Ben Owen, of Seagrove pottery fame (if you watch PBS pottery shows, especially. his pots have been given when people pledge a certain amount of money to PBS during fundraisers.) His family have run the pottery in Seagrove for generations (I just looked it up...the family came from England in the 1700s and brought their pottery skills to NC, when large pottery jars were for storage of many home and industrial materials.)
We missed some of the potters who have been invited in the past...maybe they will be here again next year.
A wonderful range of work
ReplyDeleteI recognized Jen's work; have been to Ben's studio, never cared for his shade of red but the big pots are impressive, but are those his lavender/purple pots? I do love that color
ReplyDeleteHi GZ - glad to hear you're woking on your kiln. Hope it all comes together and you'll be potting again soon!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda - Yes, Ben Owen had lots of glaze styles...the lavenders were gorgeous, and you can barely see the crystaline glazed ones in one of my photos. He was very friendly!
I love that red Ben Owen pottery. Margaret Maron wrote a mystery set in Seagrove and I think an elusive red glaze figured in it.
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