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This is a hardback book with dust jacket titled THE TRADITIONAL POTTERS OF SEAGROVE, NORTH CAROLINA by. .This is a helpful guide to the main Seagrove families

This is a hardback book with dust jacket titled THE TRADITIONAL POTTERS OF SEAGROVE, NORTH CAROLINA by Robert C. Lock. This is a helpful guide to the main Seagrove families. Lock focuses on the ones who have been around a long time and who make traditional pieces, leaving out "newcomers" (who could have arrived 30 years ago) and experimental or traditional potters. The pictures here are better than in the other pottery books I've seen, and some of the information is more thorough. Sep 08, 2007 Craig Brantley rated it it was amazing.

This is a hardback book with dust jacket titled THE TRADITIONAL POTTERS OF SEAGROVE, NORTH CAROLINA by Robert C. This book is both a history and catalog of pottery made in the Seagrove, North Carolina area. It catalogs almost all known examples and is a must for anyone interested in Eastern North Carolina pottery. 3 people found this helpful.

This is a hardback book with dust jacket titled THE TRADITIONAL POTTERS OF SEAGROVE, NORTH CAROLINA by Robert C.

Lock, Robert C. The Traditional Potters of Seagrove, North Carolina: And Surrounding Areas from the 1800's to the Present. Greensboro NC: Antiques & Collectibles Press, 1994. Newbound, Betty and Bill Newbound. Smithsonian Folklife Studies Number 1, 1980. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. Scarborough, Quincy J. North Carolina Decorated Stoneware: The Webster School of Folk Potters. Fayetteville, NC: Scarborough Press, 1986. Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Watkins, C. Malcolm, and Ivor Noel Hume. The 'Poor Potter' of Yorktown.

Seagrove is a town in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 228 at the 2010 census. It was named after a railroad official when the area was connected by rail. The center of population of North Carolina is located a few miles east of Seagrove. In this usage, the name Seagrove not only refers to the town proper, but also includes several other communities that are part of the pottery tradition along and near the "North Carolina Pottery Highway" (NC-705).

Potters arriving in Seagrove in the late 1700s were quick to realize the . Other local area attractions include the Muesum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery where visitors can view display sfrom th.

Potters arriving in Seagrove in the late 1700s were quick to realize the value of the local clay first making redware that fired to a reddish orange color. By the first half of the 19th century, many potters had switched to making the higher fired salt glazed stoneware. By the late 1920s, Seagrove pottery was well-known from the galleries of New York to the garden shops of Florida. World War II ushered in a new era for Seagrove. Other local area attractions include the Muesum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery where visitors can view display sfrom the surrounding area potteries, as well as pick up visitor guides and area maps.

The Seagrove area has been a center for potters and pottery-making for over 250 years. The Seagrove area was designated as the official state birthplace of North Carolina traditional pottery in 2005. This rich and unique heritage is celebrated at the annual Seagrove Pottery Festival. North Carolina also recognizes clay as the official state art medium. The Seagrove area includes portions of Randolph, Chatham, Moore, and Montgomery Counties and has been a center for potters and pottery-making for over 250 years. Some families have been creating pottery in this clay-rich area of the Piedmont for nine generations.

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Seagrove is also home to the North Carolina Pottery Center, which was . Official Seagrove Area Travel Guide. Seagrove Elementary School.

Seagrove is also home to the North Carolina Pottery Center, which was established on November 7, 1998 and has since received visitors across the continent and around the world. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . square miles (. km2), of which, . km2) of it is land and . 7% is water Economy. Each year, tens of thousands of visitors come to Seagrove to see the area's potteries.