It is always a great joy
when potters and ceramic artists visit The International Potters' Path. Janet and Eckhard Kaiser welcome everyone and really enjoy sharing a paned (cup of fairly traded tea or coffee) and a chat with them...

Naturally Path Makers are especially welcome to Walk & Talk!! Those Path Makers who have already visited include:

June Price
Brought four tiles made by members of her ceramic art group in Busselton, Australia a long time before the Path had even begun! June visited The Path with her husband again in the Summer 2001 and was delighted to see Phase I and part of Phase II with tiles by the Busselton Group already in place.

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Tinus Boshoff

From Bloemfontein, South Africa Tinus enjoyed a two-day visit after the long journey. Tinus and Yolande Meyer visited in July 1999, so they could only view the site. Tinus's tile is in Phase I and tiles by his students in Phase II.

Anemone Hartmann
Was also another early pre-Path visitor. From Eckernförde near Kiel in Germany, both she and her teacher, Master Potter Kay Wendt from Schleswig, Lower Saxony made and sent two of the very earliest tiles to arrive at The Chapel of Art.

Ruty Benjamini

Delivered her own and tiles made by residents of Nightingale House in London with partner Alberto, who kindly translated the information about The Path and the specifications into Italian. Both enjoyed the unexpected international character of The Chapel of Art as well as the tea! Ruty and Alberto first visited in 1999 and again with daughter Naomi and Mother, Ninna in 2001, when they viewed Phase I & part of Phase II

Janet and Frank Hamer
First sent their contributions to The Path and then were part of the great international millennium exhibition at the time of the Grand Opening 1999-2000

Frank Hamer talking to Janet Kaiser (Photo by Janet Hamer)

Veena Raghaven and husband Jai, visited The Path in the summer of 2001. Veena mailed her tile from Virginia the year before travelling, so she was able to see it set in The Path. Sorry: no photo

DeLana Hornbeck first travelled around Ireland with her daughter Beth and a box full of tiles made by her clay group in Pennsylvania before delivering them to The Path in person. What a trooper! Sorry: no photo

Pat King
wife Renate and members of his ceramic classes in Switzerland made several tiles for The Path and visited in 1999 and again in 2001 when over in Wales for the International Ceramic Festival in Aberystwyth.

Lyn Packer
Accompanied by her husband, Lyn travelled to Wales to deliver two tiles for The Path in person. One made by Lyn and the other by friend and fellow potter Maggie Woodhead. Both tiles put Nelson, New Zealand as well as the Path Makers onto the path map.

Karen Sandlin

Husband, sister and brother-in-law also visited with Karen in May 2002. From Florida, USA and on a tour of the UK, Karen (wearing the white coat) was able to deliver her contribution to The International Potters' Path in person.

Sayuri Kawamura
Visited Britain in May 2002 and travelled all the way from London with a very heavy load of fifteen tiles. They were especially made by fellow members of Poco-a Poco in Osaka, Japan for The Path and are a highly treasured contribution.

Maggie Bell
was one of the visiting Path Makers in 2003. From Melbourne, Australia there is a connection to Wales through Maggie's partner, Hal Gordon whose elder brother runs the family farm just a few miles up the road from The Path.

Jean Mitton

Visited The Path as brother Ron's representative, who made the tiles to represent their home in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jean was delighted to see that the tiles are already part of Phase Two and promised to give a full report when she returned home in September.

Rikki Gill
From Berkeley, California, Rikki Gill (pictured here with travelling companion Camille) travelled up to Criccieth to deliver her contribution to The Path in person. Rikki was able to take a brief break in her travels to visit the area and enjoyed what it had to offer.

Angela Farias

A Path Maker from Porto Alegre in Brazil, Angela was the last visitor of 2003 to see her own contribution to The Path. Angela travelled all the way to Criccieth via Madrid and London in late November. Arriving and departing in the dark was no fun, but at least she was able to stay a day and two nights, which was long enough to be able to give a full report to her fellow Path Makers when she returned home.

Daiva Kojelyté-Marrow
One of the very first Path Makers, Daiva is from Kaunas, Lithuania a Baltic State in Eastern Europe, but now lives in Cheshire. When Daiva brought her contribution to The Path she visited with her future husband James Marrow. Now married with son Lukas, Daiva has exhibited at The CoA since her first contact back in 1997 or 1998. Here Daiva and Lukas right stand with Eckhard and Janet on the steps of The CoA.

For this year's visitors, see next page