Seagrove in the Blogosphere

..."On Wednesday, October 7^th, at 8 pm, PBS TV, will air a nationwide broadcast of a brand new episode of the Peabody award-winning series, “Craft in America,” that features two well-known North Carolina potteries. “Craft in America” producer, Carol Sauvion, explains why. “North Carolina pottery has inspired and influenced potters from all over the world,” says Sauvion, “It is authentic, original, and powerful in its simplicity. By including Jugtown and the Hewitt pottery in its new episodes, the Craft in America series showcases their significant contribution to the history of craft in America.”

Read more about this blog post at Chatham Artists: blog by Forest Greenslade.

Jugtown Annual Holiday Kiln Opening: Dec 5

Jugtown Annual Holiday Kiln Opening

Saturday, December 5, 2009

8:30-5:00

come early, get a number and have coffee, tea or juice and

a bite to eat in the warmth of our museum until opening time!

Seagrove in the Blogosphere : Celebration of Seagrove Potters

Mike's Pots
"This past weekend was spent attending the Celebration of Seagrove Potters festival in Seagrove, North Carolina. This is the fifth year in a row I've attended and the quality of pottery (and people) is unequaled."

Donna Craven and Samantha Henneke- Gala Auction Collaborative

This collaobrative are thrown by Donna Craven and decorated by Samantha Henneke. They were fired in Ben Owen's kiln. The pair will be auctioned off together.

For more information about the Gala visit the Celebration of Seagrove Potters.

Demonstrations for Celebration of Seagrove Potters, Nov.21&22

There will be pottery demonstrations on Nov. 21 Saturday and Nov.22 Sunday.

For more info visit: Celebration of Seagrove Potters

On Saturday

12:25-1:30 Sid Luck : Lucks Ware

1:30-2:15 David Stuempfle : David Stuempfle Pottery

2:15-3:00 David Fernandez : Seagrove Stoneware

3:00-3:45 Ben Owen III : Ben Owen III Pottery

Sunday

10:00-10:45 Eck McCanless: Dover Pottery

10:45-11:30 Jeffery Dean: Dean and Martin Pottery

11:30 - 12:15 Randy James: Dixie Land Pottery

12:15 - 1:00 Dan Triece: DirtWorks Pottery

1:00 - 1:45 Blaine Avery: Avery Pottery and Tileworks

1:45 - 2:30 Jared Zehmer: Zehmer Pottery

2:30 - 3:15 Robert Saxby: The English Potter

3:15- 4:00 Craig Kovack: Kovack Pottery

Sally Larson and Bobbie Thomas - Gala Auction Collaborative

Sally Larson, Fireshadow Pottery and Bobbie Thomas, Thomas Pottery
15" high

Vase made by Sally and decorated with leaves and vines by Bobbie. Sally glazed their pot in Fireshadow's Summer Green in an electric kiln. The light turquoise celadon glaze was a perfect choice by Sally to enhance the band of leaves appliqued by Bobbie. Both Sally and Bobbie are inspired by the details in nature and was a perfect match for a collaborative piece.

To see more collaboratives visit the Celebration of Seagrove website.

The Celebration Gala takes place the evening of November 20th from 6-9. This is your opportunity to browse and shop the booths before the marketplace opens Saturday morning. We will feature a delicious spread of heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer and assorted beverages. A live band will be performing and the popular Seagrove Collaborative Pieces auction will take place. Artists from different potteries will work together to make one of a kind pieces, all created here in Seagrove!
Tickets ($35.00) can be purchased on-line or by mail.

Paticipating Seagrove Potters in the Celebration, Nov 20-22

The following Seagrove potteries and artists will be participating:

Visit Celebration of Seagrove Potters to learn more about the festival and potters and find links to the individual pottery pages.

Avery Pottery & Tileworks

Ben Owen Pottery

Bluestone Pottery

Bulldog Pottery

Cagle Road Pottery

Caldwell-Hohl Artworks

Chad Brown Pottery

Chris Luther Pottery

Country Pots

Cross Creek Pottery

Crystal King Pottery

Daniel Johnston Pottery

David Stuempfle Pottery

Dean & Martin Pottery

Dirtworks

Dixieland Pottery

Donna Craven Pottery

Dover Pottery

Fat Beagle Pottery

Fireshadow Pottery

From the Ground Up

Gingerbread House Pottery

Great White Oak Gallery

Hatfield Pottery

Humble Mill Pottery

Jake's Pottery

JLK Jewelry at Jugtown

Johnston & Gentithes Art Pottery

Jugtown Pottery

King's Pottery

Koepnick Pottery

Kovack Pottery

Lantern Hill Pottery

Latham's Pottery

Living Water Studio

Luck's Ware

Lufkin Pottery

McCanless Pottery

McKay Pottery

Nichols Pottery

Old Gap Pottery

Ole Fish House Pottery

"Original" Owens Pottery

Pebbles Pottery

Potts Pottery

Ray Pottery

Riggs Pottery

Seagrove Stoneware

Studio Touya

The English Pottery

Thomas Pottery

Tom Gray Pottery

Triple C Pottery

Turn & Burn

Uwharrie Crystalline

Whynot Pottery

Windsong Pottery

Zehmer Pottery

North Carolina Pottery Center hosting Catawba Valley Pottery Exhibit

At the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, North Carolina

"Fire in the Valley: Catawba Valley Pottery Then and Now"

Artist Reception: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:00 - 8:00 pm

(Free to the public)

Galleries I and II. Classic Catawba Valley Forms from early masters like Daniel Seagle and David Hartzog to the current generation of alkaline glaze potters.

Gallery III. Contemporary Catawba wares for sale by Michael Ball, Kim Ellington, Walter Fleming, Luke Heafner, Bob Hilton, and Charlie Lisk.

This exhibition is made possible by the North Carolina Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Thank you!

Westmoore Pottery "Stepping Back in Time: Hearthside Cooking."

On November 14th, Westmoore Pottery will host "Stepping Back in Time: Hearthside Cooking."

Westmoore Pottery will be open from 9am - 5pm on Saturday.

The hearthside cooking demonstrations will run from 10am – 4pm. (The last hour of the day is allotted to washing dishes!)

This Saturday, historical cooks Cindy Kepley and Susan Ball will prepare foods using recipes from the 18^th and 19^th centuries. Foods will be cooked in our large fireplace at Westmoore Pottery, using our pottery to demonstrate how various pottery pieces were used long ago. Among the dishes Cindy and Susan plan to prepare are Jugged Chicken, Green “Frogs,” Sparrow Grass Rolls, and Gingerbread. Pots used will range from the more common bowls, pitchers, and plates to the lesser known pottery pipkins, skillets, and steep pans. Sampling will be allowed as foods finish cooking. Cindy Kepley and Susan Ball both work at Old Salem Museums and Gardens in Winston-Salem, NC, where they have each held positions in the Museum Education and Children’s Education Departments. Cindy Kepley is currently Coordinator of Living History for Old Salem Museums and Gardens. Susan and Cindy are both experienced hearthside cooks who have been immersed in the world of 18^th and early 19^th century cooking for many years. They are enthusiastic presenters of their skills and are remarkably adept at simultaneously cooking and talking to visitors.

Visitors may come at any point during the day, and come back as often as they like to see the various foods being cooked. No admission fee will be charged, and no pre-registration is required.

To go along with all that cooking, Westmoore Pottery will also be offering a 15% discount for the day on all the historical cookbooks we carry.

Mark and Meredith Heywood of Whynot Pottery - Gala Auction Collaboration

Cream and sugar set made by Mark, and the tray is made by Meredith of Whynot Pottery. "We wanted to make something different from our usual pots and glazes we used a cone 6 clay body which was then sprayed with white slip - the design was carved by meredith and then inlayed with blue-green slips."

The Celebration Gala takes place the evening of November 20th from 6-9. This is your opportunity to browse and shop the booths before the marketplace opens Saturday morning. We will feature a delicious spread of heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer and assorted beverages. A live band will be performing and the popular Seagrove Collaborative Pieces auction will take place. Artists from different potteries will work together to make one of a kind pieces, all created here in Seagrove!
Tickets ($35.00) can be purchased on-line or by mail.

Kovack Pottery and Dixieland Pottery Gala Collaboration

14" X9"

Take a look at this one-of-a-kind face jug collaborative for the upcoming Celebration of Seagrove Potters Gala auction. The two eyed, three eyed, big teeth, small teeth crazy jug includes the efforts of four potters. Sherry James and Randy James of Dixieland Pottery and Craig Kovack and Michelle Kovack of Kovack Pottery all sculpted this 4 Face Jug collaboration together.



The Celebration Gala takes place the evening of November 20th from 6-9. This is your opportunity to browse and shop the booths before the marketplace opens Saturday morning. We will feature a delicious spread of heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer and assorted beverages. A live band will be performing and the popular Seagrove Collaborative Pieces auction will take place. Artists from different potteries will work together to make one of a kind pieces, all created here in Seagrove!
Tickets ($35.00) can be purchased on-line or by mail.

Pam Owens and Jennie Lorette Keatts Gala Auction Collaboration

Pam Owens and Jennie Lorette Keatts

Pam Owens of Jugtown Pottery and Jennie Keatts of JLK Jewelry worked together to make the celadon green teapot. Jeannie made the sterling silver lid and handle and Pam hand turned the teapot.

The Celebration Gala takes place the evening of November 20th from 6-9. This is your opportunity to browse and shop the booths before the marketplace opens Saturday morning. We will feature a delicious spread of heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer and assorted beverages. A live band will be performing and the popular Seagrove Collaborative Pieces auction will take place. Artists from different potteries will work together to make one of a kind pieces, all created here in Seagrove!
Tickets ($35.00) can be purchased on-line or by mail.

Cady Clay Works: Wood-Fired Kiln Opening - Nov. 7

Cady Clay Works Wood-Fired Kiln Opening

Saturday November 7 9am – 5pm

One-of-a-kind pottery creations, kiln and studio tours, refreshments and fun!

We hope you will be able to join us for our annual Fall Wood-fired Kiln Opening. We have been hard at work for the last 3 months creating these pots – in fact, we are starting to see them in our sleep!

This seems to be “The Year of the Bird” at Cady Clay Works. The new works include thrown and sculpted chickens by John, hand-built birds by Beth, lidded jars with chicken finials by John and small chickens thrown by John and altered by Beth.

New works will also feature large platters, 3 sizes of planters, porcelain and stoneware vases and Beth’s tripod-footed bud vases that our friend Deb says walk around her house in the middle of the night! Items to use every day include plates, bowls, mugs, ale mugs, pitchers, carafes, serving bowls and baking dishes. A variety of new glazes adorn these pieces.

John had a lot of fun with this load of pots. One night he hopped out of bed at 11:30 with an idea of how to finish one of the large chickens. For the next 2 hours he was in the studio with the lights on and tunes blaring!

We just finished cleaning, sanding and grinding these pieces last night. I will post photos on our page atwww.discoverseagrove.com by Thursday if you would like to see a preview.

Carol Gentithes and Blaine Avery - Gala Auction Collaboration

Turtle at the Lake Hole
11" x 11" x 18"

2009 Collaborations are underway for the Friday night auction.

This zealous turtle was created by Blaine Avery and decorated by Carol Gentithes. Blaine admires the introspective, thoughtful nature of the turtle who is forever the independent, intrepid nomad carrying his home on his back through the journeys of life. Carol narrates one of the turtle's journeys as he wanders into the waters of a lake where he discovers traces of human interference from the land above. The turtle is hand built from stoneware and salt glazed. The decorations are silkscreen emulsions that are fired onto the surface in a separate firing.

The Celebration Gala takes place the evening of November 20th from 6-9. This is your opportunity to browse and shop the booths before the marketplace opens Saturday morning. We will feature a delicious spread of heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer and assorted beverages. A live band will be performing and the popular Seagrove Collaborative Pieces auction will take place. Artists from different potteries will work together to make one of a kind pieces, all created here in Seagrove!
Tickets ($35.00) can be purchased on-line or by mail.

Southern Living Hot Off the Press look inside for Seagrove Potters

The November-2009 issue of Southern Living is now on the shelves. Next time you are out shopping pick yourselves up a copy. Turn to page 38 to read the article about Seagrove Potters.