Newlyn and 'Pottering' around

The wind was really strong so, much to Rocky's relief we had a quieter day. We parked in Newlyn and walked back into Penzance as there was an exhibition in the Cornwall Contemporary art gallery that I wanted to see. First though a walk down past the harbour where the Newlyn Fleet were sheltering....

A pasty for lunch...

The weather didn't improve as we got to Penzance, but I loved these pebble sculptures on the promenade. 

I had wanted to get a photo of the waves breaking over the Scillonian, which wasn't going today for obvious reasons, but the road was closed, so we couldn't get access - this is as good as I could get!

One of the more 'kept' streets of Penzance. 

Some of Craig Underhill's pots in the Cornwall Contemporary gallery. Click here for their website. I love the textures and glazes that create these sculptural paintings. I'm wondering how the textures and mark making would translate into stitch ...using designs based on the Newlyn boats above...

We then popped in to the Coddiwomple Gallery in Newlyn (Find them on Instagram), where there is a good selection of pieces by local potters. The Phoenix above is by Bill Fisher, when he was at Mousehole. He isn't as well known as he should be and his works include sculptures of Bulls - I need to do more research on this as there are family links/pieces.

And then there is a selection of mugs - now I have in the past collected these, so it was nice to see them on sale. The striped ones are by Eric Leaper of the Newlyn Pottery. Apparently Leaper wasn't great at sculpting, but loved his glazes, so Fisher would sculpt bulls for him to glaze ...looking at Leaper's glazes they remind me of a family vase ...again I need to check when I get home. The Celtic pottery pieces on the right were developed by Bill Fisher and his wife Maggie and I have childhood memories of these. Once again more research required! 

In case you are wondering to Coddiwomple means to travel with great determination toward a vague destination.