January 2021

Take a virtual look at the wonderful tile works & focus for Danny Callaghan’s 6 month artist residency. The Firing Line, Stoke-on-Trent. This unique firm manufactures high quality handmade ceramic tiles using traditional skills & 100 year old cast iron ‘dust presses’. It is owned by Richard Wilshaw who operates it with his brother Steve. The company is based at Winkhill Mill; an early 1900s factory building near Stoke Town Centre built on the site of one of Minton Hollins’ historical tile works (Cliff Bank Works). 

Click on the image link below for a virtual look behind-the-scenes at The Firing Line’s main production space. You can explore the fascinating machinery & materials including the rare c.100 year old ‘dust presses’…