Posted on 04/09/2010 5:30:19 AM PDT by jay1949
The "kiln opening" is a folk pottery tradition which has been adopted by the Seagrove, NC, Celebration of Seagrove Potters as an annual area-wide event. Some 50 pottery shops are participating in this year's Celebration of Spring kiln openings during the weekend of April 17-18.
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Leave near there, but had not idea this was taking place. Thanks for the post. I need a visit to Seagrove.
If you haven’t made the rounds before, the Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery has a map which you can download and print which is helpful in locating the various potteries: http://www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com/se_map_p2.html
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