Our Mayor attended the grand opening of ClayLife Pottery and RopeWork UK in the Old Post Office, welcoming two new shops to the Appleby high street. Fran and Ian have worked hard to convert the building, and are looking forward to welcoming customers.
ClayLife Pottery creates beautiful, practical and unique stoneware ceramics. When fully set up, they will be offering pottery classes. They are currently getting the wheels turning and the kilns warm.
ROPEWORK-UK is the result of a lifelong interest and increasing passion for making
rope “work.” Ian Outram, founder of ROPEWORK-UK developed an interest in rope work whilst working in the Ships Riggers with the Fishermen of Fleetwood, Lancashire. For over 40 years his experience of creating RopeWork solutions to everyday challenges in work and play is based on his passion for preserving the heritage of RopeWork its materials and way of working.
