Pottery Mother lode !

30 years ago, while living in southern Ontario, I had traveled to Quebec and loved driving through the eastern townships. This trip I wanted to return with my girls. While planning our trip I had quite a hard time finding any contacts for individual potters in Quebec. I had found some info on the internet about an outdoor exhibit that was on during our visit. I must say that we lucked out by visiting Mystic, a quiet little village,  south east of Montreal. It turned out to be the pottery Mother Lode !

This is the 7th year Jacques Marsot ( photo above ) has hosted an outdoor pottery exhibit. I enjoyed visiting with him; potters are the friendliest people ! I think there was work from 28 different potters displayed through out the grounds. Jacques has a well tended, beautiful yard and buildings. I had such a great time visiting and ogling all the pots that I didn't take any pictures ! 

The pictures below are some that my daughter Caela took. There's lots more pictures and info here: http://www.ceramystic.com/angl/02_description.html

I bought several pots and I'll show them to you in a later post.

extruded vase by Jacques Marsot

loved these handbuilt vessels, sorry, I didn't get the name 

these little nymphs were hangin around all over the garden

down the road from the Marsot pottery is this beautifully
restored 8 sided barn/museum which houses a collection of farming implements, ect. 

this is an interesting old general store, turned restaurant,
 in Mystic where we had a delicious meal.