Hear what the celebrity potters had to say about the Festive Pottery Throw Down, and meet the contestants in the new series. In our projects, we show you how to make cheerful, fun animal bells; a thrown mini-colander; an indoor planter with an integral well to catch water; a minimalistic slabbed vessel with carved decoration. Linda Bloomfield goes to the Orton cone factory, and we meet potter Ian Marsh, for his ‘A Day in the Life of’. Plus our regular diary columns!

Hear what the celebrity potters had to say about the Festive Pottery Throw Down, and meet the contestants in the new series. In our projects, we show you how to make cheerful, fun animal bells; a thrown mini-colander; an indoor planter with an integral well to catch water; a minimalistic slabbed vessel with carved decoration. Linda Bloomfield go....