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Pottery Palaces: Homes for the Imagination |
| Section: THE ARTS / CRAFT & DESIGN |
| Author: Anne Smart |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1986 |
| Size: 1,232 Words, 7,338 Characters |
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"Eyes light up when people first see the houses; yours did," Jan Richardson said as she gave me a tour of Windy Meadows Pottery, her ceramic enterprise near Frederick, Maryland. We were visiting the showroom and Jan was talking about the houses of her miniature Victorian town in display there, an enchanting assortment of stone ware buildings, just a sampling of the enormous creative output of Jan and a dozen apprentices.
The name, Windy Meadows Pottery, comes from the windy location near the Potomac River on Jan's Maryland farm. It has become a thriving craft industry, employing twenty people as artisans, sales and office help under Jan's direction.
From small beginnings in her farmhouse, where she rolled and cut the clay on her kitchen table, Jan's artistic enterprise has expa...
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... expand and keep up with the demand, without sacrificing quality, is presently on her mind. For now, she'll continue with the craft shows and expand into galleries, as well. In any case, the future looks bright for Windy Meadows, judging by the great interest in her work, and for crafts in general. As Jan related, "there is an exponential growth in craft taking place all over the country."
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