a floral fantasy — Every Story Ceramics

We love nothing more than having the opportunity to be part of an inspiring project, and the ‘U N L EA R N E D’ exhibition that took place in October at the Oriel Myrddin Gallery was just that. This treasure of a gallery is Carmarthenshire’s centre for contemporary visual art, craft, and design, that celebrates all things unique and beautiful. We were delighted to be the ‘featured maker’ as part of the exhibition, which paid tribute to the beautiful Welsh landscape and the flora that can be found in this unique area.

U N L EA R N E D brought together three Welsh florists: Leigh Chappell, Melissa Ashley of Twisted Sisters Floral Design, and Donna Bowen-Heath of Pheasant Botanica, who turned all preconceived notions of floristry on its head. The space was transformed into an immersive scene of Welsh wilder-land, that paid homage to the unsuspecting beauty of even the lowliest of common finds within our hedgerows.

Our ceramics played host to these beautiful floral finds, our delicate Ikebanas with their tapered holes allowed each individual stem to stand centre stage, and a natural, unglazed finish only added to the organic nature of the flowers. Ikebanas are a cherished Japanese art of flower arranging, where each stem is given time and purpose, creating a display of fresh or dried blooms that have been carefully curated.

Aptly inspired by a poppy pod, our Wren vase is handmade from stoneware clay and finished in a soft off-white, matte glaze. An arrangement of ethereal, white blossoms reflected the beauty of the vase, both seemingly simple on appearance, but on closer inspection are full of intricate nuances of detail.

We’d like to say a big thank you to Leigh Chappell for the beautiful shots of her creative florals. Also Abby Poulson for capturing the show so beautifully with her atmospheric photography. It’s a joy to see so many varying forms of art come together to create one sensorial masterpiece.

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Read the full blog post about the ‘U N L E A R N E D ‘ exhibition here