Promas Carers

Creative workshops for carers at the Leach Pottery

Promas is a CIC who provide free practical and emotional support to unpaid carers in Cornwall. The Leach Pottery has worked with Promas to offer carers workshops since 2021. We offer Promas 6 week long courses at the Leach Pottery, exploring hand-building and throwing skills. The group often taken inspiration from the story and collection of the Leach Pottery Museum. Each year the group take a special focus for a collaborate project with a maker.

Dybri (Cornish for eat)

Promas participants created a collection plates which were then decorated using slip decorative methods. The resulting plates where then used to host a celebratory meal for the participants in the Leach Pottery garden.

Eva (Cornish for drink)

Across a series workshops, the group considered the design of a drinking vessel, co-producing, designing and decorating a collection of similar pieces. This project, Eva focused on making vessels to drink from. The outcomes of Dybri and Eva were brought together for a group lunch, with participants using the plates and cups they made.

This project was part of a pilot project for the National Heritage Lottery which explores how co-production within community settings can be successful.