The Merchant's Table

‘To Have and to Hold’, an Installation by Fliff Carr

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“I have created a special installation of ceramic pieces for The Merchant’s Table that reflect the inspiration I take from found objects and their past lives. It was initially inspired by a conversation about this building itself and the exquisitely detailed original property deeds that Susanna showed me, all of them worn with age, stamped and sealed with faded blues, reds and ribbon. It evoked in me a similar feeling of excitement and promise that I experience when looking for ‘treasure’ that might in some way inform my work. I have a collection of dress pins and coins from the 18th century all found on the foreshore of the River Thames. I have pipe stems, white marbles and tiny keys displayed in groups or by colour and shape and each one holding its own evocative past narrative.

This work explores my desire to collect, order and display. It investigates an intimacy of scale and form and incorporates fragments of metal or found objects using gold lustre to add to the notion of ‘treasure’ and desirability. Pieces that are found to me and invoke a response that transfers itself into the work I make.

I always use white clay both thrown on the wheel and hand rolled and introduce areas of detail with the addition of drawn lines, images, colour and gold. I treat each piece individually and use handmade stamps and found objects to emboss and texture the clay. My intention here is to elicit the desire in you to seek out the piece to which you are most drawn in the same way that I search for and find the objects that most excite me. Searching for something precious to have and to hold.”

Fliff is installing her work on Friday 8th November and their will be a selection of ‘treasures’ within the installation for sale up until Christmas.

We aim to make ordering from us as straightforward as possible.

Once your online transaction has been completed your order will be confirmed by email within 24 hours. If your order is placed on a Friday, or over the weekend, your item will be shipped within 3 days from the Monday.

Using Royal Mail our shipping rates are calculated based on the estimated weight and size of the items. 

You have the option of First Class Delivery (which cannot be tracked), or Tracked delivery ( to enable you to track your package through all stages of the delivery process)

UK CUSTOMERS

Please allow 3-5 working days for delivery in the UK. In most cases it will be less.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS

We do ship outside of the UK and are delighted to do so, but we ask you to email, susanna@themerchantstable.co.uk, so we may give you an accurate shipping cost to your destination.

Any customs or import duties are charged once the parcel reaches its destination country. These charges must be paid by the recipient of the parcel. Unfortunately, we have no control over these charges, and cannot tell you what the cost would be, as customs policies and import duties vary widely from country to country.

DUTIES

We recommend contacting your local customs office for current charges before you order, so you are not surprised by charges you were not expecting.

Please be aware that your parcel can be also delayed by customs and subsequent charges can be applied. We have no control over this, and cannot supply any details why or for how long your parcel will be delayed.

If you wish to return a purchase please notify us at susanna@themerchantstable.co.uk

If you are unhappy with our products in any way, they can be returned provided they are in saleable condition.

If you wish to return your item and receive a full refund items need to posted/couriered back to us within 7 days of being received by you.

Please note refunds to Debit/Credit Cards normally clear in 1/2 days after receipt of the returned goods.

Returns received outside the above time frame will not be accepted. For all returns you will be required to arrange and pay for the return of the products to us.

We will only accept returns provided the goods are received by us in the condition they were in when delivered to you.

ADDRESS FOR ALL RETURNS & EXCHANGES

Please returns items to: 

The Merchant’s Table
10 Church Street
Woodbridge
Suffolk IP12 1DH

The Maker

Fliff Carr

Fliff Carr is a designer and maker of simple yet refined ceramic tableware and interior products. Fliff’s finely thrown and hand-rolled work is an eclectic mix of whimsical, often surprising pieces. An irregular rim or extended handle lends a sense of lively fluidity and delicacy to the work.
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In the market town of WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, on CHURCH STREET is a double fronted Georgian shop, fronting a 16th Century merchant’s house. Within this beautiful building, layered with merchant’s tales and trading, we opened The Merchant’s Table.

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