Crockery counseling: hello Madeleine Boulesteix
A reader writes:
Dear Friends
I left this plate in the sink to wash as it had just come from a flea market. I then dropped a mug on it and it was gone before even being washed.
I felt very dumb for doing this. It cost next to nothing as it was in a collection of a lot of grubby stuff for €10 in total. I love these French stencilled plates, but they aren’t very robust. It took a few days to let go of, but the pieces are going in the potential mosaics bucket.
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If there was anyone that could turn a positive out of a broken plate it’d be Madeleine. I’m sure she’s already thought of a way of using it in the future, perhaps not on her gorgeous chandeliers but on some other beautifully creative item which she’ll just conjure up effortlessly -hence the reason she actually owns a mosaics bucket. (Lovely to see you last week btw Madeleine) x
Oh Madeleine! I’ll pop down to the borcante and get you a replacement. They are ubiquitous but very attractive.
Hey thanks guys – I can feel the therapy working already! And thanks for your confidence Debs! Well maybe I’ll do a blog post soon to show you my first mosaic effort and spread the word about this sympathy spot. x
You could break it up and use it in the bottom of a pot as drainage material when planting something. Waste not want not and all that… Also if you need more expensive pottery fixed my mother is a superlative porcelain restorer. Can you imagine. She doesn’t even have a website! The good people of Henley on Thames keep her so busy that she no longer advertises ANYWHERE either. I think they must throw their porcelain at each other behind closed doors.