"Cousins in Clay" Seagrove, North Carolina

"Cousins in Clay" A show and sale at Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC

"Cousins in Clay"

May 31 - June 1, 2014

at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina

A Contemporary Pottery Show and Sale

Guest Clay Cousins 

Dan Anderson and Blair Clemo

Hosted by Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke with Michael Kline

Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm

Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm

On Saturday

 Sips -n- Such and Greek Music

at 3:00 pm demo by Blair Clemo

On Sunday

Potters Potluck @ Noon -- All are Welcome
at 1:30-2:30 demo by Dan Anderson

Join us for this wonderful weekend about All Things Clay

Bulldog Pottery

3306 US Hwy 220 Alt

Seagrove, NC 27341

For more info. 336-302-3469

5 miles south from the town of Seagrove's traffic light

look for the large blue water tower by our driveway

"Cousins in Clay" A show and sale at Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC

The “Cousins in Clay” are sprucing up their studio in central North Carolina in the rural pottery community of Seagrove with "Cousins in Clay", a sale of Contemporary Ceramic Art at Bulldog Pottery.  Seagrove Potters Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke will host pottery artists Dan Anderson, Michael Kline, and Blair Clemo. This special two day event begins on Saturday from 10:00am – 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm.  On Saturday, Chronis Pou Vasiliou of Greensboro will fill the air with his enchanting Greek Bouzouki music. Blair Clemo will present a pottery demonstration on Saturday from 3:00-4:00pm. The annual potters’ potluck will be on Sunday at noon, all are welcome to bring a dish to share. On Sunday from 1:30-2:30, Dan Anderson will present a pottery demonstration and talk about his icon inspirations. 

“Cousins in Clay” is a pottery kinship based on a shared appreciation for the pursuit of excellence within the diverse language of clay.  May 31 – June 1 will be an opportunity to meet these five potters; come and ask questions, add to your pottery collection or begin one.  Each of these artists makes “utilitarian pots” --- pots you serve in, store in, drink out of and ones you may just want to look at --- all with an artistic beauty of their own design. 

Pick up a Seagrove Potters map while at Bulldog Pottery’s “Cousins in Clay” and make it a weekend of visiting Seagrove Potteries.  Seagrove, North Carolina is synonymous with ceramics.  A unique group of over 100 potters and over 65 open pottery shops are located within a short distance from the town of Seagrove, making it a destination for serious pottery shopping and a time to meet the potters, who are proud to make art you live with. 

Enjoy! Seven Seagrove Pottery Holiday Kiln Openings December 14, 2013

Bulldog Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Many Seagrove Potters are busy in their studio filling their shops with lots of new pots. 

On December 14th these potteries will be hosting special holiday kiln openings

December 14, 2013

Seagrove, North Carolina

Holiday Kiln Openings at individual pottery shops (hours may vary)

Bulldog Pottery

Ben Owen Pottery

Donna Craven Pottery

From the Ground Up Pottery

Michele Hastings and Jeff Brown Pottery

Dean and Martin Pottery
Johnston and Gentithes Pottery

Bulldog Pottery- Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke

3306 US Hwy 220 Alt

Seagrove, NC 27341 

910-428-9728 or 336-302-4452

Saturday - December 14, 2013 - 10:00am - 5:00pm

5 miles south from the town of Seagrove's traffic light, look for the blue watertower

Bulldog Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Ben Owen Pottery 

2199 South Pottery Hwy705

Seagrove, NC 27341

336-879-2262 or 910-464-2261

Saturday - December 14 - Preview reception 9:00am -9:50am open 10:00am - 5:00pm

Ben Owen III Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Ben Owen Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

From the Ground Up Pottery - Michael Mahan

172 Crestwood Rd.

Robbins, NC 27325

Saturday - December 14 - 9:00am - 5:00pm

From the Ground Up Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Donna Craven Pottery 

2616 Old Cox Road

Asheboro, NC 27205

336-629-8173

Candlelight Sale Friday December 13 - 5:30pm - 8:30 pm

Saturday - December 14 - 9:00am - 5:00pm

Donna Craven Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Donna Craven Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Dean and Martin Holiday Kiln Opening

7739 Nathan Lane

Seagrove, NC  27341

336-879-0683

Saturday - December 14, 2013  10:00am - 5:00pm

Dean and Martin Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Michèle Hastings and Jeff Brown Pottery

1423 NC Hwy 705

Seagrove, NC 27341

336-873-1001

Saturday - December 14, 2013  10:00am - 5:00pm

Michele Hastings and Jeff Brown Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

 JOHNSTON & GENTITHES ART POTTERY
249 EAST MAIN STREET
SEAGROVE, NC
HOLIDAY KILN OPENING
DECEMBER 14TH, 2013
10am-5PM
336 873 9176

Johnston and Gentithes Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Johnston and Gentithes Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening December 14, 2013, Seagrove, North Carolina

Seagrove Pottery Bulldog Pottery Kiln Opening

Seagrove Potters Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke of Bulldog Pottery will host their Vase Kiln Opening, Daffie Days,  this weekend at their shop 5 miles south of Seagrove, NC.

March 30, 31 and April 1, 2012 from 10-5

For more information check out their blog at Around and About with Bulldog Pottery.

Seagrove Potters the Place to Shop for North Carolina Pottery

Jeffrey Dean - Dean and Martin Pottery

There are 9 kiln openings this coming Saturday on December 17, 2011 in and very near the town of Seagrove, North Carolina.

The following shops are having kiln openings this weekend. Times vary but most will be open by 9:00. For a specific potter visit their website or give them a call. You can pick up a map at any of the potters around Seagrove to find your way around our country roads.

Bulldog Pottery

Donna Craven Pottery

Ben Owen Pottery

Dean and Martin Pottery

Jeff Brown and Michele Hastings Pottery

David Stuempfle Pottery

Johnston and Gentithes Pottery

Chris Luther Pottery

Seagrove Stoneware

To Read more about this weekend kiln openings visit Carolina Arts Unleashed.

The Seagrove Potters have been busy keeping thier shops filled with pottery.  Seagrove is a great place to bring your family when they are visiting for the holidays.

Donna Craven Pottery

Fred Johnston - Johnston and Gentithes Pottery

Chris Luther Pottery

David Stuempfle Pottery

Jeff Brown and Michele Hastings Pottery

Bruce Gholson - Bulldog Pottery

Bulldog Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening - Dec 17 2011

Bulldog Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening

At Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina

Saturday - December 17, 2011

 9:00am-5:00pm

Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke will have new Moka Glaze Pottery ready for Saturday, December 17th.
Join Them for their "last Hurrah!" of 2011 for their latest and hottest Bulldog pots, fresh from the kiln.

Bulldog Pottery - Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke

3306 US Hwy, Seagrove, NC 27341

336-302-3469

Crystalline Potters of Seagrove at the North Carolina Pottery Center

From Left to Right : 

 Bulldog Pottery, McCanless Pottery (platter), Wyndham and Brookhaven Pottery, Uwharrie Crystalline, Dover Pottery, Pottery By Frank Neef, and Eck McCanless Pottery

Crystalline Potters of Seagrove

September 24, 2011, Saturday, 10am-4pm at the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove

The Crystalline Potters of Seagrove show is the first event of its kind.  Seven different crystalline pottery shops from the Seagrove area are coming together to show the amazing range and versatility of this special effects glaze.  The show will feature both zinc silicate and molybdenum crystalline.

Event will be held in the oak grove behind the North Carolina Pottery Center – 233 East Avenue, Seagrove, NC 27341.  There is no admission fee for the event, NCPC admission - $2/adults, $1/students 9th-12th grade, Free/8th grade and under.  Questions – Contact Rhonda (336) 873-7412

Rain date – October 1, 2011 

Cousins in Clay Memorial Day Weekend in Seagrove

"COUSINS IN CLAY"

Memorial Day Weekend

May 28 Saturday 9-4

May 29 Sunday 10-4

Michael Kline's Brushwork Demonstration

Saturday 2:00-3:00

Sunday 1:30-2:30

Jack Troy just returned from Australia as a presenter on a panel at the Australian Wood-firing Conference. He is a renowned potter from Pennsylvania, ceramics author, teacher, and poet. Creative energy is clearly unlimited for Pennsylvanian potter Jack Troy, who weaves his productive life around his passion for ceramics. He has taught over 185 workshops, written 2 books about clay, a book of original poems, published over 60 articles and book reviews, and won awards, all while producing a constant stream of pottery in his Pennsylvania studio.

Peter Lenzo from Columbia, SC reexamines the southern pottery face jug tradition, by creating his autobiographical head sculptures. We think you will enjoy these incredibly intricate and quirky sculptural interpretations of this Southern regional art form.

Michael Kline from Bakersville, NC is known for his floral brush imagery that gracefully wraps around his wood-fired pottery forms. Sometimes his pots are covered with a honey amber color glaze that is as appetizing as maple syrup.

Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke have created a collaborative environment at their Bulldog Pottery studio that provides them the support to express their independent voices, more than they would be able to achieve individually. Their art pottery has become known for an eclectic mix of form, imagery, texture, pattern, and graceful design all integrated by their rich and distinctive glazes

Seagrove in the Blogosphere: Carolina Arts Unleashed

Tom Starland of Carolina Arts wrote a great blog post at Carolina Arts Unleashed about Bulldog Pottery's upcoming kiln opening on March 25-27, the Seagrove Potter's kiln openings on April 16&17, and Bulldog Pottery's Cousins in Clay on May 28&29, 2011.

...."Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke of Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, NC, are working hard to make sure that more than the daffodils are adding to the color of Spring in Seagrove. The end result is Daffie Days – with fresh colorful pots at Bulldog Pottery – Mar. 25 – 27, 2011."

To read more visit Carolina Arts Unleashed.

Seagrove Pottery-Bulldog Pottery Kiln Opening December 4

Bulldog Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening

Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke

December 4, 2010

Saturday from 9:30-5:30

Seagrove, NC

Seagrove Potters Bruce and Samantha will have a fresh variety of pottery in their shop for the holiday season. Visit them at their studio for lively conversation about their recent work. There are always new creative endeavors in the works at Bulldog Pottery, where Bruce and Samantha let their muses inspire them from one series of experiments to another.

Read more at Carolina Arts Unleashed!

To read Bulldog Pottery's e-newsletter thay sent out last week visit here.

Four Seagrove Potteries - Bulldog Pottery, Art Pottery, Donna Craven, Chris Luther

June 5&6

Donna Craven will be having a special show and sale this weekend. Read about it at Carolina Arts Unleashed.

Chris Luther will be having a special show and sale this weekend.

Bulldog Pottery and Art Pottery will be hosting Val Cushing, Michael Kline, and Allison McGowan this weekend for Cousins in Clay.

Cousins in Clay June 5 & 6 in Seagrove

Read about "Cousins in Clay" at Tom Starland's blog Carolina Arts Unleashed , and Carolina Arts featured articles .

"The Cousins" are coming --To Seagrove, NC. At Bulldog Pottery-Gholson/Henneke & Art Pottery-Johnston/Gentithes

On Saturday (June 5), "Cousins in Clay" begins at 9:00 am - 4:00 pm and on Sunday (June 6) between 10:00 am-4:00 pm.

Seven potters -- Two Locations - June 5&6 - Saturday and Sunday - Seagrove- in central NC.

Val Cushing (Alfred, NY) and Michael Kline (Bakersville, NC) will be joining -- Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke -- at Bulldog Pottery.

Allison McGowan (Concord, NC) will be joining Fred Johnston and Carol Gentithes at their pottery.

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.

Seagrove in the Blogosphere : Carolina Arts Unleashed

...."Two of the potters are Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke of Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, NC. They are also fellow bloggers - now with two blogs: Around and About with Bulldog Pottery and Three Corners Clay."

......"The University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, will present the exhibit,Ceramics : Southeast, in the McMaster Gallery, on view from Oct. 12 through Nov. 19, 2009.

The exhibition brings together the creative talent of thirteen individual artists from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Each has taken their own unique path that celebrates contemporary ceramics from traditional pottery to non-traditional sculptural forms. Chosen to represent multiple approaches to clay and backgrounds the artist represent both full time studio potters to practicing academics......."

To Read more jump on over to Carolina Arts Unleashed by Tom Starland.