North Carolina Pottery Center

Interprets the history and technology of pottery-making in North Carolina and preserves a collection of North Carolina pottery and related artifacts.

http://www.ncpotterycenter.com/

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• NC Folk Artists It is important to recognize and preserve the art forms of North Carolina. On this site the artists explain their art through audio, video, images, and text.
• Hands on Crafts Learn about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry techniques and traditions in online studios.
• Crafting North Carolina: A Hands on Exploration of North Carolina's Hand-made Heritage North Carolina's geography, history, and resources brought to life through the crafts of the state.
• Lesson plan: Becoming One with Clay: Pinch Pots This lesson will provide students with an initial, successful experience with clay. They will begin with a small, palm-size piece of soft clay, mold it into a ball, and then create a small rounded pot.
• Lesson plan: Observing connections: North Carolina pottery and face jugs This is the third lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing connections—art, poetry and the environment; Lesson 2 Observing connections—changing landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing connections—North Carolina pottery and face jugs.

Related pages

• Crafting North Carolina: A Hands on Exploration of North Carolina's Hand-made Heritage: North Carolina's geography, history, and resources brought to life through the crafts of the state.
• Blue Ridge Parkway Folk Art Center: Students will enjoy visiting the folk art center and learning about the heritage of the southern Appalachian mountain people.
• Bea Hensley, Blacksmith: A National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Bea Hensley has been blacksmithing since he was a young man. Today, he and his son give demonstrations of traditional techniques to create fine ornamental ironwork.

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• Learn more about North Carolina, Randolph County, Seagrove, art museums, arts, crafts, folk art, history, and pottery.

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The Center includes permanent and changing exhibits on the history and ongoing tradition of North Carolina pottery, activities, and map and information services to the potteries of the Seagrove area and across the State. A display of representative works from the more than 90 area potteries is very helpful in planning a visit while in Seagrove. For more information call (336) 873-8430.

See the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction documentaries Potters of Seagrove - A History in Clay, Seagrove Pottery - Clay Process, and Seagrove Pottery - Theme and Variation

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