In The Grove

News of Seagrove and Surrounding Communities Spring 2013

Events Calendar March

Volume 4, Issue 1

Celebration of Spring in Seagrove

DirtWorks Pottery Donna Craven Pottery Eck McCanless Pottery Fireshadow Pottery From the Ground Up Pottery Great White Oak Gallery
Photo provided by Crystal King Crystal King will join her parents at Kings Pottery for a special family kiln opening at 10 a.m. on April 20. Pick up the Celebration of Spring brochure at participating shops to find out how other shops plan to Celebrate Spring!

The wheels are whirring in Seagrove as potters get ready for their spring events and kiln openings. One of the biggest events of the season is the Celebration of Spring. Potters from 37 Seagrove area shops will celebrate with kiln openings, studio tours, demonstrations, hands-on opportunities, new designs, door prizes, tasty treats and more on April 20 & 21. April Each shop will celebrate spring in its own unique way. A Celebration of 6 Intro to Glass Fusing (pg. 4) Spring brochure with a complete listing 13 & 14 of participating shops, individual shop NC Pottery Festival (pg. 2) hours and individual shop offerings will 20 & 21 be available at the following shops: Celebration of Spring Avery Pottery & Tileworks (pg. 1) Thomas Pottery Spring Kiln Ben Owen Pottery Blue Hen Pottery Opening (pg. 3) BlueStone Pottery May Bulldog Pottery 3-5 Caldwell-Hohl Artworks FireFest at STARworks (pg. 4) Chris Luther Pottery 18 & 19 Crystal King Pottery Glass Fusing & Slumping Daniel Johnston Pottery Workshop (pg. 4) Dean and Martin Pottery June
Through April 27 Tea Time: Series II, Functional and Conceptual at the NC Pottery Center 9 - 17 Kovack Pottery Spring Event (pg. 2) 16 Shiitake Mushroom Workshop at STARworks (pg. 4) 22 & 23 Daffie Days at Bulldog Pottery (pg. 2) 23 DirtWorks Potterys 3rd Annual 25th Anniversary (pg. 3) 23 & April 20 Hot Glass Workshop (pg. 4) 1&2 Cousins in Clay at Bulldog Pottery (pg. 3) 8 Pottery by Frank Neef Anniversary Celebration (pg. 4)

Hickory Hill Pottery JLK Jewelry at Jugtown Jugtown Pottery Keith Martindale Pottery Kings Pottery with Crystal King Lantern Hill Pottery Lathams Pottery Lucks Ware McNeills Pottery Michle Hastings & Jeff Brown Pottery Old Gap Pottery OQuinn Pottery Pottery by Frank Neef Ray Pottery Seagrove Stoneware Smith Pottery Cont. on next page

In this issue
NC Pottery Festival Kovack Pottery Spring Event Daffie Days at Bulldog Pottery DirtWorks Pottery 3rd Annual 25th Anniversary Thomas Pottery Spring Kiln Opening Cousins in Clay at Bulldog Pottery Pottery by Frank Neef Anniversary Celebration Spring at STARworks

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 Snowhill Pottery & Tileworks Southern Spirits Pottery at A. Teague Village Studio Touya Tom Gray Pottery Whynot Pottery & Acacia Art Tile

The Celebration of Seagrove Potters Facebook page is updated daily with photos and information. More information can be found at www.DiscoverSeagrove.com.

a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from The NC Pottery Festival is April noon to 5 p.m. Photos of previous limited 13 & 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be held at Seagrove edition pieces and a printable Elementary School, located at 528 discount coupon for this years event are available at Old Plank Road in Seagrove. www.KovackPottery.com. For Potters and craftspeople from more information, contact Michelle across North Carolina will Kovack at (336) 873-8727 or participate in the event by selling KovackPottery@yahoo.com. their wares and performing demonstrations. Admission is $5. For more information, contact Martha Graves at (336) 873-7887. Bulldog Potterys Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke welcome spring with Daffie Days, March 22 and 23. The Kovack Pottery Spring Event is March 9-17. The nine-day event will feature a huge selection of wheel thrown, hand painted, numbered, limited edition pottery.

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Each piece comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by both the potter, Craig Kovack, and the artist, Michelle Kovack. The certificates are only available during this event. New creations, as well as event favorites, will be available. Door prizes will be given away. Kovack Pottery is located at 1298 Fork Creek Mill Road in Seagrove. The shop is open Monday through Saturday, from 9

The event will feature vases to celebrate beautiful spring flowers, especially the ubiquitous daffodil, whose many varieties bloom from mid January to early May. Bruce and Samantha invite visitors to join them in their studio for lively conversation about their recent work and tasty refreshments. The shop will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Bulldog Pottery is located 5 miles south of Seagrove on U.S. Highway 220 Alternate. For more information, call Bruce Gholson at (336) 302-3469 Cont. on next page

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available. Studio tours and refreshments will be offered. Thomas Pottery is located at 1295 South N.C. Highway 705 in Seagrove. For more information, visit www.ThomasPottery.com or DirtWorks Pottery will celebrate call (336) 879-4145. its 3rd Annual 25th Anniversary on March 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Bulldog Potterys annual pottery shindig Cousins in Clay is June 1 & 2. Potters, Bruce Demonstrations Gholson and available anytime! Samantha Henneke will be your hosts, 6077 Old U.S. Hwy 220 Seagrove, NC 27341 along with their (336) 873-7412 Special pots will be created to mountain-cousincelebrate the occasion. pottery friend, www.EckMcCanless.webs.com Refreshments and door prizes will Michael Kline, for be offered. this quaint, Dirtworks is located at 1226 contemporary N.C. Highway 705 in Seagrove. pottery show and For more information, call (336) sale. 879-8979. Each year, two other nationally well-known potters are invited to join in the fun. This years guest cousins will be David The Thomas Pottery Spring Kiln Opening is April 20, from 10 MacDonald, from a.m. to 5 p.m., and April 21, from 1 Syracuse, NY, and Jack Troy, from to 4 p.m. Huntingdon, PA. The event will be held at Bulldog Pottery, 3306 Free Drawings U.S. Hwy 220 in Seagrove, at the white house. On Saturday, visitors can enjoy live bouzouki music performed by Chronis, Photo provided by Thomas Pottery and a throwing demonstration by The potters invite visitors to 258 E. Main St., Seagrove learn how they fire pottery as they Bruce and Michael, who will discuss how unload a kiln Saturday at 11 a.m. To receive In the Grove via e-mail, they became potters. and Sunday at 2 p.m. send requests to Everyone is invited A large selection of garden Rhonda McCanless at decor, and a new selection of trays, to join the potters professional_page@rtmc.net or call platters, bakeware and more will be potluck on Cont. on next page (336) 964-4206.

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Sunday at noon and hear Jack Troys pottery life through poetry. For more information, call Bruce at (336) 302-3469 or visit www.CousinsInClay.com. Photos on previous page provided by Bulldog Pottery. From top to bottom, created by Bruce Gholson, David MacDonald, Jack Troy, Michael Kline and Samantha Henneke.

Pottery by Frank Neef is celebrating three years in Seagrove on June 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To mark the occasion, Frank will give studio tours and demonstrate his unique process of piercing porcelain. A drawing for two wine goblets and an ikebana (dish for flower arranging) will be held at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Frank and his wife, Cindy invite visitors to check out the latest work in the gallery, and join them for iced tea and Photo provided by Pottery by Frank Neef cookies. Before opening the gallery in Seagrove, Frank traveled all over the Midwest, participating in art shows and selling his art in various galleries for more than 30 years. Pottery by Frank Neef is located at 258 East Main Street in Seagrove. More information can be found at www.PotteryByFrank Neef.com.

STARworks Garden is offering a Grow Your Own Shiitake Mushrooms workshop with instructor Greg Bender, March 16, from 9 a.m. to noon. The workshop costs $20, which includes the use of special tools and materials needed to grow shiitake mushrooms, plus prepared mushroom dishes that participants can taste. STARworks Garden is also offering a Community Supported Agriculture session that begins April 10 and ends July 31. Those who enroll can expect weekly offerings of fresh seasonal produce, herbs and occasional flowers. Enrollment is $272, which averages to $16/week for the 17-week session. STARworks Glass is offering two 3-Hour Hot Glass Workshops. Participants will learn how to create glass flowers and paperweights. The workshops are offered March 23 and

April 20, both from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The workshop fee is $75. An Introduction to Glass Fusing Workshop will be held April 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants will learn how to cut flat glass, arrange the pieces into patterns and fuse them in a kiln. The workshop cost is $75. A two-day Fusing and Slumping Workshop will be held May 18, from 10 a.m. to noon, and May 19, from 1 to 2 p.m. Participants will learn how to create a fused glass project on the first day, then come back the next day to slump it. Slumping is the process of setting up a fused object so it will slump into a certain form. The fee for this workshop is $135. STARworks, in partnership with the Town of Star, will host FireFest May 3-5. FireFest is a three-day festival that celebrates the role of fire in the creation of art.

Internationally known featured artists, specializing in glass, metal and ceramics have been invited to participate, demonstrate and lecture. The special guest artists are glass artist, Hand Murta Adams, metal artist, Ben Galata and ceramic artist, Hyang Jong Oh. STARworks has a variety of activities planned for FireFest, including workshops, demonstrations, performances, entertainment and locally made food and drinks. Firefest is made possible in part thanks to an Our Town grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. STARworks is located seven miles south of Seagrove in Star. For more information about workshops, the Garden CSA or Firefest, visit www.STARworksNC.org, call (910) 428-9001 or e-mail Rhonda@CentralParkNC.org.

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