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ABOUT THIS RESEARCHER

Created: 3rd May 1999 
Welcome to the page of Holly the Potter.

Hi there, nice to have your input.

I am a student potter, doing a degree in Ceramics and Glass at Bucks Chiltern University College. I like making pots, it's creative, and the clay is all lovely and squishy!

What I'm up to:

From now until Easter I am in the USA on an exchange trip, at Kutztown University in Philly. It's a cool place, but a bit like walking into Buffy world, or into American Pie. All big green spaces, and buildings that look like town halls, and students who study a lot. Weird.

I'm a long way from home all by myself. I'm missing my boyfriend a lot. 6 weeks is a long time (it seems). Hope he doesn't go off me while I'm away.....

Stuff I'm into:

I am a brown belt (2nd kyu) in Jujitsu, and I also do judo. I find these close contact sports a great way of meeting people, and really getting to know them well. It's hard to be impersonal when you are trying to pin someone to the floor! I train at Park Lodge JJK which has several clubs in South East Essex.

Recently I have been doing some specialist research for my ceramics. I have been making pots with spikes on, or with silver piercings in. the research is at some great London clubs - strictly adult only. Take a look at this lovely article about Torture Garden. (Or you could look at TG's own website, but you'll have to search for that yourself, cos I''m not allowed to put the link in here....)

somewhere I might be:

If you're looking for me, try Mina's Dungeon!



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RESEARCHER DATA
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the potter
Last posted: Mar 8, 2002
Researcher Number:

34574

Referenced Entries:

Torture Garden Fetish Club

Referenced Sites:

Bucks Chiltern University...
Kutztown University

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Philly & gliding
Mar 1, 2002

i'm off to philly this afternoon to see some pottery studio exhibition opening. A group of us going from class.

Tomorrow though I am going gliding - there's a little airfield just up the road, so I booked a ride in a glider. Should be fun, and a good way to see the countryside!

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Shopping!
Feb 24, 2002

Went shopping today with my flatmate. She had fun showing me round the mall. We went cos she wanted a pair of shoes - and we ended up buying all sorts of stuff..... so now I have new shoes too (yipee!) , and she got an iZone camera, and we got tapes and shower stuff and jewellry.... all very girly - great fun!

Unfortunately this meant neither of us got any work done today - so going into overdrive now..... (yeah, right)...

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Ghosts and partys!
Feb 24, 2002

A busy couple of days. Went out photographing spirits in the cemetary behind the house I'm living in last night. Also in one of the haunted college buildings. Got pics of a couple!

Tonight though have been sampling another sort of spirit. A student party - same here in the US as back home really, except that here most of the party goers are drinking illegally due to the different age laws here. This seems to mean that they all drink too much and get more out of it than my friends at home, for whom the novelty has already worn off. However, a bit of impromptu 'lap dancing' was considered really over-the-top, despite the dancers being fully clothed and friends of the guy anyway. I've been to wilder parties in the UK........

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one week over
Feb 23, 2002

And 5 to go! Seems like an eternity! Went to Baltimore today, to a big craft show. Dont feel particularly inspired though - too busy missing my man! Oh dear - getting boring now.....

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Tom - again
Feb 19, 2002

I miss him! I'm like, 3000 miles away - which is far too many! Just read a sweet e-mail from my man saying how much he misses me too. What are we to do.... Would really appreciate ideas of how to get through the next 6 weeks without going completely mad. Or some way to make time pass quicker would be good.

Whay does time always pass so much slower when you have something really really good to look forward to?

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A134759Pottery - Ceramics as a craft and a hobbyh2g2 EditedAug 9, 1999
A126596Campanology - the Art of Bell Ringingh2g2 EditedJul 28, 1999
A47765Campanology - the art of bell-ringingh2g2 -May 5, 1999
A47756'Vintage Inns' in Essex, UKh2g2 -May 5, 1999
A47747The good ship Jean de la Luneh2g2 -May 5, 1999
A40771Pottery - Ceramics as a craft and a hobbyh2g2 -May 3, 1999
A40744Ah2g2 -May 3, 1999
A40726Fried Egg Chilli Chutney Sandwichh2g2 -May 3, 1999
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