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Raised in the Dirt: Potters of North Carolina |
| Section: LIFE / PROFILE |
| Author: Judith Bell |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 5/1/1995 |
| Size: 2,252 Words, 13,477 Characters |
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For generations the Coles, Owens, Teagues, and Lucks, the old families "raised in the dirt" who lived along Route 705 and the snaking secondary roads in Seagrove, North Carolina, have worked the clay found on the surface and in low-lying creek beds and river bottoms, continuing a tradition that stretches unbroken back to the 1750s. Holding on through the twentieth century, when inexpensive manufactured goods displaced local potters elsewhere in the country, they have survived to experience a renaissance fueled by a renewed interest in the handmade. Now a recognized pottery center drawing artisans from all over the world, the number of potteries within a twenty-mile radius of this tiny town (population 357) has swelled to sixty from the five that remained in the 1960s, forming the largest c...
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...my work and what my grandfather did at Jugtown and after, with his interest in experimentation and the art of the world. He never had the opportunity to travel overseas. I plan on going to Japan next year to do research, to sketch, to look at where many of these traditions originated. That will be the most satisfying thing for me, to come back with new ideas and inspiration for future work.".
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