A beautiful handcrafted bowl could be chosen from a huge selection - arriving a few hours after the start of the event the selection was quite depleted but what was left to choose from was definitely not poor as you can see. Colin and I chose a bowl each and I was surprised to find that we had both chosen bowls created by the same potter!
After picking a bowl we made our way across to where there was a huge selection of soups and other foods to choose from. I chose minestrone soup and Colin, pea and ham. This bowl is for pumpkin soup.
Out in the grounds of the Pottery Society's studios the crowd of people enjoying their soup were chatting comfortably with each other and making new friends of the public who were encouraged to come along and join in this commendable event.
Tables loaded with all kinds of edible goodies that had all been donated were displayed and if no one was hovering over them, enterprising people were carrying trays of things around the seated people and selling items as they roamed. This tactic was evidently very successful because the trays of items were being refilled as I stood and chatted to one of the potters I had recognised.
As the people were seated they were being entertained by two young and very talented musicians, Bree de Rome (with the guitar) is a singer/songwriter and has a lovely voice. She performed solo to start with and after a solo performance by violinist Sophie Mathison, she sang and played with Sophie and the sound was quite lovely.
The local businesses had got behind this event and had donated all sorts of expensive prizes to be given away as raffles.
I could not resist taking a photo of a gentleman who was arriving as I left. He looked so smart and so colourful. He didn't mind my attention at all!
AJ
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