Cousins in Clay ad in Carolina Arts-March 2011

We placed this Cousins in Clay announcement in March 2011 edition of Carolina Arts. Did you know that they are now online? You can visit their website and view and download March's edition of the Carolina Arts. It is full of articles and ads announcing art shows throughout the Carolina's.

Do you read Tom and Linda Starland's blog "Carolina Arts Unleashed"? Carolina Arts Unleashed is a blog that focuses on the arts in South and North Carolina.

It is great to have a publication like this that focuses on the Arts in our communities.

Peter Lenzo - Cousins in Clay- May 2011

Peter Lenzo - Face

3rd annual "Cousins in Clay" - May 28 and 29 , 2011

Bulldog Pottery - Seagrove, NC

We are excited to announce another "Cousin in Clay" guest artist Peter Lenzo, to our May 28-29 pottery weekend at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove. He will be joining Jack Troy and Micheal Kline here with us (Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke) for the two day event. Peter is a sculptor living in Columbia, SC. He makes these incredible and thought provoking heads encrusted with porcelain finials.

There are videos and images from a workshop that were posted on jbf times blog.

To see more of Peter's work from 2008 visit Michael Baynes website. Michael has posted many images of Peter's face scupltures that they worked on together in 2008.

To read a little bit more about Peter Lenzo click to Mo' Coffee.

Jack Troy - Cousins in Clay-May 2011

Jack Troy

3rd annual "C0usins in Clay" - May 28 and 29 , 2011

Bulldog Pottery - Seagrove, NC

We are very excited to announce our 2011 "Cousin in Clay" guest potter --- Jack Troy. He is a potter, teacher, and writer from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

There is an interview of Jack Troy on his local NPR station that aired on September 24, 2010. Jack is firing his wood kiln and getting ready for his Saturday, October 30th (noon - 3:00) fall pottery sale along with his partner Carolanne Currier. A local potter, Edge Barnes from Raleigh, NC can be heard during the radio interview, helping Jack fire his kiln.

Cousin Bruce

Bruce Gholson has been an influence and hero of mine ever since I began making pots way back in 1983. My teacher at UT/Knoxville, Ted Saupe had a bunch of Bruce's pots and in particular a little set of fluted cups that were my obsession for quite a while. As a matter of fact I drank my morning of coffee out of one of them for a long time. I was fascinated by their weight, their handles, the zig zag fluting, and their beautiful shino glaze. I'm sorry that I don't have any pictures of them to show you.




Bruce continues to inspire me with his wonderful forms and beautiful glaze surfaces. It is an honor to be in his company and as he and Samantha's guest at Cousins in Clay this weekend. I can't wait to see their latest pots! And we hope to see YOU!

Read the (Mud) Bucket interview of Bruce and his partner, Samantha Henneke here.