me a private message with your email address and I’ll send you the list. Then you can message or phone me with your orders and I’ll arrange to post if you can’t collect from here.

14/10/2019

Useful for reading in bed.

Be first to get your hands on the custom engraved Page Anchor — the luxury bookmark that prevents your books from closing.

05/08/2019

A lovely surprise visit today from some old friends of Bandon Pottery! Garrett O’Donovan, Denise Harrington, me, and Mary Desmond. Are there any more of our old faithfuls out there?

15/02/2019

03/03/2018

Chilly days this March, thanks to Emma and the Beast from the East! Saturday, and the road is still too slippy. Please telephone if you’re thinking of coming out.

07/01/2017

So sad today to hear of the death of Keith Leadbettter, a true artist-craftsman and founder of Jerpoint glass. His beautiful, generous, fluid, curvaceous vessels have given daily pleasure to their owners for 40 years or so. Sympathy to his wife, Kathleen, and family. R.I.P.

22/11/2014

Art schools used to be a place where the socially and intellectually marginal could distinguish themselves. Now, with unattainable entry requirements and a hefty price tag, they’re becoming a dwelling place for commercial interests and the children of the international elite.

17/11/2014

Nice to hear him say it's not all about money, though his is a voice in the wilderness.

Apple's head designer Jonathan Ive says he struggles to hire young staff as schools are failing to teach them how to make products.

08/11/2014

Nice video!

06/11/2014

I hope to see you all in West Cork tn the run-up to Christmas!

If you're going to spend money then this is a great idea to give back to your community.

H/T ANNA KOSTANIAN ART

30/01/2014

Donations in memory of Eric James Mellon may be sent to The Lisa Hammond "Adopt a Potter" Apprenticeship scheme for student studio potters. (Make cheque payable to "Adopt a Potter Charitable Trust") This is a trust set up in 2009 to help fund young apprentices who want to learn the practical skills no longer taught in Art Schools. The young people gain experience by working for a year with chosen established potters in their workshops. It is about passing on the practical skills needed to run a successful pottery, skills not now taught in Art Schools. You can read more about it here: