| Christine is
a long term resident of La Borne, arriving over 30 years
ago after attending Harrow College of Art. She had no intention
to stay but the spell of La Borne took over and she has
adapted to the French lifestyle. Christine worked for several
other potters including a short apprenticeship with David
Leach before setting up her own workshop on 1970. Soon after,
she and her partner drove their 2CV across Europe and Asia
to Japan where she worked for a while at Mashiko and regularly
visited Shoji Hamada's pottery and the wood fired kilns.
Christine produces mainly functional salt glazed pottery
with simple lively decoration where ash glazes and colourful
slips predominate. As the accompanying images illustrate,
her showroom has a wide range of pots from small functional
ware to large individual pieces.
Christine's pottery has a range of outbuildings, which
she has converted into two gites which are available for
letting all year around at very reasonable cost. Please
visit her website at www.chris-pedley.eu
which at the time of writing (November 2007) has just come
online.
You can contact Christine via : chris.pedley@orange.fr
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