A POTTER is desperately searching for a new home after being given just months to move her studio.

Claudia Singer has run Spring Studios in Tendring Road, Little Bentley, for six years.

But the potter from Harwich is now having to search for a new base after being given notice to quit by her landlord.

"It's very sad news," she said.

"We have been given notice to quit the beautiful but dilapidated barn that is Spring Studios and we have to be out by the end of July.

"It's so hard to find somewhere suitable for what we do, that is in the right place for people to come to and that we can afford to rent."

Pottery students are being told to collect all their projects by the end of April as Mrs Singer will have to start to clear out the barn ready to leave.

She currently has a variety of finished work on display and for sale as well as two throwing wheels, drying areas, a kiln and a selection of tools and paints for using on the clay.

"We've loved being here and it will be really sad to go, and I know how hard it is going to be to find somewhere else to run from," she added.

"We really want to be able to continue and not to lose the wonderful client base we have now."

Anyone able to offer a new base for the studio is asked to get in touch as soon as possible on 07941803546.