With a passion for the conservation of art as well as the natural habitat, this year, for the annual Franschhoek Art in Clay Festival, La Motte is celebrating the unique beauty of the Cape Floral Kingdom as interpreted by ceramic artists. The flora and fynbos growing on La Motte Wine Estate and in the Franschhoek Mountains serve as inspiration to the invited group of ceramicists for the exhibition, Fragile Fynbos, hosted by the La Motte Museum.

The representation of flowers in art has a long history. The earliest surviving representations date from the late Minoan period in Crete around 1700 years ago! Originally, the two main reasons for flower paintings were either to be decorative or to serve as identification for medical use. In this way, flowers combined the worlds of scientists, travelers and artists.