Rikki Gill on tue 24 sep 02
Probably Berkeley would qualify. Around sixty potters in west Berkeley, and
uncounted potters in the rest of town. The city is designating west
Berkeley as an' Artisan district', emphasizing 'Ceramics' on the banners
that are in the works. It only took three years of politicking to bring
this about. Other areas will also be designated, some for jewelry, other
ceramic districts, other crafts.
I have no idea how we would rate against Seagrove, however. Or any other
place For a look at The Berkeley Potters Guild wbsite, the
studio I belong to, look at www.berkeleypotters.com
Thanks, Rikki, from beautiful
Berserkeley
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Subject: places like Seagrove NC
Fellow potters:
Does anyone know of a place like Seagrove NC, in the US, that has a large
concentration of potters in a small area? Thanks for replies.
Wallace
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Hank Murrow on tue 24 sep 02
>Wallace,
>
>Cherokee, North Carolina has potters and a selection
>of pottery. Also, there is a place close to Myrtle
>Beach, on Hwy 17, called Waccamaw Pottery. They have
>a great selection. I hope this helps.
>
>Jerri Bundy
OK;
At one time, the Gas Co asked me to find out how many gas
kilns there were in Eugene (pop.125,000 at the time), and I found 122
Gas kilns, if not all of them were in operation. probably not as many
now due to attrition and conversion to electric kilns and Cone 5. We
have around 70 members in our Local Clay organization, and our annual
show has around 80 participants. This is small potatoes compared to
Greater Portland/Vancouver, where there is most of the membership of
the Oregon Potters Association. That annual show draws 180
participants, making it the largest all-clay show in the nation.
Moral of the story.......we have too many potters, and never
get those New York prices for our work. But we get along, and support
one another.
Cheers, Hank in Eugene
L. P. Skeen on tue 24 sep 02
Waccamaw Pottery. They have a great selection. I hope this helps.
Ok, this was a joke, right? You do know that Waccamaw is/was a chain store
like Garden Ridge? Silk flowers, housewares, bedding and the
like........also some made in just about everywhere but USA so-called
pottery.
L
myersw on tue 24 sep 02
Fellow potters:
Does anyone know of a place like Seagrove NC, in the US, that has a =
large concentration of potters in a small area? Thanks for replies.
Wallace
Jerri Bundy on tue 24 sep 02
Wallace,
Cherokee, North Carolina has potters and a selection
of pottery. Also, there is a place close to Myrtle
Beach, on Hwy 17, called Waccamaw Pottery. They have
a great selection. I hope this helps.
Jerri Bundy
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> Does anyone know of a place like Seagrove NC, in the
> US, that has a large concentration of potters in a
> small area? Thanks for replies.
>
> Wallace
>
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Ned Ludd on tue 24 sep 02
>Fellow potters:
>Does anyone know of a place like Seagrove NC, in the US, that has a =
>large concentration of potters in a small area? Thanks for replies.
>
>Wallace
Hi Wallace
Two such places that I know of are Boulder, Colorado and Berkeley,
California. Each is home to several bustling pottery co-op studios.
I look forward to more answers to your interesting question! I have
to admit I practically drool when I learn of coop slots going for
$100 a month, fully equipped. Only in America!
Not a few of these impressive establishments have more equipment than
my old art college in Britain where I did my degree in ceramics.
I pay $150 a month. Includes phone, lighting and heat. Extras are:
user fee for old 18 cu. ft. gas kiln - $50 per firing, on top of cost
of gas. User fee for the old Skutt (bisque firings), $25 per load,
plus cost of electricity used.
best
Ned
-not from the Rutabaga capital of America, Butt Junction, GA, but
from Butte County, CA, the natural Proctologist's Convention Site of
California - ok, ok, I made that up - where we are sweating out
the dog days of summer.
Brooks Ratledge on wed 25 sep 02
Years ago - 20 maybe - the Waccamaw Pottery in Myrtle Beach, SC had one
resident potter firing cone 10 reduction functional pots. I don't remember
who it was but the potter has been gone for years. Patricia Harden
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John Baymore on wed 25 sep 02
Wallace,
Does anyone know of a place like Seagrove NC, in the US, that has a =3D
large concentration of potters in a small area? Thanks for replies.
=46rom the above it isn't quite clear WHERE you are interested in finding=
places like Seagrove . Do you mean other places in the USA? =
=46rom my experience...... Seagrove is America's biggest "pottery village=
". =
There are general places that have many potters........ ... it seems that=
potters in the USA are very common. Just go to any craft fair . =
"Mingeisota" comes to mind for one. Heck...... New Hampshire has well
over 100 members of the Potter's Guild.... and plenty of potters that
aren't members. But in a single smaller town......... Seagrove is pretty=
unique, I think.
If you look outside America ...I am sure that there are many places like
Seagrove in various parts of the world. I am sure that China is just rip=
e
for finding those kinds of places.
My own familiarity with such places is in Japan...... where there are so
many pottery villages that you could spend a lifetime exploring them. =
Actually ....multiple lifetimes . Some of the more "famous" are place=
s
like Mashiko, Shigaraki, and Seto........ but there are many, many, many
others. =
On the small end........ Onda Sarayama is a really small pottery village =
in
Japan that has about 15-20 families living there...... of which about 15
produce pottery. It is one of the remaining more traditional producers o=
f
"Mingei" type works. Hard to get to. =
Then there's Mashiko. A place like Mashiko makes Seagrove pale by
comparison for scale (not to slight Seagrove). There are about 400
potteries in Mashiko and 30+ pottery galleries and a couple of museums. =
Even the police station (Koban) has pots on display in the front window
! About 2 hours by train out of Tokyo.....easy to get to.
If you want more detailed info on other Japanese pottery villages you mig=
ht
visit.......... write me off list.
Best,
..............................john
John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA
603-654-2752 (s)
800-900-1110 (s)
JohnBaymore.com
JBaymore@compuserve.com
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