Turtle Island Pottery

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Please check my new "In Process" page.... Favors and centerpieces for the Pottery Lovers reunion in Zanesville, July 11-18. It is a unique and fun event.

 We are located in the mountains of NC, Southeast of Asheville and North of Lake Lure. We work in a studio at our home. We also have a small house 5 miles away that we use for gallery space and Open House events. This is a Full House of Pottery. If you are in the area just give me a call.

Take I-40 to Exit 73 at Old Fort. Go South for two and one-half miles and you will see our sign on the Right. Join my e-mail list and I will send news of Open House events. 

Handmade pottery since 1980. From functional kitchen and dining pieces to decorative art pottery, vases, mantel clocks, wall pieces, large floor pieces and figurative sculptures. Nature is our main inspiration. Designs from the arts and crafts movement and art nouveau styles are often reference points for new ideas.

Below are images of a vase that was hand thrown on the potter's wheel. Here you can see it's changes as it has been stretched and sculpted. It is aproximately 16 inches tall.

 

A total of 5 hrs. 15 min to 45 min at a time. I let the clay stiffen and then stretch some more. Details are sculpted and added. The rim is pinched and pulled. The handles are added and pulled into the ribbon shape.

14"tall...this is the other side view from the drying photo above. 650.oo

Maggie and Freeman Jones 50 Cedar Creek Rd Black Mountain, North Carolina, 28711828.669.2713