We are just back from our trip to Potfest at Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumbria. There were 100s of craftspeople from 10 countries there: a huge variety of styles, from functional mugs, to jewellery, sculpture, ornamental, wall plaques, animal figures etc etc.
The 'Pots on the Lawn' competition theme this year, was 'Marking Time'. Both Rob and I picked this as our favourite. As you can see the oarsmen are getting distinctly out of time in this piece. The maker is Christine Hester Smith of Dumfriesshire.
These are the three items Rob and I bought: a mug for a gift; an oak leaf bowl for Rob and a 'frog spawn' bowl for me. All three pieces were made by Charlotte and Sigerd Bohmer of Germany.
We also had a nice lunch in the tearoom (all sorts of sandwiches, baps, salads, cakes, ice cream available) and a wander round the walled garden and grounds of the house. The weather was hot and sunny, so it was the perfect day out!
4 comments:
Thanks for sharing your outing!! My kind of day and the artistry is amazing!! xo
Hi Cait! Yes, we could have spent £1,000s! So many beautiful ceramics to choose from. We decided to grow our 'collection' one or two pieces at a time.
Came over to say hello from British Sellers. Like the look of your blog and those two bowls are lovely.
Thank you, Creating Trouble! Just been over to have a look at your blog too - very interesting read :)
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