Fiona Newby Artist

03/09/2025

Getting ready for this weekends event, the first of 3 in September. Art in the Gardens is a truly fabulous event, held in Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens.
I’ll be in the Northern Potters Association marquee and there Saturday and Sunday.
Raku firing tomorrow in readiness.







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26/08/2025

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Still time to apply for a sales stand!
Calling makers local and far, this event is shaping up to be a grand day out at a beautiful location. We have gorgeous ceramics, live relaxing music, food and family activities. will be there with glazes and tools for sale and telling us about the clay process.
will be offering wheel tasters, .potts will be offering mindful clay burnishing workshops. And much more
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E: cutfestival@theclaymill.co.uk

21/07/2025

This is what a crazy potter does on a Monday…… revealing a fabulous beam and mullions in our bedroom, these have been beautifully boxed in but hidden.
The ongoing delights of our nearly 200 year old listed cottage.
Found some pretty wall paper and lots of hideous brown paint🙈🤷🏼‍♀️
Chill time now, before we camp out in our caravan tonight 👍🏼

20/07/2025

What a lovely way to spend my birthday. First customer was celebrating her birthday too, amazingly we are also the same age 🥰
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13/07/2025

After a crazily busy week it’s time to simply say “THANK YOU.”
Thank you to the team you are all simply amazing, the effort you put into this fabulous art event is incredible. We, the artist enjoy showcasing our work because you create one of the largest open Art exhibition in the UK. 20% of sales goes to local and national cancer charities, so thank you to the people who purchased from me. I’m especially thankful for for selecting my piece for the Ceramics prize, I am still on a high, think I shall be until maybe next year.
A big thank you to , and Neil Curran for their support of the Meltham Fringe venue, footfall was higher, so it was worth all that effort. The volunteers at The Crossroads Centre especially & Nigel Priestley.
My week also involved a fabulous Hen Party for , where I floated away on bubbles, until the following day….and
opening up my works email to OFSTED!!!!
Huge thank you to my school colleagues for always being fabulous team work at its finest.
I do feel blessed to have a busy life, when stop running around like a crazy lady be worried…..
Happy restful evening to all xx

07/07/2025

Preview this evening from 6pm, pop in there shall be wine 👍🏼

07/07/2025

Beyond chuffed 🥳🥰

07/07/2025

05/07/2025

What an honour to receive this prize. Honestly I was speechless when I got the call.
Apparently Edward Naylor and his wife visited and selected my Emotion piece. My Emotion forms are my reflection on contrasting feelings; how we inwardly feel versus how we verbally portray ourselves. This piece was coil built in Ashraf Hanna clay, burnished and coated with Terra Sigillata slip, then burnished until totally smooth and totally shiny. Fired to 1000oC in my electric kiln, then Raku fired to 950oC, rapidly printing with combustibles on to the red hot surface.

🥰 Thank you so much to all the amazing volunteers. 20%of sales goes to cancer charities.

02/07/2025

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𝐅𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐛𝐲 (𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬), one of the artists exhibiting at 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞: 𝟖𝐭𝐡 - 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Whilst at university, Fiona Newby Artist drew a pregnant life model, and the female form has inspired her ever since, as has the beauty of animals in nature.

Fiona uses various techniques to build her forms, hand-building: coiling and pinching the clay before they are highly burnished. Smoke firing creates wonderful marks on the clay surface, like the scars we accumulate in our lives.
www.FionaNewbyArtist.com

For Meltham Fringe, Fiona's work will be on display in The Crossroads Centre.

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Meltham Fringe artwork will be on display in the Meltham Carlile Institute, The Crossroads Centre, The Fourth Fiend Taphouse, Wilshaw Village Hall and St Mary's Church - Wilshaw.

Meltham Fringe is part of Holmfirth Artweek, please visit www.holmfirthartweek.co.uk for more info.

29/06/2025

Another crazy busy day…..
Volunteered at Holmfirth Civic centre for ‘Take In’ day, I had the best job, meet and greet at the door, saw all my lovely artist friends ###x you know who you are ###x
Then to Nowhere for the launch of their fringe event.

Home xx to watch Glastonbury, maybe one day I’ll go 😃

20/06/2025

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Already for Dovecot Gallery, a beautiful gallery near Doncaster.
The Dovecot sits at the end of the yard at Poplars Farm, in Styrrup, the sculpture studios of Hilary Cartmel and Michael Johnson.
This weekend you can ‘have a go’ on a potters wheel, enjoy the beautiful gardens whilst pursuing 30 potters, a cafe to support the Ukrainian community and raffle which has pieces from all the potters.

I hope you can hear my excitement at filming this Saggar and Naked Raku firing with the amazing Fiona Newby.Fiona creates a texture to her work that you have...