A long trip today...about 500 km, but really worth it. We made an early start by 8, so the roads were empty and the morning cool for the first hour...we got a little lost in Verizon, but with a little map reading found that we weren't far off the planned route.
First stop was the Centre Ceramique contemporien in La Borne, paid for not by the Commune, but by the ceramic artists and potters...it is a village and area that has had potters for thousands of years....
Somehow I missed taking a photo of the outside!
Inside we had a guided tour of the exhibition, by a Dutch pottery who has lived in the village for 11 years. The main tradition is wood fired kilns, and there are some in the centre where they have courses and firings and visiting potters.
Then lunch En Plein Air....
I should have taken a photo of the tartines...but they were too good to delay eating!
More tomorrow....
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Some beautiful art in there.
The wood fired kilns look lovely and full of memories.
Sounds like a perfect day! Some beautiful ceramics there!
What's with the French? I must have missed something!
Lovely, you would be in your element. I assume you are you staying with a fellow potter.
No, a fellow cyclist
I'm in France for two weeks
That's a trip definitely worth getting up early for. Some amazing things there.
The ceramics center at La Borne is phenomenal. I have read about their interest in promoting the center and providing classes to anyone interested. The ceramics on display are amazing.
What a fab ceramics place - well worh the distance. Have you ever been to Margarites in Crete? A keramika town. Some is just aimed at the tourists who flock there (easy stuff to pack) but there are a few of serious art value and even some foreigners who have set up there to make HUGE pots.
I love those clay mice with toothy grins. Am enjoying your trip. It looks like a creative and calm place.
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