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| The St Ives Cornish Pasty |
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| Bernard Leach Studio Pots |
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| Bernard Leach Potters Wheel |
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| Bernard Leach Found Stool |
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| John Bedding Pottery on Shelf |
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| Shigeyoshi Ichino Pottery |
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| Barbara Hepworth Two Bronze Forms |
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| Barbara Hepworth Inner Sphere |
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| Barbara Hepworth Weathered Stone |
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| Barbara Hepworth Courtyard Sunroom |
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| Barbara Hepworth Studio Overalls |
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| Barbara Hepworth Little Stones & Succulents |
#49 Rise And Shine
Pasty, Bernard & Babs.
Everyone loves a pocket lunch when out foraging for Pottery and Sculptures, or as was once the local Cornish tradition, off to your day job as a Tin Miner.
The genuine "Cornish Pasty" we savoured was purchased from Pengenna pasties. Prepared by hand, to be shaped like a 'D' and crimped on one side, before being baked on the premises - the quality hallmarks of a fine pasty makers reputation. We could see why the Cornish Pasty now has Protected Geographical Indication status from the European commission and accounts for 6% of the Cornish food economy.
You can learn how a genuine Cornish Pasty is made here. The reigning world championship pasty winner is Billy Deakin who missed last years prize giving ceremony as he had to go home to walk his dog 'zero'.
Our prized pasty was off to see the wonderful Bernard Leach Pottery Studio and fab Barbara Hepworth Museum & Garden . It then strolled along via the Wills Lane Gallery the St Ives Ceramics Gallery and immersed itself into the local art & ceramics scene at the Belgrave Gallery, New Craftsmen Gallery, Porthminster Gallery and Fernlea Gallery. Oh and an unexpected off-piste visit to Paul Vibert's unique hidden gallery of stacked bundles of art.
With our Cornish Pasty in tow, it seemed fitting that Bernard might have enjoyed a Pasty or two while throwing pots, or for Barbara to have munched on a pasty for her afternoon tea, when carving sculptures.
This blog gives thanks to the founders of The Genuine Cornish Pasty, for creating the St Ives day tripper's Favourite Thing To Eat and also as an endless supply of convenience food for the mob-handed pasty snatching seagulls.
