Festival of Ceramics................

.........they call it Potfest. 

This happens only a few miles from home so this year I decided to go and have a look.

Perhaps The Great Pottery Throw Down on TV has sparked a bigger interest in beautiful hand made pottery than ever before, because there were crowds there and it was only the first day.

Several large marquees with nearly 100 potters and sculptors showing their wares. They've come from all over the UK.

Just a few photos as there were so many people around.

There was one area with a demonstration of Raku - wouldn't have know what this was until the TV programme.

This below reminded me of a ship's figurehead from Tudor times - very clever but  I'm not sure I'd want any of these large pottery sculptures  in the house

Lovely lot of pestle and mortar. With large storage jars reminiscent of Doulton Ware from the past 

Loved this hare plate, I wouldn't dare have something like this in the house in case it got broken.

There was a competition for potters with their entries all stood on pillars in one area. The theme was "Illustrate a saying" This one was "Plenty More Fish in the Sea"

And this one was "Sitting on the Fence".

I treated myself to a coffee and a lemon cake - very delicious

I didn't want to buy a 'dust collector', jug, mug etc etc and had planned to buy nothing but then I saw these bird feeder saucer-on-a-pole and thought it would be a lovely addition to the garden.

The potter was David Melville from Kent.

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