We visited the Stradling Collection on 27 April and were give a guided tour of the three floors by Curator Tanya Martin seen here below on the first floor. We last visited as a Friends group 10 years ago. Here are the links to our previous connections with the Stradling Collection.
We had a fantastic time and I would thoroughly recommend a visit at the least, but a tour gives you so much more insight into the man behind the collection, Ken Stradling and the collections
I loved this glass vase made by Timo Sarpaneva one of Finland's most celebrated designers in 1991
Here Tanya is holding up the famous
Rooster dish by Nicholas Vergette
I loved going into the cellar where the treasures are stored when not on display. Above I spotted a piece by
Sam Herman who came to talk to us in 2018.
I have taken photos of some of the amazing things stored down there
I can't remember much about these two but they made the tour very interesting
Below Rosemary looking at many ceramic pieces
And below a couple of ceramic pieces by
Kate Malone who has also been to talk to us
What an amazing visit, thank you once again Tanya for your fascinating insight into the collection of Ken Stradling. Sad to see after 113 years, The Guild where Ken spent so much of his working life closed last summer.
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