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February Issue 2004
The North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, Features Exhibition of Works by Burlon Craig
The North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, is presenting the exhibition, Remembering Burlon Craig, through Apr. 3, 2004.
Burlon Craig was one of the most important and enduring North Carolina potters in the 20th century. Born in 1914, he apprenticed to his neighbor, Jim Lynn, at the age of 14 and then made pottery for 74 years, right up to his death in July of 2002. For much of his career he produced utilitarian forms - jugs and jars, milk crocks and churns, chamberpots and flowerpots. Over the last quarter century of his career, however, he adapted the old alkaline-glazed wares for modern audiences by introducing new forms, resurrecting old ones, and generally enhancing their visual appeal. Ultimately, he literally saved the Catawba Valley tradition by teaching a new generation to dig local clays, concoct the alkaline glaze, and burn their wood-fired groundhog kilns.
This exhibition will feature outstanding examples of Craig's work as well as selected pieces by his "apprentices" (his son Don, grandson Dwayne, Charlie Lisk, Kim Ellington, Joe Reinhardt, and others). However, the focus will be on the man himself. Curator Terry Zug will use interviews and stories to bring the pots alive and provide a portrait of this gentle, generous giant of a man.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center at 336/873-8430 or on the web at (www.ncpotterycenter.com/index.htm).
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