ART IN CLAY

(David Walters, courtesy of his website)

Kicking off with a weekend of gallery launches, classical music, open gardens at their spring best and a potters’ market, the annual Art In Clay series of ceramics exhibitions in Franschhoek in the Cape runs from October 27 to November 16.

Art In Clay is the brainchild of one of the doyens of South African porcelain, Franschhoek resident David Walters, who recently won the Merit Award at the Ceramics SA National Exhibition in Pretoria.

David Walters made a major contribution to KZN art and craft during the time he spent in this province. After graduating with a BA Fine Arts from the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, where he and his wife Michelle Anderson both majored in Ceramics, they established the Nkwaleni Pottery in Hilton before moving on to Caversham Mill at Lidgetton. After the old mill was washed away in the 1987 floods, the couple moved to England before returning to South Africa ten years later and settling in Franschoek.

The weekend also hosts the Franschhoek Classic Music Festival which includes KZN’s Christopher Duigan in the line-up.

Over this weekend, (October 27 to 28), the Cape Craft and Design Institute will partner with the local Lions Club to host the potters’ market in front of the Franschhoek Town Hall, as part of the Lions Open Garden Festival. A fine variety of craft-art, functional ceramics and porcelain by Western Cape potters will be on sale to the public.

More information from Michelle Walters on 021 876 4304 or email waltware@mweb.co.za