Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

 

 

Large vase with carved ginkgo leaf-design – Michele Hastings and Jeff Brown

 

North Carolina is blessed with a rich pottery tradition stretching back over 100 years, with some potters being 6th generational. Producing pottery that was robust, utilitarian and wood fired with unique styles attracted buyers and collectors to this location in the past. The access to fine quality clays, the rural beauty and a vibrant community spirit attracted potters to the region. During the 70’s, there was a revival of the local traditional pottery and since then there has been continual growth up until now leading to the enterprise of over 100 active potters concentrated around the main centers of Seagrove and the Catawaba River Valley along with other galleries and family studios throughout NC.

The traditional quirky face jugs, snake decor wares and stoneware functional pottery have now expanded to a wider spectrum of the pottery arts representing numerous techniques including their alkaline ash glazing, wood firing, salt glazes mixed with decorative styles influenced by pottery cultures from around the globe.

The creative talent of NC  will be on display at their premier event in Fall at Seagrove, where over 50 local potters can be easily accessed at the Annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters Festival (11th)  running from November 16-18, 2018.

This is being held at the historic  Luck’s Cannery, 798 NC Hwy 705 in Seagrove

 

Go here for more details

 

Below are some of the potters who will be present at this event and others who also have galleries and studios in the area.

 

Ovoid vase – Ben Owen Pottery

 

 

Gourd Vase in Spotted Blue Micro Crystal glaze  –  Ben Owen

10 inches tall

 

 

NP MiSe Vase in Nebular Purple—Ben Owen

36inches tall

 

 

Ben Owen Gourd Vase in Blue Micro Crystal glaze

14 inches tall

 

 

Tang Vase in Spotted Blue Micro Crystal Glaze – Ben Owen

9″ tall

 

 

Ben Owen Pottery–CB Egg Vase in Chinese Blue

9″ tall

 

 

Ben Owen – 5th generation NC potter

 

Long neck vase  —  Ben Owen

 

 

 

Alex, great-great-grandson of Matisse, is a potter working in wood-fired clay outside of Asheville, NC, at East Fork Pottery

 

 

Wood fired pottery mug – Alex Matisse

 

 

Pottery stall in Asherville, NC

(fab large folded vase on left)

 

 

‘Bird in the Rain’ –Oval Ceramic Bowl —Cathy Kiffney Studio, NC

 

 

 

Jug with handle —  Bruce Gholson, Samantha Henneke — Bulldog Pottery,

Seagrove

 

 

Blue hue and matte crystalline glaze with emerald rim – Bulldog Pottery

 

 

 

Bruce Gholson – Fossil Fish Pitcher

Bulldog Pottery

 

Dotted Patterns on a plate made by Samantha Henneke

Bulldog Pottery

 

Bryan Pulliam Altered Bowl

 

 

Bryan Pulliam Platter in Cosmic Purple glaze

 

 

Ben Owen Gourd Flower Vase in Blue Stardust

9 inches tall

 

 

Ben Owen Gourd Flower Vase in Blue Stardust

 

 

Wood Fired Salt Glaze Pitcher with Incised Decoration by Vernon Owens

Jugtown Pottery

 

 Folk art face jug – Monika Van Hine

 

 

Caldwell Hohl Artworks abstract vessel

 

 

Charlene Murphy turquoise vase

 

 

Copper Red Vase–Joseph Sand Pottery, N. Carolina

 

 

Daniel Johnson pottery

 

 

Daniel Johnson ceramic pitchers

 

 

Large pottery vessel by Daniel Johnson Pottery

 

 

Lidded stew pot – Kate Johnson

 

 

Sgrafitto pot carving – Kate Johnson

 

 

Large urn – Daniel Johnson

 

 

Frank Neef – ‘White Globe’ vessel with crystalline glaze

 

 

Elegant crystalline Vase by Frank Neef

 

 

 

Fred Neef vessel

 

 

Fred Johnston ceramic vessel with bird decorations

 

 

Lidded jar with Guinea Hen motif’ by Fred Johnston

 

 

Johnston & Gentithes Pottery —  Three tiered lidded box form

 

 

Fred Johnson pot  —  Johnston & Gentithes Pottery

 

Bird and botanical decorated ceramic vessel  —  Johnston & Gentithes Pottery

 

 

Fred Johnson

 

 

Joseph Sand vase

 

 

Joseph Sand Pottery – Large Slab built side fired ceramic sculptures

 

 

Waterfall glaze ceramic sculpture —  Joseph Sand POttery

 

 

Joseph Sand  with his bold abstract sculpture

 

 

Turquoise sculpture  —  Joseph Sand

 

 

Big blue mug by Joseph Sand

 

 

Side fired ceramic sculpture — Joseph Sand

 

 

Joseph Sand loaded kiln

 

 

 Joseph Sand ceramic mug

 

 

Joseph Sand ribbed turquoise vase

 

 

 

Joseph Sand outdoor ceramic sculpture

 

 

Josepth Sand drip glaze sculptural vase

 

 

 

Keith Martindale Pottery vase with trompe l’oeil perspective

 

 

Keith Martindale Pottery vase with illusionist decoration

 

 

Ken Sedberry ceramic rooster, NC

 

 

Michael Kline — crackle glaze, fern leaf  platter

 

 

Kline Pottery–side fired footed mug

 

 

Ronan Kyle Peterson – ‘Hidden Critter Hornet’s Hill Jar’ by Green Hill Center for NC Art

 

 

‘Bottle’ — hakeme slip and clear glaze, wood fired–Bandana Pottery

Schaller Gallery

 

 

Kohiki slip and clear glaze footed cup –  Bandana Pottery

 

 

Kohiki slip and clear glaze Soup Bowl —  Bandana Pottery

 

 

Large round platter — Wood fired stoneware with nuka glaze — Bandana Pottery

 

 

Bandana Pottery Yunomi White slip with clear and green glaze

Schaller Gallery

 

Bandana Pottery Yunomi Hakame slip with clear glaze

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Bandana Pottery Spade Bottle Hakame slip and clear glaze

 

David Stuempfle  Large pottery vessels

 

Lori Clodfelter — footed sgraffito landscape vase

 

 

Lori Clodfelter — footed sgraffito planters

 

 

Blue and white sgraffito pitcher and tumblers — Lori Clodfelter

 

 

Lori Clodfelter — sgrafitto planter and lidded jar

 

 

Sgraffito lidded jar  —  Lori Clodfelter

 

 

Petite red glaze tea pot — Lufkin Pottery

 

 

Large-tree-vase with handles –Michael Mahan —  ‘From The Ground Up’ pottery

 

 

From the Ground Up ceramic tea pot– Michael Mahan

 

 

Pottery vase  —  Maggie Jones Turtle Island Pottery, NC

 

 

 

Matthew Bayman ovoid pot

 

 

Levi Working at Michael Mahan studio, Seagrove

 

Michèle Hastings, Phillip Pollet and Jeff Brown ceramic platter

 

 

North Carolina Pottery Tulip Vase

 

 

 

Platter by Zeke Mccanless & Eck Mccanless

 

 

Small Red Raku Bottle Form — Darrin Darazsdi

CapeFearRakuPottery–etsy

 

 

Turquoise Splash Raku Vase — Darrin Darazsdi

 

 

Sculpture By Erin Younge & Anne Partna

 

Seagrove

 

 

 

Smith Pottery

 

 

Takuro Shibata and Ben Owen III, Ben Owen Pottery

 

 

Takuro Shibata–-raku ceramic vessel

 

 

Windsong Pottery jug

 

 

Windsong Pottery—rainbow glaze vase with twin handles

 

 

Mark Hewitt large lidded pottery jar

 

 

Large pitcher – Mark Hewitt

 

 

Mark Hewitt ovoid vessel with mottled texture surface, 2018

photo by Jason Dowdle Craft Photographer

 

 

‘Shadow’ — Ceramic floral ornament — Michael Sherill

 

 

 

Heron Wall Hanging — Smith Pottery