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Our New Website is Live!

by | Nov 19, 2020 | Pottery Blog

We’ve been working on a new site for the last month, and we’re pleased to say it’s finally live! What do you think of it? Got any comments or feedback? Please let us know by posting a message below.

Pots, Purpose, and Place

by | Nov 7, 2020 | Mark's articles

North Carolina is home to a tradition of great pots pots that were made at a time when there was no refrigeration or canning, at a time when jars and jugs and dishes made from local clays and fired in wood burning were essential parts of a pioneering family’s survival...

Proud to be part of POTTERY on THE HILL!

by | Nov 7, 2020 | Carol's Articles, events

Once a hospital In 1864 – the same year that Congress mandated funds for Arlington Cemetery – Abraham Lincoln commissioned $25,000 for construction of Washington, DC’s first Naval hospital, just blocks from the Capitol. The hospital’s first patient was 24-year-old...

the 100th Firing

by | Apr 16, 2019 | Mark's articles

The Actual 100th Firing March 31, April, 1, 2, and 3, 2019 Sometimes I sleep well the night of the firing, other times not. Regardless, the alarm went of at four, and soon thereafter I took the walk out to the kiln. Hmmm, it was quiet. Stillman is usually scampering...