Comments on: Folk Art of North Carolina

Folk Art of North Carolina

OmieWise — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:22:08 -0800

The Gregg Museum of Art & Design at NC State University has a great collection of folk arts. The strongest section is in ceramics, with stupendous representation from the NC wood-fired, salt and alkaline glazed traditions. There's this 1868 Hartsoe Alkaline glazed jug, this 19th cent. jug with kild-drip, this Hancock Half-Gallon jug, this Randolph Cty salt-glazed jug with ashy shoulder, and then the moderns: Burlon Craig, Vernon Owen, Mark Hewitt. There are also great photographs, weird furniture, outsider critters, and more. There isn't a good browse function, so you need some idea of what you want to search for.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:09:22 -0800

Hooray for Clyde Jones (of the critters link)! If you ever find yourself in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina with time to kill, do yourself a favor and go to Bynum and check out Clyde's critter yard. He loves it when people pay him a visit to check out his yard full of critters.

By: headless

headless — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:31:31 -0800

Several of my friends are potters in Western NC. This site is great, thanks.

By: virga

virga — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:34:57 -0800

this is some cool stuff. i go to ncsu, and this work is just beautiful in person.

By: Rangeboy

Rangeboy — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:40:14 -0800

Seconding the Clyde Jones suggestion. A close friend of mine used to live down the street from him, and I was always amazed by the new stuff he had in his yard every time I would go to visit. Despite the fact that I lived in Raleigh for 18 years, I've never been to the Gregg. I'll have to check it out.

By: Shike

Shike — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:26:30 -0800

good post, but don't forget one of the best young(ish) potters, Ben Owen.

By: nola

nola — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:55:37 -0800

Nice post Omie. Lots to look through here.

By: Sukiari

Sukiari — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:22:19 -0800

It's too bad the images look like they were captured from TV.

By: peacay

peacay — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:24:01 -0800

Thanks OmieWise. That search screen is a bit silly isn't it. There are a few places like that - sort of catch 22: you can find many things here but you must miraculously know what they are before you can find them.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:06:41 -0800

I remember asking my mother how to spell something, and she'd invariably say, "Look it up!" If I knew how to look it up I wouldn't need to ask how to @#!!&^@ spell it.