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My other sites
The Gloucestershire Portal contains a directory of Gloucestershire-based websites.
Chicken Pots is my online store where you can buy pots from the Chickens range direct.
My blog, Cloth and Clay, where you will find a cornucopia of topics covered in a more conversational style.
You can also follow me on Twitter as Purple Potter, a name I acquired because of my fondness for wearing purple.
CRAFT SHOPS AND GALLERIES
All the makers in The Made In Stroud Shop live and work within the Stroud district.
For a small town we have an amazing richness of artists and makers. The shop doesn't yet offer online sales but take a look at the
variety of goodies and maybe you'll be tempted to visit the shop in person. My silk-painted cards, wallhanging cards and the oatmeal star, blue lustre, cream lustre and brown lustre pottery designs
are always available in the shop. 
Nature In Art is a museum and art gallery dedicated to, well, nature in art! It is a lovely place for a day out with ever-changing exhibitions,
permanent displays, shop, childrens activities inside and out, workshops and a programme of artists in residence throughout the year. There is also a cafe with the best
baguettes and coffee I've tasted for a long time.
The Lion Gallery is a lovely little gallery in Leominster which specialises in contemporary craft work and fine art. From time to time
my textiles work is shown there.
The Laurel Tree is a tiny shop in Bourton-on-the-Water where you can find a surprisingly large number of lovely gifts. Some
of my pottery is currently in stock there too.
ByLocal is a great new venture in Cheltenham, stocking arts, crafts and products made locally. At the moment it's a temporary shop until Christmas but after that, who knows?
OTHER ARTISTS
Ridge Pottery in Somerset is run by Douglas and Jennie Phillips. There are many craft summer schools available but I can
thoroughly recommend this one. I spent many very happy weeks over many summers at Ridge Pottery, learning my craft. Having started out
as a novice and worked my way up, I can recommend a course at Ridge Pottery
as suitable for complete beginners, those with some skill and professionals needing expertise in a specific area. There is a wonderfully
restful but productive atmosphere on the courses and the lunches are delicious!
Nat is an artist I have exibited with many times and one of the three original artists in Another Beastly Art Exhibition. Her woodcut prints and
paintings are full of life and colour and would look great in your home!
LOCAL LINKS
SHOPPING
Just a select few of my favourites.
If you are within reasonable distance of Radstock in Somerset, Bath Potters Supplies is a really good place to collect things
in person. They do also deliver.
The Greenshop is one of the UK's leading environmental retailers. They have been providing sustainable and low impact products
for almost 20 years and can proudly lay claim to being the largest supplier of natural paints in the UK. From their fabulous
new eco-building in Bisley, Gloucestershire, they run a low energy retail shop and online store. 
This is a great book site specialising in scarce and collectible books and in particular twentieth-century first editions. If you don't find anything to tempt you there you can
take advantage of Kim's book-finding service.
Quiltaway is a site where I love to browse. It's packed full of wonderful designs on mainly 100% cotton fabric. You can order whatever quantity you want,
so it doesn't have to be for quilting. Whatever can be got into a large packet (I find usually fabric for two garments will fit
into one packet) ships to the UK for a very reasonable price. Just make sure to say when ordering that you only want the amount you've
asked for as they will send less if the stocks are low because the store is designed for quilters.
Not strictly shopping, but Freecycle is an excellent scheme. The link takes you to the main page, from where you can link to your local Freecycle site. The idea is
to keep things out of landfill, so people who have stuff to get rid of post an offer and people who want things get to collect them. No money exchanged. We've had
some excellent things through Freecycle and sent quite a bit to new homes.
MISCELLANEOUS
Kim's Slow Living site. Take a leaf out of her book.