A selection of the world's clays gathered to date
Clay diggers and bearers continue to source clay from around the world. Champion clay bearer, Terry Noel, has brought clay from Austria, Norway, Trinidad, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. Collected from countries where he and his band, the BT Melodians, travel to play steel pans.
Terry Noel and Cristo Adonis collect clay in Arima, Trinidad
Most recent clay arrivals have been relayed to London by retired medics Bruce and Sarah Noble from a pottery in Marginea, Romania. The clay was exchanged for a drawing by Bruce of the potter, Corneliu Magopat.
Corneliu Magopat at the wheel. Ceramica Marginea, Romania