Italy Ceramics - 06/27 a.m.

On Friday morning June 27th, we went to visit a local potter who has been making Italian ceramics for 50 years. We usually take two vans whenever we go places and this day was not exception. However, Jason got distracted with talking and we lost the second van, which was supposed to be following us. Normally Jason and Thomas (who drives the other van) have cell phones and they communicate that way whenever we go anywhere. However, for some reason Thomas didn’t have is phone. So we went round-about Corciano trying to find the other van; but no luck. Finally, someone suggested that Jason call Judy who as in the other van; and he got through. Once we regrouped, we made it to the potter’s shop and store.

You can see purchases are lining up at the counter. Here is Amy and Sam are in the foreground, and Carolyn is behind Amy. If you’ll notice the front corner of the counter between Amy and Sam, you’ll see the cute little espresso set I bought. It has the symbol of Umbria on it. Speaking of espresso, they only have instant decaff here, so I won’t be able to enjoy one until I get home.

Anyway, everyone made their purchases and received a 15% “friend of the family” discount. Jason arranged a pottery demonstration with Mario, the artist. However, he was not at the store but was supposed to be “on his way”. While I was waiting I took some nice photos of the shop as potential material for future paintings. Mario still wasn’t there. Here’s a picture of part of the group waiting in front of the store. In this photo (starting at the bottom right and going clockwise) are Robert, Shawn, Jen; in the back row are Amy, Judy and Sam. Forty-five minutes later Mario came; he was obviously on “Italian” time. Once he got there, I took more photos. Here are a couple of Mario making a pot and (I think it is his wife) painting a dried pot the symbol of Umbria on a large pot.