Seagrove Pottery in the Blogosphere

"Playing in the Mud with the Seagrove Potters"

with Tryon T. Turtle

This is a recent blogpost about a visit to the Seagrove Potters

....."I really learned a lot of new stuff about mud last weekend. Those potters have been making bowls, face jugs (can’t remember if those jugs hold spirits or scare off spirits!), bird houses, dinnerware, Christmas ornaments, pie plates, decorative wall tiles, and much more for over 200 years. A few of the people we met  are descendants of the potters who came to Seagrove in the 1700’s to dig up good dirt and mud and clay for making pots and bowls.  Some of the potters still use that local mud for pots and glazes."......

To read more about Tryon's adventures in North Carolina visit "My North Carolina Adventure, Tryon Turtle on the Run" 

Seagrove Potters teach Students in Greensboro

From the DigTriad

Students Make Pottery To Help 'Pennies For Peace' Mission

Greensboro, NC -- Students at a local school got their hands dirty for a good cause Wednesday afternoon.

Potters from Seagrove showed middle schoolers at Day School how to make their own cups from scratch. It's all part of the school's Artist in Residence Program. The cups will be glazed, fired, and auctioned off for the Pennies For Peace program.

But administrator Ed Dickinson says the whole process adds to the learning experience. "This week of course is the production time and the experience with the potters, and then with all the work that they're doing in art here, they'll learn the process of finishing the cups, and then promoting and marketing them so they can be sold on auction."

Last year students raised a $1,000 for Pennies for Peace by collecting spare change. This year, they hope to double that total. The program is based on the book 'Three Cups of Tea' by Greg Mortenson which all the students have read.

The money helps build schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Read an account about this expereince at Whynot Pottery Blog.