{"id":8660,"date":"2022-09-07T09:31:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T09:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/?page_id=8660"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:04:59","slug":"about-cally","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/about-cally\/","title":{"rendered":"About Cally"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hello and welcome to Hippy Hut Pottery.<\/h2>\n<h2>I am Cally James and the founder of Hippy Hut Pottery Ltd.<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CallyJames-5940-JohnFerguson.jpg?resize=300%2C211&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CallyJames-5940-JohnFerguson.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CallyJames-5940-JohnFerguson.jpg?resize=768%2C540&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CallyJames-5940-JohnFerguson.jpg?resize=600%2C422&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CallyJames-5940-JohnFerguson.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I started life as an outdoor kind of child; I followed my Builder Dad around trying to imitate\u00a0 everything he made: I had my own tool kit from a very early age and my love for making was solidified at a very young age.<\/p>\n<p>My varied career has given endless opportunities to be creative, working as a Chef allowed a creative flair which led to a career in Cake decorating. My passion was always in pottery as the burning desire to try it again after O levels had never gone away. I took up Pottery with a lady who taught from her home studio, I was hooked! After several years of being a hobby potter I completed MA Fine Art I took the leap and created Cally James MA- Ceramic and Sculptural Artist.<\/p>\n<p>I have now gone a step further and am the founder of Hippy Hut Pottery Ltd.\u00a0 The Hippy Hut name is inspired by a summer house we built of glass and palette wood\u00a0 in the garden, My daughters thought we were mad; &#8220;Mum, you are such a Hippy&#8221; and the &#8216;Hippy Hut&#8217; was born. If you attend a workshop you will be lucky enough to have lunch in the Hippy Hut.<\/p>\n<p>Hippy Hut Pottery offers a line of functional ware, Pottery lessons, Pottery workshops, Pottery Parties and Corporate Pottery Events.<\/p>\n<p>Commissions are welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to Hippy Hut Pottery. I am Cally James and the founder of Hippy Hut Pottery Ltd. I started life as an outdoor kind of child; I followed my Builder Dad around trying to imitate\u00a0 everything he made: I had my own tool kit from a very early age and my love for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8660","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8660"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10324,"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8660\/revisions\/10324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyhutpottery.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}