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Emerson Creek Pottery
Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Emerson Creek Pottery artisans are continuing the American tradition of pottery making in a contemporary way.
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The Sylvan Studios
Carved Vessels: A Brief Look at Technique and Collector Value
All of my pots start out as a ball of clay wedged up on the clay board to make sure that all the air bubbles are completely removed. The clay is a mixture of different clay bodies depending on the type of pot I am throwing at the time. The effigy pots are mostly paperclay , a mixture of clay and paper pulp that reduces warping and cracking when pieces of clay with dissimilar thickness are assembled in one form. After wedging they are thrown (or pulled, depending on the term you prefer) on a potter’s wheel. Once the basic shape is made in this fashion I must let the pot set and dry to the point that it can be handled without either easily deforming the pot or sticking to it. This is a state short of the one termed ‘leather hard’, which is too hard for my purposes. At this point the fun begins!
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