This weekend, 7 – 9 June 2019, I have been sketching Stoke-on-Trent, the historic home of the English ceramics industry, including Wedgewood, Spode and other pioneering firms. This was the location of the annual get-together of UK Urban Sketchers, and we spent the weekend exploring the city and sketching.
The drawings I have done are a continuous image in a concertina sketchbook, and I have scanned them two at a time here.
The subjects are: Stoke Minster, outside and inside, including a panel of memorial wall tiles by Minton, a display of modern ceramics at the Potteries Museum, the façade of the Wedgewood Institute, ceramics moulds at the Middleport Pottery, inside the bottle oven at Middleport, a building in the town centre of Hanley, a bottle kiln at Middleport, and a vase made by Josiah Wedgewood. Without planning this, I feel I am now a bit better informed about the history of this industry.
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Well done Jo. Great sketches.
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Thank you Mary, it was an interesting weekend.
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