The NC Department of Commerce sponsored a tent during both the 2014 U.S. Open and the U. S. Women’s Open this year.
Interior of the NC Department of Commerce tent.
NC Department of Commerce.
Arrangement of cattleya orchids in front of a mural.
Interior of the NC Department of Commerce tent.
Rocking chairs to give a “down home” feel.
The Department of Commerce wanted to support NC potters and provided pottery containers thrown and glazed in NC to hold the flowers in this tent.
Low arrangement of cattleya orchids and succulents in a container made by NC potters.
Glaze detail.
Table arrangement with calla lilies and cattleya orchids, in a container made by an NC potter.
Interior of the NC Department of Commerce tent.
Dragonfly detail on rectangular container.
Tall arrangement with cattleya orchids and native pine, in a container made by a NC potter.
Glaze detail.
Table arrangement with calla lilies and cattleya orchids, in a container made by an NC potter.
Arrangement of cattleya orchids in front of a mural.
Glaze detail.
These arrangements required a bit of special handling on their journey from the delivery truck to the sponsor tent in the Village.
Hand-carrying an arrangement in a tall pottery container to the NC Department of Commerce tent.
Arrangements in containers made by NC potters.
Succulents and cattleya orchids in a rectangular container.
Arrangements in NC-pottery containers.
Arrangements with calla lilies.
Arrangements in containers made by NC potters.
The original pottery containers made the flowers look all the more striking. Cattleya orchids and calla lilies, with some succulents.
