Little House Numbers

I was going to make this post more about what we have been up to over the last couple of months, but I can't wait to start with revealing the new lines for this year, although we actually started planning this at the end of last season, any one who saw us at the last show of the season would have seen the potter developing these (obviously with help from me, pointing out what I didn't like!)
So this is the first of the new designs to show you.

The house numbers that we make (see previous post) are designed to be seen from a distance. For fitting to house walls or fence posts etc. Because of this they are quite big (approx 17cm tall).
Over the last couple of years we have regularly been asked if we make smaller numbers for flats or to be attached to front doors.

This year we have finally spent some time planning how we could make this work successfully and this is the result. They measure approx 9cm tall.

 



 We spent a long time considering the best way to do these. The potter attempted to make a mini version of the large numerals that we make, but they were too fussy and you lost the crispness of the number and the definition of what the number actually was.
For a while we have made number plaques (to order) with a large picture design and a number, so we decided to go with that principle but smaller to come up with these.

The potter has been busy making all the numbers 1-20 as well as a 1a and 2a ready for the show season, and we shall see what the response is.