Turn and Burn Pottery : David and Deborah Garner

Read about David and Deborah Garner of Turn and Burn Pottery, at the blog: Potters for the North Carolina Pottery Center

Also found this on the web! A drawing the the outside of Turn ans Bruce Pottery by Linda Hendry.

Giraffe Feeding at the North Carolina Zoo

Heads up! The North Carolina Zoo is opened a new giraffe feeding station on June 6, 2009. You'll be able to get eye-to-eye with these long-legged giants, an experience you'll never forget.

Open daily 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting June 6, 2009

Located at the Forest Edge exhibit, African region

The deck has a beautiful treetop view so it's a great place for group photos and for viewing our large herd of giraffes.

Seagrove in the Blogosphere

Seagrove was recently featured in the Our State magazine for July. Tracey Broome "A Potters Life For Me" writes about this months photo spread on her blog.

Mike Durham to throw pots in library as artist series concludes

Artist and educator Mike Durham will create pottery at the Asheboro Public Library in the last demonstration for the Summer Artist Series, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, July 28.

Durham currently works in salt-glazed pottery, found object sculpture and habitat design for nature science centers. A former N.C. Art Educator of the Year, he has taught art, pottery, sculpture and photography in the Guilford and Randolph County schools, and has instructed pottery at Randolph and Montgomery community colleges.

He currently serves as president of the Randolph Arts Guild, and assists in the planning and organization of the N.C. Pottery Conference.

The artist series has brought local performers and artists to the library on Tuesday afternoons to demonstrate their work for the public. The demos are free and the public is invited to observe.

The series is part of the “Express Yourself @ Your Library” Summer Reading Program for teens, and is supported by the Friends of the Library.

Robbins Farmers Day Festival

July 30th, 31st and August 1, 2009

Thursday-Saturday, 54th annual Robbins Farmers Day Festival, downtown Robbins. Event includes rodeo, carnival rides, games, one of the largest horse parades on the East Coast, country, bluegrass, gospel and beach music, fireworks, mule show, arts & crafts, antique tractor show, and food. 

Seagrove in the Blogosphere: what visitors have to say

Fayetteview : Anything and Everything Fayetteville

Seagrove Excursion

The English Pottery : Robert Saxby

An article about Robert Saxby: The English Potter

Excerpt from the Courier Tribune, article written by Mary Anderson

“To me, traditional North Carolina pottery is traditional English pottery, and it has evolved much the same way pottery has in England, where they have been making salt-glazed vessels since the 1600s,” Saxby said.

Pottery has been a part of every culture forever, so what we have done here is elevate a skilled trade to an art form, Saxby said. In England, people use their pottery as everyday dinnerware.

After graduation from Croydon College of Art in London, Saxby came to the University of New Mexico on a teaching fellowship for his master’s degree. His passions are pottery and teaching — and golf. He has worked as a golf pro in South Carolina and Florida and taught pottery in England, Australia, New Zealand and China. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1989.