Rowallane Pottery
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Rowallane Pottery Rowallane Pottery is a working pottery based in Rowallane Gardens, Saintfield. A National Trust Property, of noted beauty.
This working pottery is open to the public for both demonstration and purchase. Matt ( the potter ) makes both stoneware & terracotta - tableware and garden pots, along side smoke fired decorative pieces. He also excepts commissions.
18/09/2026
Cone 10 flat( 1300 Celsius) although digital read out at 1290. Always trust the cones. All these pots were made on the kick wheel in the pictures.
11/09/2026
Close today Friday 11th. Have to fire my kiln at home so can’t be there. Back Saturday and Sunday
30/08/2026
Pasta bowl making this morning on my kick wheel. Very much enjoying making using this wheel as it demands a more gentle relationship between the hands and the clay. More a considered coaxing of the clay than a forcing of the clay. Also it doesn’t interfere with the radio reception
23/08/2026
Still lucky enough to have some grass. Never complain about the rain again
07/08/2026
Unfortunately the pottery will be closed today, Friday 7th, as I have to be away for an appointment.
06/08/2026
Can we have some rain please.
Laptops, apps, AI, well here at the pottery it is back to the future. All smaller pots will be made on this , lovely to use, kick wheel. Glad I didn’t try to learn on one of these though and I’m aware I am using a smart phone, so it is not totally a Luddite zone
Open again after a week away. Shop stocked up with some new pots too including some more using the local killard clay slip. Open Thursdays to Sundays.
09/07/2026
The pottery will be closed from today until the week beginning the 20th as I’m entertaining and enjoying time with my Mum who is visiting. Lots of good weather to visit beautiful Northern Ireland
14/06/2026
Some new little facetted cups with my Nuka style ash glaze over a high iron slip. The slip is made from a clay from near killard Point , Co Down. Collected after an edge of a field collapsed onto the stones by the sea. As you can see from the video it is a rich red/brown colour but in the raw state it was a mustard colour. Essentially it is like a terracotta clay. The slip blends with the glaze in the firing and completely alters the colour. Will only be able to make a small batch of these as probably won’t come across it again. Was just a lucky find by the sea edge.
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Rowallane Gardens
Saintfield
BT247
Opening Hours
| Wednesday | 12pm - 4am |
| Thursday | 12pm - 4am |
| Friday | 12pm - 4am |
| Saturday | 12pm - 4am |
| Sunday | 12pm - 4am |
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