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updated sat 1 aug 98

 

Beth Yeatman Spindler on thu 30 jul 98

So are there any potters in the Williamsburg area???
Will be there for a week starting this Saturday....toured the Colonial place
so many times could don a costume and do the tour for them......want to check
out other things......claystuff.....
Thanks......
Beth in the somewhat muggy, but still beautiful Blue Ridge Mtns foothills!!

Barbara Lewis on fri 31 jul 98

There is a group of potters that operate a co-op with a gallery called Sarah
Creek Potters. They are located at Gloucester Point at the York River
Bridge, which is a stone's throw from Yorktown. Over in Mathews County,
about a 45 minute drive from Williamsburg, is a pottery called The Poddery,
operated by Karen and Robert Podd. They have a nice studio and gallery
area. It is in a town called Foster. She studied in Japan with the son of
one of Japan's Living Treasures. He makes the dragons that dignataries put
on their roofs to ward off evil spirts. I think that's how the story goes.
Anyone with more knowledge feel free to elaborate. Well, getting back to the
son. Apparently he will take his father's place upon his death, but in the
meantime he can make these sculptures but cannot sell any in Japan. Outside
of Japan he can sell. Some of Karen's more creative pieces have an Asian
influence. Of course, she does tiles, drawer pulls. . . too. Hope this
helps. Barbara

At 09:03 AM 7/30/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>So are there any potters in the Williamsburg area???
>Will be there for a week starting this Saturday....toured the Colonial place
>so many times could don a costume and do the tour for them......want to check
>out other things......claystuff.....
>Thanks......
>Beth in the somewhat muggy, but still beautiful Blue Ridge Mtns foothills!!
>
Wellspring Clayworks
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La Plata, MD 20646
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