Cardigan Craft Trail. Low Footed Cups

Footed Teacups

As part of the Craft Festival Wales Cardigan Town Trail.
11th September - 11th October, The Albion, Cardigan.
Created and curated by Justine Allison, to accompany Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle, the Town Trail celebrates the town’s vibrant independent businesses while showcasing exceptional contemporary craft from Wales. This year, seven makers who have previously won awards at Craft Festival Wales have been invited to create brand-new works especially for the Trail, each inspired by one of seven Welsh words reflecting the experience of home.

Home is more than a place. More than bricks and mortar, home is a feeling, a quiet language of welcome, warmth and lingering memories. It is found in the objects we treasure, the stories we carry and the landscapes that shape us.

This year’s Craft Festival Wales Town Trail explores those emotions through seven special commissions: seven artists, seven places and seven moments that celebrate what it means to feel at home in this very special corner of West Wales.

Our makers were asked to respond to these words that take us home.

Aelwyd / Hearth
Nourishment/ Maeth
Atcof / Memory
Cynefin / Habitat
Cysur / Comfort
Hiraeth / Longing
Tirwedd / Landscape

In Japan these cups are called 'Yunomi' and are everyday drinking cups. They have a tall foot to hold while the body of the cup is too hot to grip. You can hold the cup by the rim and foot and then wait for your chosen drink to come to a drinkable temperature and then they are lovely clasp in your hands.

Left: Thrown and vertically textured from my regular stoneware clay. Dipped in a bisque slip plus a wood ash glazed interior.
Approx 6cm tall x approx 10cm diameter at the rim.

Right: Thrown and vertically cut texture from a stoneware clay blended with a percentage of local unrefined clay. Part dipped in a bisque slip plus a wood ash glazed interior.
Approx 7cm tall x approx 9cm diameter at the rim.

Both £55.00

either to be collected From the Albion, Abertiefi(Cardigan) or posted once the Trail has finished. 11th OCTOBER 2026

IF COLLECTED ANY POSTAGE FEE WILL BE REFUNDED IN FULL.

Gas/wood fired to 1300°C in a reduction atmosphere.

All pots are packed with recyclable and or compostable parking materials.

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