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