Getting creative Wingham

Sometimes a collision of circumstances results in a dream being realized. In Marleen Vloet’s case, a life-long love of crafting, a recently purchased pottery wheel, a move back to the area and the needs of her young family were brewing away in the back of her mind when her parents bought a picturesque property out in the country near Wingham that had a surplus commercial building that needed a purpose.

Suddenly, operating a pottery studio gave this former x-ray

Country Clay Cafe opened in September 2022 and offers twovisit, one-on-one pottery classes by appointment, as well as being open for drop-ins on Fridays and Saturdays for painting ready-topaint pottery. The two-day classes pottery classes are by appointment and can be worked by hand-molding or with the wheel. The first day is for creating your pieces and on the second day you paint and decorate

Vloet also offers a wide range of pre-cast forms that you can purchase and paint in the shop, or buy a takehome kit to paint at your leisure and bring back to have fired in the kiln. The premade items are available in either playful bisque ware like mermaids, mushrooms and trinket boxes, or the more earthy stoneware