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Add your questions for the queen of British kitchenware, Emma Bridgewater.

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jinglbellsfrocks Mon 21-Mar-16 18:15:00

I have to confess I really don't like mugs with cows, pigs, dogs, or cats, and I find spots boring. But I do absolutely adore your Wallflower design.

How can you justify £35 for one teacup and saucer? confused And who would risk it? (they break)

Marmight Sun 20-Mar-16 09:05:03

I have a cupboard full of your mugs, far too many really but I just can't resist them even though they have doubled in price since I bought my first one. I still have aspirations to acquire a teapot! Still saving up......
I remember many years ago reading an article about you(probably inThe Times mag) along with a picture of you in the kitchen with a baby sitting in an enormous coach pram, surrounded by your designs and pottery. Must have been very early days. You obviously still love your work; do any of your children take after you and will they eventually take over the business and keep it 'in the family'?

Izabella Sun 20-Mar-16 08:46:58

Now enlightened. Had never heard of her.

Dartzie62 Sat 19-Mar-16 11:38:52

I love your designs and pottery; especially your mugs.
Will you be creating a special mug for the Queen's celebrations this year?

whitewave Sat 19-Mar-16 11:01:52

I purchased my first Bridgewater mugs - blue chicken - in about 2004 in the Dales whilst on a very hot holiday! Been buying them ever since. Would love a Cairn pattern!

rosesarered Thu 17-Mar-16 14:22:33

I love my 'Tea In The Garden' E.B. Caketin, have one in the large size but would like a smaller one as well,do they come in differing sizes?The trouble is, it sits there on the unit and demands a cake inside it (as do I.)

Alea Thu 17-Mar-16 11:35:52

I heard you speak at Althorpe nearly two years ago and was impressed both by your energy and philosophy.
I wondered then, do you feel flattered (imitation is the sincerest form etc etc) by the many sub-Bridgewater spotty copies or are they just cheap rip-offs?
I should add that I love both your china and the fact that you have brought employment and hope to the Potteries and a cheap copy wouldn't cut it for me.

tiggypiro Wed 16-Mar-16 20:45:04

Whoops !

tiggypiro Wed 16-Mar-16 20:44:33

I love Emma Bridgewater mugs and they are the ones I go for first as I find them lovely to drink from. The fact that they are made in the UK is a bonus.
My question is this: What has caused the hair line cracks which have appeared around the base where the side meets the base and how can I prevent it happening to my other mugs ?

tiggypiro Wed 16-Mar-16 20:43:42

I love Emma Bridgewater mugs and they are the ones I go for first as I find them lovely to drink from. The fact that they are made in the UK is a bonus.
My question is this: What has caused the hair line cracks which have appeared around the base where the side meets the base and how can I prevent it happening to my other mugs ?

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 15-Mar-16 16:46:20

When we had the pleasure of meeting her a couple of weeks ago we were delighted when Emma Bridgewater agreed to join us for a Q&A. So do leave your questions for her before Tuesday 29 March and we will send them over to her then.

Since establishing her pottery business 30 years ago, Emma’s cheerfully distinctive kitchenware has found its way onto the dresser shelves and kitchen tables of homes all over Britain and beyond. Today, Emma Bridgewater Ltd is still owned and run by Emma and her husband Matthew, who continue to contribute designs. Known for quintessentially British patterns, Emma Bridgewater pottery is manufactured in Britain, with over 200 people now employed in her factory in Staffordshire.

The early family life which inspired the Emma Bridgewater business took place round the kitchen table, and that is still the focus of Emma and Matthew’s life with their four children today. Emma received a CBE for services to industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2013 and her first book, Toast & Marmalade and Other Stories was a Sunday Times bestseller when it was published in 2014.

Her new book is Pattern (Saltyard Books). Ranging about through diverse memories - from the children's bookshelf filled with Maurice Sendak, Beatrix Potter and Ladybird books, to family holidays on the North Norfolk coast or in the Scottish Isles; from cosy Paisley eiderdowns to Mary Quant patent white boots and citrus mini-dresses, to rummaging through antique shops and market stalls for bright crocheted patchwork blankets and groovy 1960s coffee pots - Emma shares the inspirational process of design that has taken her patterns to homes across the land.