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About Rachel Whitfield

My pots are carefully handcrafted on my potter's wheel and each is unique. Some might come as a 'family', but they are not factory-made, so the sizes and shapes, though similar, will vary slightly. I create my pieces with white stoneware and dark stoneware clays to achieve some beautifully contrasting pieces. All of my glazes are of my own creation and are composed in large part from natural materials found in the Yorkshire Dales. I forage for plants such as nettles, thistles, reed canary grass, common hogweed, docks and rushes, and then burn and process the ashes for ash glazes. Wood is sourced from Ribblehead Forest. I collect iron ochre around the skirts of Whernside and source greywacke gritstone dust from Dry Rigg Quarry at Horton-in-Ribblesdale. All of these are used in various combinations to produce the glazes that I use.

Further Info

Specialised in
Wheel-thrown pottery. Natural (Yorkshire Dales) glazes.
Open to the Public?
Yes, by appointment only

Contact

Rachel in the Dales Pottery
7 Northfields Crescent
Settle
BD24 9JP
GB

Dinner Sets/Plates

A dinner set is as individual and unique as the person commissioning it. Please get in touch with your ideas! The dinner set pictured is glazed with Iron Ochre Blue with Greywacke Gritstone detail and fired in reduction. Individually priced plates are as follows: dinner £18; luncheon £14; dessert/salad £10.