I wanted to share a few of the photos from the opening reception, before the gallery closed (rightly so) due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The writing on the wall…

One lady came in with extremely cold hands. Tea was the perfect solution! She also may have put two teacups up her top…

I had surveys/questionnaires out for people to fill out which teapots they liked the look of the most and which they thought would be the best functionality-wise. The completed surveys went in a beautiful pot made by Chad Brown (a 3rd generation Seagrove potter). Chad also kindly let me take the wood used for the shelves and tables from his grandad’s old barn that had recently fallen down.

We drank some glorious tea courtesy of our sponsor Teaism, a wonderful tea shop in Washington, DC. That night we drank mostly a lavender and mint blend that they make. Everyone thought it was delicious. I even turned some ardent non-tea-drinkers on to it.

Here are some more pics of the wood-fired teacups I made and the writing on the wall about them…

Here’s one final picture. This guy was great!