Gene Arnold on thu 19 aug 04
I posted this the other day and didn't see it come up so I'm trying =
again.
I am looking for some more galleries in or around NC to display my work. =
I am currently in 3 here in NC (Seagrove, Sanford and here in Mt. Airy). =
Ideally I would like to find ones that have good traffic and pay well.
So what I'm asking is does anyone out there in NC or else where have any =
galleries they would recommend???
I would like to find about 7 more in and around NC.=20
Thanks for any help!!!!!
Gene & Latonna
mudduck@mudduckpottery.com
www.mudduckpottery.com
Richard Mahaffey on sat 9 jul 05
So Elizabeth,
you have posted a few times that North Carolina has one of the highest
concentrations of potters in the world (forgive me if I miss-quote).
So educate us, how many in what size an area? Or how many per square
mile, kilometer or what ever.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Rick on the West Coast
Elizabeth Priddy on sun 10 jul 05
I don't have a specific number for you. That
number can be obtained for about $600 from
a US Census site if numbers tickle you.
We have a dedicated pottery museum,
a Legislature supported pottery center,
A State designated pottery birthplace,
And are one of three states in the juncture
of the great road, a historic trade route dating
from the 1700's.
I am not interested in writing a treastise, so
you will have to fish on your own.
But I got some information for you to start with:
This is just a good place to start
http://www.ncpotterycenter.com/index.htm
"The Mint Museums have the largest collection of North Carolina pottery in a public institution. Each of four geographic areas (Moravian settlements, Seagrove, the Catawba Valley, and the mountains) is amply represented, and pieces from nearly all the traditional potters and potteries are included, although, as with any museum collection, some sections are more fully formed than others."
http://uncpress.unc.edu/chapters/perry_north.html
"The Catawba valley chronology is based on regional ceramic types, radiocarbon dates, and the presence of sixteenth century Spanish artifacts on several sites in the upper Catawba and Yadkin River valleys. At this time, we have very little data for the Middle and late Woodland periods. Middle Woodland Connestee and Yadkin ceramics and late Woodland Uwharrie ceramics are found widely scattered but in very small numbers in the upper valley. Downriver in the Lake Norman area, Yadkin, Uwharrie, and Dan River ceramics are relatively common..."
http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~arch/culturalchron.html
"The 2005 General Assembly designated the Seagrove Area as the State Birthplace of North Carolina Traditional Pottery (Session Laws, 2005, c. 78).
The area centered around Seagrove (including portions of Randolph, Chatham, Moore, and Montgomery Counties) has been a center for potters and pottery making for more than 250 years. Several families have been creating pottery in this clay rich area of the Piedmont for nine generations.
So rich and unique is this heritage that an annual Seagrove Pottery Festival is held, and the North Carolina Pottery Center was opened in 1998 to promote and preserve the State's unique and longlastingcontribution to this craft. "
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM
Asheboro Courier Tribune: Seagrove Tries to Preserve its Heritage
Peering a decade into the future, Seagrove officials are taking steps now to preserve the unique character of the town and protect the pottery industry from undesirable commercial development by adopting a scenic business corridor plan. Every scenic overlay plan is specifically designed for the area it affects. Mayor Mike Walker and the Seagrove Board of Commissioners want their plan for N.C. 705 within the town limits to have great leeway for the potters and to respect single family dwellings. Within the next 20 years, the single family houses may be sold as the land becomes more valuable for commercial development....
http://www.ncruralcenter.org/news/sept04.html
"One of the most popular North Carolina crafts is pottery, especially that made by the many potters in the Seagrove area. The library has a number of books on the subject. Browse in the 738.3 section of the North Carolina Collection and select those which interest you; circulating copies will usually be available. Here are just a few of them:
Gilbreath, Ed, and Bob Conway. Traditional Pottery in North Carolina. Waynesville: Mountaineer, 1974. (NC 738.3 C76)
Mostly made up of black-and-white pictures with captions, the book also summarizes the history of North Carolina pottery. A circulating copy is available.
Lock, Robert C. The Traditional Potters of Seagrove, North Carolina, and Surrounding Areas from the 1800s to the Present. Greensboro: Antiques & Collectibles Press, 1994. (NC 738.09756 L81)
This is a beautiful book, with many color photographs. It tells about materials and technologies and then discusses the most famous potter families. There is a section on face jugs, and one on identifying pottery from the potter’s marks. An appendix lists values and rarity. Circulating copies are available.
Ritchie, Johanna M., and T. Dale Ritchie. Guide to North Carolina Potters. Concord: WaterMark, 1996. (NC 738.09756 R59)
Here’s a practical guide to shopping for pottery, arranged by region, then by county, and then alphabetically by potter’s name, with an index by potter or pottery shop. There are some black- and-white illustrations, but this is basically intended to assist shoppers, giving directions, hours of operation, and types of pottery available, as well as such details as acceptable methods of payment and whether custom orders are accepted. It also lists places, in addition to the potters’ shops, where the pottery may be purchased. Note the copyright date; you may wish to call first to make sure that information has not changed! A circulating copy is available.
Sweezy, Nancy. Raised in Clay. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1994. (NC 738.0975 S97)
This book on Southern pottery includes many North Carolina potters. It has many black-and-white illustrations and includes a well-illustrated section on the processes used by potters. Circulating copies of another edition, in the call number 666.3975 S97, are available.
Zug, Charles G., III. Turners and Burners; The Folk Potters of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1986. (NC 738 Z94)"
http://www.greensborolibrary.org/nc/highlights/pottery.htm
Richard Mahaffey wrote:
So Elizabeth,
you have posted a few times that North Carolina has one of the highest
concentrations of potters in the world (forgive me if I miss-quote).
So educate us, how many in what size an area? Or how many per square
mile, kilometer or what ever.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Rick on the West Coast
Elizabeth Priddy
252-504-2622
1273 Hwy 101
Beaufort, NC 28516
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
*If you are an extra-sensitive
or easily-offended type:
Remember that what I say is obviously
just my opinion based on my experiences
and that I, like most people, don't go around
intending to step on toes and make folks cry.
Take it with a grain of salt.
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Vince Pitelka on sun 10 jul 05
> So educate us, how many in what size an area? Or how many per square
> mile, kilometer or what ever.
> Inquiring minds want to know.
Rick -
I don't know the figures either, but North Carolina is a remarkable state
when it comes to support for the fine crafts, especially pottery. It is
amazing to approach Seagrove on the 4-lane and see official signs saying
"Potteries, Next Seven Exits."
With the North Carolina Pottery Center, the Highland Craft Guild, Penland
School of Crafts, John C. Campbell Folk School, and a strong indigenous
tradition of folk pottery, North Carolina has become one of the centers of
functional pottery in the US. In the Seagrove area there is a rich
combination of tradional potters and those seeking a more contemporary
direction.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
lyla_kaplan on sun 10 jul 05
Rick, i lived in the "triangle" in nc and since moving to 3 other
states, am astounded at how rich in pottery nc truly is...highly
networked, highly open and supportive, many fabulous galleries
supporting nc potters, an educated buying population...i see nc as a
mecca for any potter.
seagrove and the north carolina pottery center: i can't provide
numbers, i'm sure an internet search would take care of that, but it
is the heart and soul of nc pottery traditions, truly a destination
for any person with a love of functional ceramics. seagrove spills
out into other surrounding areas with many more dedicated people.
asheville, bakersville and penland in the mountains....the east coast
pocosin arts center and coastal clay people...then there are all the
guilds and workshops and classes that connects these nc people...
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Richard Mahaffey
wrote:
> So Elizabeth,
> you have posted a few times that North Carolina has one of the highest
> concentrations of potters in the world (forgive me if I miss-quote).
>
> So educate us, how many in what size an area? Or how many per square
> mile, kilometer or what ever.
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Rick on the West Coast
>
>
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Elizabeth Priddy on sun 10 jul 05
You really need reading glasses.
He asked about the whole state, not Seagrove.
Lee Love wrote:
Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
>I don't have a specific number for you. That
>number can be obtained for about $600 from
>a US Census site if numbers tickle you.
>
I must be lucky. Found it on the first webpage I looked at. ;-) :
http://www.discoverseagrove.com/
"Seagrove is now home to over 80 potteries, where you can find
everything from simple cups and bowls for daily use, to museum quality
works of art, and everything inbetween.Use the links below to discover
the diverse group of *potters*
who reside here, and
contribute to the ongoing legacy of Seagrove, the pottery capital of the
USA."
--
Lee Love
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://hankos.blogspot.com/ Visual Bookmarks
http://ikiru.blogspot.com/ Zen and Craft
"We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
-- Prospero The Tempest
Shakespeare
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Beaufort, NC 28516
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
*If you are an extra-sensitive
or easily-offended type:
Remember that what I say is obviously
just my opinion based on my experiences
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L. P. Skeen on sun 10 jul 05
Lee, Seagrove is a TINY place, especially when compared to the whole state.
While a lot of the pottery families that are there now have lived there for
many generations, many of the potters who are there now actually moved there
from elsewhere to be near the pottery highway. Potters settled there in the
first place b/c there is a huge clay vein in the area.
There are more potters elsewhere in the state (For example, the well over 50
in the Carolina Clay Guild, not to mention the guilds in Charlotte and
Raleigh, plus that Southern Highland Craft Guild group and others of which
I'm not aware). Seagrove has become famous because there are a bunch of
potters all in the same dot-on-the-map, if you will, but I promise there are
more than 80 of us in the state as a whole. Chris Campbell, for example,
lives near Raleigh. Elizabeth Priddy is down at the beach. I'm here in the
middle of the state, Cat Jarosz is near Asheville as is Sarah House, just to
name a very few of the Clayart folks in NC. :)
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Love"
> I must be lucky. Found it on the first webpage I looked at. ;-) :
> http://www.discoverseagrove.com/
>
> "Seagrove is now home to over 80 potteries,
Lois on mon 11 jul 05
Hey Lisa,
I am here too!
Durham/Chapel Hill Pottery Guild has 60 members, plus another guild in
Raleigh and one Greensboro.
lois
--
Lois Sharpe
Durham NC
On 7/11/05 10:43 PM, "L. P. Skeen" wrote:
> Ladies and Gentlemen, I have forgotten to mention the one, the only,
> the fabulous....GEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene Arnold! ;) Sorry, Gene, I
> promise it was not on purpose.
>
> L
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Arnold"
>
>> My feelings are hurt now!!! LOL
>> Gene & Latonna
Sheron Roberts on mon 11 jul 05
OK I have to add my two cents worth.
I am located near the coast and in our=20
little town it is the potters that kept the
Visual Arts Guild going for years. There=20
are 3 of us who maintain studios and=20
many more who work out of the community
college. There are several in Wilmington,
Shallotte, Ocean Isle Beach and surrounding
areas. I don't know them all personally but
I see their work in the local galleries and
shows.
Sheron in NC
Carole Fox on mon 11 jul 05
Richard - I recently returned from a wood firing workshop with Mark Peters
in the Bakersville, NC area. What a great time we had! I can't give you
numbers, but in the Bakersville / Penland / Burnsville area, it seems that
there is another potter around every scenic turn of those mountain roads,
and we found time to visit many. It seems that everyone thinks of Seagrove
when NC is mentioned, but this western region of NC is rich with potters.
Check out these websites to discover just a handful of the many:
www.pottersoftheroan.com
http://www.penland.org/gallery/gallery.html
Or download this PDF file for a more comprehensive listing and map of area
artists:
http://www.toeriverarts.org/June2005Map.pdf
I know I was surprised at the number of outstanding potters in the area -
I'm sure they would benefit from more advertising and publicity. But sheer
numbers don't tell the whole story. You have to visit the potters' studios
to see what terrific work is going on there - and what a great variety of
design, styles and methods!
Carole Fox
Dayton, OH
Lee Love on mon 11 jul 05
Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
>I don't have a specific number for you. That
>number can be obtained for about $600 from
>a US Census site if numbers tickle you.
>
I must be lucky. Found it on the first webpage I looked at. ;-) :
http://www.discoverseagrove.com/
"Seagrove is now home to over 80 potteries, where you can find
everything from simple cups and bowls for daily use, to museum quality
works of art, and everything inbetween.Use the links below to discover
the diverse group of *potters*
who reside here, and
contribute to the ongoing legacy of Seagrove, the pottery capital of the
USA."
--
Lee Love
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://hankos.blogspot.com/ Visual Bookmarks
http://ikiru.blogspot.com/ Zen and Craft
"We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
-- Prospero The Tempest
Shakespeare
Gene Arnold on mon 11 jul 05
Lisa
My feelings are hurt now!!! LOL
Mud Duck in MT. Airy NC (Mayberry)
Gene & Latonna
mudduck@mudduckpottery.com
www.mudduckpottery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "L. P. Skeen"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: NC potters
> Lee, Seagrove is a TINY place, especially when compared to the whole
state.
> While a lot of the pottery families that are there now have lived there
for
> many generations, many of the potters who are there now actually moved
there
> from elsewhere to be near the pottery highway. Potters settled there in
the
> first place b/c there is a huge clay vein in the area.
>
> There are more potters elsewhere in the state (For example, the well over
50
> in the Carolina Clay Guild, not to mention the guilds in Charlotte and
> Raleigh, plus that Southern Highland Craft Guild group and others of which
> I'm not aware). Seagrove has become famous because there are a bunch of
> potters all in the same dot-on-the-map, if you will, but I promise there
are
> more than 80 of us in the state as a whole. Chris Campbell, for example,
> lives near Raleigh. Elizabeth Priddy is down at the beach. I'm here in
the
> middle of the state, Cat Jarosz is near Asheville as is Sarah House, just
to
> name a very few of the Clayart folks in NC. :)
>
> L
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Love"
>
> > I must be lucky. Found it on the first webpage I looked at. ;-) :
> > http://www.discoverseagrove.com/
> >
> > "Seagrove is now home to over 80 potteries,
>
>
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__
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L. P. Skeen on mon 11 jul 05
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have forgotten to mention the one, the only,
the fabulous....GEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene Arnold! ;) Sorry, Gene, I
promise it was not on purpose.
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Arnold"
> My feelings are hurt now!!! LOL
> Gene & Latonna
> mudduck@mudduckpottery.com
> www.mudduckpottery.com
just to name a very few of the Clayart folks in NC.
Suzanne Tourtillott on tue 12 jul 05
Lark lurker here. Charlotte V. Brown, who's writing The Remarkable Potters
of Seagrove for Lark Books (a narrative and interpretive history), says
there are 100 potters within a 15-mile radius of Seagrove. That's some kind
of potter-to-acreage density!
Cheers to all, from the Asheville-Penland-Bakersville "vein",
Suzanne Tourtillott
Fred Hagen on sun 17 jul 05
Seagrove alone (a town of about ,well the number of potteries there --had when I was last there 2 years ago 103 such potteries --it is so small there is no motel and maybe 1 restaurant in the 4 corners that is mid town) that does not count any in the Ashville or Ashboro areas. That is a good start to the claim of the most potters of any state.
Fred Hagen (Michigan)
Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
I don't have a specific number for you. That
number can be obtained for about $600 from
a US Census site if numbers tickle you.
We have a dedicated pottery museum,
a Legislature supported pottery center,
A State designated pottery birthplace,
And are one of three states in the juncture
of the great road, a historic trade route dating
from the 1700's.
I am not interested in writing a treastise, so
you will have to fish on your own.
But I got some information for you to start with:
This is just a good place to start
http://www.ncpotterycenter.com/index.htm
"The Mint Museums have the largest collection of North Carolina pottery in a public institution. Each of four geographic areas (Moravian settlements, Seagrove, the Catawba Valley, and the mountains) is amply represented, and pieces from nearly all the traditional potters and potteries are included, although, as with any museum collection, some sections are more fully formed than others."
http://uncpress.unc.edu/chapters/perry_north.html
"The Catawba valley chronology is based on regional ceramic types, radiocarbon dates, and the presence of sixteenth century Spanish artifacts on several sites in the upper Catawba and Yadkin River valleys. At this time, we have very little data for the Middle and late Woodland periods. Middle Woodland Connestee and Yadkin ceramics and late Woodland Uwharrie ceramics are found widely scattered but in very small numbers in the upper valley. Downriver in the Lake Norman area, Yadkin, Uwharrie, and Dan River ceramics are relatively common..."
http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~arch/culturalchron.html
"The 2005 General Assembly designated the Seagrove Area as the State Birthplace of North Carolina Traditional Pottery (Session Laws, 2005, c. 78).
The area centered around Seagrove (including portions of Randolph, Chatham, Moore, and Montgomery Counties) has been a center for potters and pottery making for more than 250 years. Several families have been creating pottery in this clay rich area of the Piedmont for nine generations.
So rich and unique is this heritage that an annual Seagrove Pottery Festival is held, and the North Carolina Pottery Center was opened in 1998 to promote and preserve the State's unique and longlastingcontribution to this craft. "
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM
Asheboro Courier Tribune: Seagrove Tries to Preserve its Heritage
Peering a decade into the future, Seagrove officials are taking steps now to preserve the unique character of the town and protect the pottery industry from undesirable commercial development by adopting a scenic business corridor plan. Every scenic overlay plan is specifically designed for the area it affects. Mayor Mike Walker and the Seagrove Board of Commissioners want their plan for N.C. 705 within the town limits to have great leeway for the potters and to respect single family dwellings. Within the next 20 years, the single family houses may be sold as the land becomes more valuable for commercial development....
http://www.ncruralcenter.org/news/sept04.html
"One of the most popular North Carolina crafts is pottery, especially that made by the many potters in the Seagrove area. The library has a number of books on the subject. Browse in the 738.3 section of the North Carolina Collection and select those which interest you; circulating copies will usually be available. Here are just a few of them:
Gilbreath, Ed, and Bob Conway. Traditional Pottery in North Carolina. Waynesville: Mountaineer, 1974. (NC 738.3 C76)
Mostly made up of black-and-white pictures with captions, the book also summarizes the history of North Carolina pottery. A circulating copy is available.
Lock, Robert C. The Traditional Potters of Seagrove, North Carolina, and Surrounding Areas from the 1800s to the Present. Greensboro: Antiques & Collectibles Press, 1994. (NC 738.09756 L81)
This is a beautiful book, with many color photographs. It tells about materials and technologies and then discusses the most famous potter families. There is a section on face jugs, and one on identifying pottery from the potter’s marks. An appendix lists values and rarity. Circulating copies are available.
Ritchie, Johanna M., and T. Dale Ritchie. Guide to North Carolina Potters. Concord: WaterMark, 1996. (NC 738.09756 R59)
Here’s a practical guide to shopping for pottery, arranged by region, then by county, and then alphabetically by potter’s name, with an index by potter or pottery shop. There are some black- and-white illustrations, but this is basically intended to assist shoppers, giving directions, hours of operation, and types of pottery available, as well as such details as acceptable methods of payment and whether custom orders are accepted. It also lists places, in addition to the potters’ shops, where the pottery may be purchased. Note the copyright date; you may wish to call first to make sure that information has not changed! A circulating copy is available.
Sweezy, Nancy. Raised in Clay. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1994. (NC 738.0975 S97)
This book on Southern pottery includes many North Carolina potters. It has many black-and-white illustrations and includes a well-illustrated section on the processes used by potters. Circulating copies of another edition, in the call number 666.3975 S97, are available.
Zug, Charles G., III. Turners and Burners; The Folk Potters of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1986. (NC 738 Z94)"
http://www.greensborolibrary.org/nc/highlights/pottery.htm
Richard Mahaffey wrote:
So Elizabeth,
you have posted a few times that North Carolina has one of the highest
concentrations of potters in the world (forgive me if I miss-quote).
So educate us, how many in what size an area? Or how many per square
mile, kilometer or what ever.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Rick on the West Coast
Elizabeth Priddy
252-504-2622
1273 Hwy 101
Beaufort, NC 28516
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
*If you are an extra-sensitive
or easily-offended type:
Remember that what I say is obviously
just my opinion based on my experiences
and that I, like most people, don't go around
intending to step on toes and make folks cry.
Take it with a grain of salt.
__________________________________________________
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Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
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