To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wedgwood, one of the world’s greatest basalt manufacturers, Bloomingdales department store has invited me, Barbara Barry, Jasper Conran, Monique L’Huillier and Trish Foley to use Wedgwood china to decorate our own tables – and the tabletops will be auctioned off to benefit God’s Love We Deliver.

I have always loved basalt, and the pink and black were a great match – a color palette reminiscent of Madeline Castaing.  Wedgwood just produced its new, streamlined collection of modern basalt tableware.

And while you’re at Bloomingdales, have a look at their retrospective...

…two hundred fifty years is a LONG time, and there are many masterpieces on display, like these porcelain shoes made for the Queen (in Wedgwood’s signature blue) or these luscious 18th Century pieces.

I hope you will also look for a new book by Trish Foley, At Home with Wedgwood: The Art of the Table, which will be released June 2nd, in which we were also asked to participate.   It’s going to be a good one!

Remember that for what one might spend on lunch, you could enrich someone’s life in ways you may not know were possible.

www.godslovewedeliver.org

March 16th, 2009