These are posts about pots and potters seen in England
Just over two weeks ago I took the train to Cambridge for the day. I had landed at Heathrow the previous afternoon for a planned twelve days in England. It seemed to be a good plan to get a box of twelve jugbirds delivered to Primavera right away, and in spite of jet lag I managed, and had a wonderful day. In an earlier blog…
To complete my previous blog, I'd like to add pots by clay artists who are permanent members of Contemporary Applied Arts. This gallery shows the best of British Fine Crafts. This was my final day in England and I was determined to make the most of it, in spite of having picked up one of those beastly colds that one does on a trip…
On my last full day in England I took myself off to London's South Bank to visit Tate Modern, but first I wanted to find Contemporary Applied Arts again. It took me about fifteen dawdling minutes from Waterloo to find the gallery on Southwark street and it's only about a block south of Tate Modern and the Thames. This is the link to the CAA…
Outside the vast barn that is Messums Wiltshire there are sculptures displayed, waiting for collectors. Our first encounter was with ceramic artist, sculptor and painter Sandy Brown's 'Temple'. Commissioned by Chatsworth House two years ago it now enjoys a prominent home by this gallery's entrance. The tile-covered house has one door and coloured glass circular windows in the domed ceiling. Flamboyantly painted, the space is…
Every time I go to this fine pottery gallery in the heart of London I can't resist taking photos of the pots that appeal to me. I was pleased to find a couple more pieces by Paul Jackson, the potter whose work I'd enjoyed in 'Beside the Wave' that morning. Someone else will certainly be drawn to different work but here I am showing…