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.
Interior of the NC Department of Commerce tent.
NC Department of Commerce.
Rocking chairs to give a “down home” feel.
Arrangement of cattleya orchids in front of a mural.
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.
Glaze detail.
Glaze detail.
Glaze detail.
Arrangement of cattleya orchids in front of a mural.
Table arrangement with calla lilies and cattleya orchids, in a container made by an NC potter.
Tall arrangement with cattleya orchids and native pine, in a container made by a NC potter.
Dragonfly detail on rectangular container.
Low arrangement of cattleya orchids and succulents in a container made by NC potters.
Table arrangement with calla lilies and cattleya orchids, in a container made by an NC potter.
Interior of the NC Department of Commerce tent.
These arrangements required a bit of special handling on their journey from the delivery truck to the sponsor tent in the Village.
Arrangements with calla lilies.
Arrangements in NC-pottery containers.
Arrangements in containers made by NC potters.
Hand-carrying an arrangement in a tall pottery container to the NC Department of Commerce tent.
Succulents and cattleya orchids in a rectangular container.
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.
