The Ceramics of Deruta, Italy

While making our way through Umbria 

- which I fell in love with, by the way-

we found ourselves touring a family ceramic shop in Deruta. 

Ceramics is Deruta's claim to fame 

since the middle ages, 

thanks to the local clay found there. 

Today, Deruta continues to provide the world 

with exquisite maiolica. 

As you can see, 

each piece is meticulously hand painted 

with intricate designs.  

I could not even pick a favorite pattern.  

I loved all the rich colors on the white backdrop 

no matter what the design was. 

Of course we had to come home with something, 

but choosing was so difficult. 

I finally selected a piece 

which was carefully packaged in order to make it home safely.

There a many ceramist shops in Deruta, 

we visited Ceramiche Gialletti Giulio 

located at 

Via Tiberina Sud, 304, 06053 Deruta PG, Italia

Images from this visit can be seen here. 

Walking the Grounds of Alvethorpe Manor.

Alvethorpe Manor (built 1938)
Jenkintown, PA

Alvethorpe Manor 

was once home to Lessing Rosenwald.  

the son of the president and chairman 

of Sears, Roebuck & Co. 

Windows of Alvethorpe Manor

Lessing moved to Jenkintown, PA 

to open a catalog supply center in Philadelphia 

for the company.  

Scultpture Park at Abington Art Center

Rosenwald donated his home to the local township as a cultural center. 

Today it houses The Abington Art Center. 

The Whole World Acts a Part by Brian McCutcheon

The grounds, open to the public at no charge,

 display a changing collection of sculptures. 

Featuring me in Fairy Tales in Reflection: Mirror Mirror by Jeanne Jaffe

You could spend an hour here wandering the trails  

among the sculptures.

Sea Spider by Karen Kieser

But I am guessing the best time to come is in fall...

Wait Upon by Jay Walker

  

...when all the leaves are changing. 

The Old Abington Meetinghouse on the grounds. 

I bet it is gorgeous then. 

A Hint of Fall

Abington Art Center 

515 Meetinghouse Road 

Jenkintown, PA 19046

Where Dreamers Dream

There is a garden
not just of living things.


Dejeuner Déjà Vu, Seward Johnson
'Déjeuner Déjà Vu' is inspired by Edouard Manet’s 'Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe'

But a garden
that inspires dreams.



Where daydream believers
join nighttime dreamers
to hide beneath those bluebird's wings
and dream the day away.


Depression Breadline, George Segal

Oh yeah, there is such a place.

Copyright Violation! by Seward Johnson
Inspiration: Claude Monet painting, 'Terrace Ste Adresse'

A life-giving garden,
that breathes a breath of life
into each artist's dream.


Inspired by Vermeer's Girl With the Pearl Earring


Come along and let yourself dream too.


Relative, Frederick Morante

Afterall, it's a dreamy kind of day.


All images taken at
Grounds for Sculpture,
Trenton, NJ.

Click here for more of my
images from Grounds for Sculpture.
With 42 acres...
there are a lot more images to be taken
on my next, not as cold, visit.

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