Pottery from the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild

Artist Reception:  Friday, August 13, 2009  6:00 - 8:00 pm 

(Free to the public)

The Coastal Carolina Clay Guild was founded in 2007 by a group of Wilmington potters with the purpose of sharing ideas and promoting the art and craft of pottery in their community. The guild has grown to 100 members who reside in the eastern regions of North and South Carolina and are a diverse group consisting of full-time, part-time and student potters.

Almost half of the guild members are participating in this show. Among them are:

* Dina Wilde Ramsing, whose imaginative figure works are published in many books.
* Don Johns, known for special crystalline glazes and surface decoration.
* Gayle Tustin, a painter and clay muralist.
* Vicky Smith, an instructor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington who mixes unfired clay with paint and glue.
* Geoff Calabrese, a Cape Fear Community College instructor who makes head sculptures.
* Melanie Walter who combines clay with pine needles.
* Bill and Lacy Struve who invented bronze metal clay.
* Hiroshi Sueyoshi, who uses crater glaze on altered form vessels.
Sueyoshi is also president of Coastal Carolina Clay Guild and will curate the show.

Other participants include:

Renato Abbate; Barbara Allison; Marty Allran; Nicholas Basta; Bonnie Bowden; Denise Bramley; Liz Bryan; Celeste Cavanaugh; Julia Cook; Brian Evans;
Sasha Federer; Tari Federer; Sue Frye; Eileen Gordon; Joyce Grazetti; Pam Greenough; Mary Holden Hall; Pat Hart; Linda Hartman; Dick Heiser;
Kaete Held; Pat Holleman; Ilene Icard; Joyce Ingraham; Joe Jeffcoat; Tonda Jeffcoat; Robin Jones; Michelle Kerwin; Mary Kimmel; Pat Lanzi; Roger Mansur;
Janine McClellan; Joan Millette; Jerry Parnell; Pauline Purdum; Mark Shelton; Giles Singleton; Christa Sylvester; Brenda Thomas; Janelle Walker; Cindy Weaver;
Sybil West; Kathy Whitley; Leslie Willett; Motsy Wynn.

The coastal region of the Carolinas does not have a traditional pottery history, but does have a thriving and supportive art community
and is a growing part of the rich craft heritage of North Carolina.

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Opening Reception, December 3rd