Photo: Pim van Huisseling John Higgins (in the blue check shirt) and Niek Hoogland dig for clay. Photo: Pim van Huisseling A mention in the Guardian of ‘one potter called John’ who spent a muddy hour ...

Her deft fingers would shape the clay into small figurines ... pieces that are both unique and sturdy,” says the 48-year-old ...

The potter’s hands apply just the right pressure ... “Every item in this store is the product of human hands shaping clay from the earth, and each one is a unique creation.” ...

A by-product of that process is high quality potter’s clay, which the town has in abundance ... His works include a piggy bank in the shape of a creature conjured up from his imagination ...

The potter's hands apply just the right pressure to the spinning clay and it rises ... "Every item in this store is the product of human hands shaping clay from the earth, and each one is a unique ...