Friday, 2 June 2017

Firing The Vindolanda Kiln

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On May 31st I, with the help of two of the stalwart Vindolanda volunteers, fired the newly built replica Roman pottery kiln at the Vindoland...
Friday, 12 May 2017

Skara Brae Neolithic Pottery Demonstrations

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At Easter 2017 you'd have found me absolutely in my element, working for Historic Environment Scotland, at Skara Brae, the amazingly we...
Thursday, 11 May 2017

Roman Pottery Kiln and Workshops at Vindolanda

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I'm really excited about this new collaboration with Vindolanda Roman Fort near to Hadrians Wall, the first stage has been to create a r...
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Saturday, 25 February 2017

Mithras at Wetherspoons

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Although most of the pots and ceramic pieces that I make are direct replicas of archaeological artefacts commissioned by museums, unive...
Monday, 11 April 2016

Neolithic, Bronze-Age & Roman Pottery Making Classes/Workshops 2017

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You may have seen me, in Further Tales from Northumberland on ITV, teaching Robson Green to make a Roman pot. You could do far better, (sor...
Saturday, 2 April 2016

Replicating The Aldbourne Cup

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I always enjoy what I do, but lately I've had some amazing commissions, here's the story of one of them: Towards the end o...
Sunday, 14 February 2016

Roman Samian Ware or Terra Sigillata Pottery Workshop

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Just had a great weekend running a Roman Samian Ware or Terra Sigillata workshop here in my Rothbury studio, and if you like the sound of...
Saturday, 19 September 2015

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It's been a busy time just recently, to start with I've moved premises, I'm still in Rothbury, Northumberland, and only a few hu...
Saturday, 18 July 2015

Bronze Age Pottery Workshop

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POTTED HISTORY – GRAHAM TAYLOR Contact me if you'd be interested in attending one of my  Two Day   Neolithic or Bronze Age Pottery Wor...
Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Neolithic Carinated Bowl: complex simplicity

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At first glance a Neolithic carinated bowl, the earliest type of pottery in Britain, looks like a very simple pot. Certainly they were han...
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Monday, 5 January 2015

Childlike Exuberance

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One of the best things about running historical pottery workshops in schools, is seeing the uninhibited exuberance of the children's wo...