In a bid to lift my mood I went on a trip to Bovey Tracey last weekend with my parents to go to the Devon Guild of Craftsmen. I've wanted to go for ages as I'm always seeing advertising for the amazing exhibitions they put on but have never got round to going (I fear my mini wouldn't make it!). I had no idea what the current exhibition was, I was hoping for something textiley so was a bit disappointed when I saw that the exhibition was primarily ceramic based and about the colour blue...stupidly I thought this wouldn't be interesting, how wrong I was!
The exhibition (called Blue!) looked at the colour through both art/craft history and it's importance around the world. The most interesting part was the section on the origins of indigo and the part it's played in African textiles. Please see below for a few photos I took whilst at the exhibition, they were only taken on my phone so quality isn't great I'm afraid. The exhibition is on till April 22nd so if anyone is in the area I would urge them to go. The shop in the centre is worth the trip alone as it has a huge range of items for sale made by local craftmakers.
A competition to draw a plate design inspired by the exhibition and the colour blue, I couldn't resist!
The photos are not bad quality for a phone. Loved the blue - and the plate was bound to have buttons on it somewhere! xx
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