This year celebrating its 50th anniversary exhibition, the Scottish Potters Association is at the vanguard of demonstrating the beauty which can be achieved by putting a lump of clay in skilful hands.

The theme of the exhibition derives from the saying attributed to Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, that, ‘Good parents give their children roots and wings. Roots to know where home is, and wings to fly away and exercise what’s been taught them’. In this case, ‘roots’ relates to the idea that makers should acknowledge their history and teachers, while the wings reference is envisaged as showcasing the best of Scottish ceramics in all their forms.

After starting at Resipole Studios in Acharacle, the exhibition moved to Haddington, then the Barony Centre in West Kilbride. It will be on display at Manar House at Burnhervie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire AB51 5JQ from 10:30am to 4pm, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th Oct, before moving to Gallery Heinzel in Aberdeen on 28th Oct, where it will show until 9th Nov.