16 days Earlier
I feel like I have been away from Granada for ever. It was in fact just 16 days but I did pack a whole lot in to this particular leap …
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Lucie Rie’s Studio
I am still in the V & A Ceramic Halls, and this is Lucie Rie’s Studio, lovingly re-assembled behind a glass wall. Lovely to see, but it was a bit …
The Gloucester Candlestick
The ceramic galleries were marvelous but this three foot candlestick is actually what I went to find. You see it is in the book “A Children’s Story” by A S …
Natasha Kerr, a new aquisition at the V&A
Hanging “At The End Of The Day” 2007 Painted and printed linen.If I didn’t or couldn’t make ceramics then I would go back to making textile art. This is an …
Bernard Palissy at the V & A
Dish with snake relief, French 1570-90Bernard Palissy was the most original French potter. His most famous work is decorated with plants and animals cast from life and glazed in vivid …
Victoria and Albert Museum
Three ancient pieces form the Victoria and Albert Museum today. First this beautiful small shallow bowl, the label says Gubbio Italian dish 1520 – 30 Tin glazed earthenware. Obviously hump …
Chihuly in the foyer of the Victoria and Albert Museum
This chandelier is by Dale Chihuly and it dominates in the entrance hall to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is the first thing you see when you arrive. I …
First post – The Victoria and Albert Museum, Ceramic Halls
ButterflyMade in Sweden Stockholm, modeled about 1956 by Anders Liljefors and sand cast. It is a very beautiful butterfly; who would have thought of using this massively grogged clay body …