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