tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post2531654774943162680..comments2023-10-22T20:57:20.675+08:00Comments on Fragments: World of workLottiePhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464376197679468718noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-14299649727735013462011-06-12T10:58:00.347+08:002011-06-12T10:58:00.347+08:00We won't be back! I think that was from the Io...We won't be back! I think that was from the Iona coffee house, but there was plenty of mileage to be had from a vintage catchphrase like that.LottiePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464376197679468718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-73285959651173220042011-06-12T10:56:43.783+08:002011-06-12T10:56:43.783+08:00Not sure, Claire. I remember meeting Alison White ...Not sure, <b>Claire</b>. I remember meeting Alison White on a bus in Edinburgh in the early 1990s, but nothing since then. Alison Senior's boyfriend had a little silver sportscar (I wish I could remember the name of it - even then it was regarded as a bit crap, and the Not the 9 O'Clock News annual that we had spoofed it as being a car everyone in the Falklands would drive), and somehow that really impressed me. She left PPs to work in a nursing home.<br /><br />The knight of the realm was a D-H, and his daughter was June.LottiePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464376197679468718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-73925540487449533542011-06-07T18:34:11.636+08:002011-06-07T18:34:11.636+08:00I was wondering about the Alisons recently. Was it...I was wondering about the Alisons recently. Was it White and Arnold? I also worked with an Alison Senior there for a while. I wonder what happened to them all.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787214538691588685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-84608333749405983602011-06-07T18:33:06.287+08:002011-06-07T18:33:06.287+08:00Maybe Arabella is related to the knight of a realm...Maybe Arabella is related to the knight of a realm whose daughter you refused to serve 30 years ago and this is her revenge. It's sad when places feel they have to conform in order to succeed. But that location has so much going for it that I'm sure it'll continue to thrive. <br /><br />LP, you didn't mention the "We won't be back" incident!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787214538691588685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-79221451077319473632011-04-24T23:49:26.049+08:002011-04-24T23:49:26.049+08:00It appears to be working if getting lots of fundin...It appears to be working if getting lots of funding for various projects is concerned - Arabella (!) is obviously good at that. There are ongoing projects involving local schools and artists, that sort of thing.But nobody I speak to has a good word to say about the changes - it really is empty in the main downsatairs room, and the bit down the side (which used to be the undercroft)is crammed with a jumble of crafts and cards and paintings, and to my eye not at all inviting.<br />And the coffee shop is selling off the pots I made for them -"buy a piece of Peter Potter's history"- really!-and re-stocking with plain white Ikea-type cups, plates etc.<br /><br />I wish I'd known that Gillian was exhibiting - I would have gone!<br /><br />Marg xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-52629788460878019982011-04-24T08:58:44.161+08:002011-04-24T08:58:44.161+08:00Thanks for filling in the gaps, Marg. I remember t...Thanks for filling in the gaps, <b>Marg</b>. I remember the little welsh dressers very well, but I didn't realise PP's kickstarted your career - and interesting that you're feeling PPs is bookending it now. Has the new approach they're taking worked? I think <a href="http://carouselmonkey.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Gillian</a> has exhibited there quite recently.LottiePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464376197679468718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-14625403020920303872011-04-23T19:11:18.730+08:002011-04-23T19:11:18.730+08:00Peter Potter died (I think) in the late 70's, ...Peter Potter died (I think) in the late 70's, and his partner Tom at some point after that let the business be taken over by a charitable trust. I had a really important (for me) exhibition there in about 1977, and their encouragement helped me to decide to give up teaching (art) and concentrate on pottery. (I was making an extensive range of small-scale ceramic furniture, with little pots as appropriate)<br /><br />Peter Potter's had, as you say, an extensive time being run with various degrees of efficiency by genteel ladies; then recently they appointed a paid manager and it was very well run. However the most recent change has been fundamental: the most recent manager(ess) has completely changed the focus and appearance of the gallery (very few exhibits, lots of empty space, and lots of community events). They also stopped stocking my pots after about 30 years of having them on sale. Ah well. P.P's has affected my life yet again in that not having that outlet is contributing to the approach of stopping potting altogether.<br /> Marg xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com