Remind me not to plan a trip to Cambridge on a Monday! On the last Monday of our European holiday Al and I lumped my pots from South London onto the train to Cambridge to keep an appointment with Jeremy Waller of Primavera Gallery. Trouble is, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Cambridge Archaeology Museum and Kettle’s Yard Gallery are all closed on a Monday.
Nevertheless it was a good day. Jeremy seems pleased with my jugbirds and says they’re totally unique and are expertly made. Can’t ask for more than that! He now carries work by half a dozen artists who aren’t British even though the gallery advertises itself as the vendor of the best British Crafts. In another blog I’ll post photos of some of the fine work I found there this year.
My two Birds of Paradise plates were considered to be too different from my other work so I took them back down to London. They will now live in our kind host’s house in Mortlake.
The thirteen new jugbirds were immediately priced and set out on shelves and Alan and I left to have lunch with sister-in-law Lottie in the famous Cambridge pub, The Eagle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle,_Cambridge
After we’d had a nice catch-up we set out to visit galleries and/or museums… Instead Lottie headed home on her bus and Al and I explored Cambridge for a while, finally making our way back to the railway station for the return ride back to London.
It was a lovely warm September day so I’ve included some photos of Primavera Gallery in its splendid location on King’s Parade, across from Kings College. Taking my work there is a special treat for me and gives me an excuse to take another trip to my birth country. It also reminds me of my brother Bill. He was a graduate of Corpus Christi College which is just nearby and he always liked to take me in to see the venerable old buildings. Primavera Gallery is in a building owned by Corpus Christi.
