#Seagrove Pottery

[bulldogpottery]

Lavender shino with red minnow by Bruce Gholson, North Carolina

Bulldog Pottery

#bulldog pottery #Seagrove Pottery #ceramics #pottery #functional pottery

[downtonantiques]

Happy customer on a Friday? (Second rung, right!). What a nice way to end this day. . Remember y’all: closed on Middle Lane tomorrow (Saturday) for the triathlon. I’ll be shelving books at the new location, if you want a sneak peek 10-2. It’s 106-B Professional Park Drive, near the Masonic Lodge and Austen Vet. Around the corner from Food Lion and the Post Office. . Closed next weekend. . Open again Friday of Memorial Day Weekend. . #madeinnorthcarolina #seagrove #ncpottery #pottery #beaufortnc #downtonantiques (at Beaufort, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdg23Wrunsq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#madeinnorthcarolina #seagrove #ncpottery #pottery #beaufortnc #downtonantiques

[angelas-vintage-favs]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vernon Owens Jugtown Stoneware Storage Jar vintage antique stone apothecary jar.

[wildbeautifuldamned]

UWHARRIE Blue Crystalline Pottery Vase Seagrove NC Studio Art Pottery 7.75 ebay midcenturymiz

#vase

[ladyanneboleyn2]

[onewickedgallery]

As an Atheist (and I’m not even sure that’s appropriate just close) there’s no set standard for burial, mourning or even a preference. It certainly wasn’t anything David and I discussed in any seriousness. I’m sure at his age he didn’t expect to need to. He new I was icked out by cremation and he wasn’t ever ecstatic about it himself after me explaining the modern processes to him. I’d personally prefer to be in a crypt, with a door, and a giant black Angel with it’s spear crossing the entrance. I’m sure he’s mentioned Viking Funeral several times in jest (or not)! However, greed and society have made it almost impossible to have an interesting burial much less elaborate statuary. Though I realize we become soulless vessels, I’d still like the opportunity to come back and haunt those I don’t like! Lol Anyway, my point being, is ashes is where we will all probably end up. As land becomes more expensive we all get shoved into smaller spaces. My mom, even though she had a plot, left instructions to be cremated and interred. Sometimes I think how sad no one sees that beautiful piece of pottery I got her from Dirtworks in Seagrove. Beautiful like her, intricate like her personality and just radiant. Here we are again. I wanted David to have something he would have found attractive if he had to look at it. Earthy, rustic, natural…a bit of flash in the bright copper… a little like him. He was always a bright flash in a mundane world. Luckily, thanks to my neighbor and superb potter, Betsy Shanahan Himmelman, at Promethea Arts, I was able to procure such an item. Her talented process includes using foliage from her yard and quite possibly our connecting woods! The driftwood from the numerous beaches we’ve walked here, namely Hammonasset. It seemed to fit. And to have someone local from the town he loved living in. Both of us had finally found a place where we were happy living (despite the “it’s cold” grumbles here and there) I’m very grateful for her art. It’s not within me to toss him into the wind. So having something complex and beautiful, like him, to reflect on and to keep with me, seemed the only appropriate way. (at Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoQcy0lvsNH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[friendswithclay]

Chimney of wood-burning kiln with broken pot as totem. Jugtown Pottery, Seagrove, N.C.

#friendswithclay #pottery #clay #American pottery #north carolina

[shellyisvintage]

Because I love Pottery! 

#gotvintage #seagrove pottery #brown and blue #vase #north carolina pottery #hand thrown

[avira-wolvezevie]

~ Happy Wednesday ~ 

A purple candle & lemongrass incense to welcome the day. 

#witchcraft #wednesday #purple #candle #lemongrass #incense #fluorite #malachite #obsidian #seagrove pottery #golden cereus cactus #Bergerocactus emoryi #quartz #bornite #pyrite #bismuth #lab grown #garnet #spider plant #Chlorophytum comosum

[bohemdecadence]

#Kings Pottery Seagrove NC Multi-Glaze Colander #Handmade Pottery Vegetable Strainer #Mountain House Style #Farmhouse Chic Display https://

[bigboxcar]

Mugshot Monday - "Brown Fish Tumbler" by Bruce Gholson of Bulldog Pottery with Morning Glory Cold Brew by Peace Coffee

Did you know there are more than 80 potters living and working in Seagrove, North Carolina? I did not, until my cousin Laurie texted me about a day-trip she was planning.

It's a really cool story that ends with this photo of me holding a lovely tumbler by Bruce Gholson of Bulldog Pottery.

Laurie's family gives my Aunt Corie (her mom) amazing monthly experiences for Christmas instead of wrapped presents.

For this year's excursions, they used the passions of friends and family to influence each destination. I am told that my love of coffee mugs inspired a trip to Seagrove to visit as many pottery studios as possible in one day! 😀

This is an amazing idea, but listen to this twist: The intent was to find the perfect cup to send me for my Mugshot Monday project. 😍

Laurie's only task for me was to review the list of 80+ Seagrove potters to help create some sort of an itinerary.

Lucky for all of us, discoverseagrove.com has maps, contact information, and write-ups of all the Seagrove potters. I really enjoyed going through them all and gave my recommendations.

The only pottery studio I recognized was Bulldog Pottery. Back in 2019, Jeff Oestreich loaned out mugs for his students to study and I loved his Bruce Gholson mug.

On the day of the trip back in March, Laurie continuously texted photos and stories from all the studios they visited. I was geeking out. So much amazing pottery!

And then they arrived at the Bulldog Pottery Studio. Laurie and Corie had a delightful time talking with Bruce and his wife--and studio partner--Samantha Henneke.

Laurie shot a short video of Bruce explaining how he glazed his favorite cup in the studio. I'm now holding that same cup.

One little info-nugget Laurie shared with me is that Bruce's first name is actually "Karl" with a "k"! "Bruce" is his middle name. That made me smile. 😀

What an amazing experience. I kind of feel like I got a Christmas present out of this, too!

Thank you for this fabulous cup, Laurie and Corie! I love it and I love the story even more.

See also also my 600+ photos from the Mugshot Monday project here: www.MugshotMonday.com – Every Mug Has A Story

#mugshot monday #Bruce Gholson #coffee mug #Bulldog Pottery #Youtube #peace coffee #coffee #Seagrove #North Carolina #Seagrove Potters

[bulldogpottery]

Porcelain shino cup made by Bruce

Etsy update tomorrow Thursday August 18 at 2:00pm eastern

Bulldog Art Pottery Etsy Shop

#pottery #bulldog pottery #Seagrove pottery

[one-little-victory]

the one thing i miss enormously about living in raleigh is that the city of raleigh itself runs arts centers that have subsidized and thus incredibly low membership rates. i want to go back to paying $90/year for access to a pottery studio, not $90/month. i yearn to get back into ceramics so badly but it’s so expensive in durham that i would feel pressured to spend all my free time in the studio and paradoxically wouldn’t enjoy it as much. and that sucks

#this is the problem i ran into in boston too #i'm not joking though when i say that getting into pottery three years ago probably saved my life #i was in seagrove today at the annual pottery festival and it got me.... thinkin thoughts #sigh #UPDATE apparently the town of chapel hill runs an arts studio that's 16 mins from my apartment? is there a gleam of hope?

[wherethedogwoodblooms]

#seagrove north carolina #pottery #original owens pottery

[bachiles]

The Pottery Tour Continues

The Pottery Tour Continues

Are you tired of seeing pottery yet? This is my last post on pottery for awhile, I promise, but some of these pieces I took pictures of during our brief trip to Seagrove, NC just had to be shared. The thing I love about pottery is that it can take on so many forms and shapes. The NC Pottery Center holds so many really great displays that help the lay person understand the history of pottery in…

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#NC #NC pottery #NC Pottery Center #pottery #Seagrove

[cemeteryconservation]

Ever year when we go to Seagrove, NC to visit my in-laws we try to pick a new artist to visit. This year my wife and I meet Jinsong and Carol Kim they are amazing artists and wonderful people! I picked out the sculptural pot above with a blue barium glaze!! I really wanted the whole collection.

#pottery #art pottery #seagrove #nc #art