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    POTTERS IN LOCKDOWN

    Sep 22, 2020 3 minutes

    My name is Debbie Page. I’m based in South Oxfordshire and run Debbie Page Ceramics out of my Yellow Shed Pottery. I am a veteran of local arts trails and craft fairs in and around the Oxfordshire/Berkshire area, eg Henley Arts Trail, Caversham Arts Trail and Oxfordshire Artweeks. At the beginning of 2020, I had been feeling overwhelmed in my efforts to juggle family, my teaching responsibilities, and my pottery business. Then lockdown hit.

    To be honest, it was pretty scary in March. The trails, workshops and courses were cancelled or postponed indefinitely,

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