Hiawassee Mountain Arts Festival, etc

We're back from a nice weekend at the Hiawassee Mountain Arts Festival. The venue there (the Georgia State Fairgrounds) is really nice -- a wooded lakeside loop surrounded by a series of small booths. The festival was well run and quite enjoyable.

We also had the good fortune to meet quite a few nice people. Lots of people seem to be interested in face jugs, whether or not they're interested in making a purchase, and we're always glad to talk about them. A good source for information on South Carolina potteries is the book Great and Noble Jar. A few of the early details are up for debate, so you can hear Greg's and my competing theories as to what went on. :)

Meanwhile, we've got an update to make, but our webpage is inexplicably down. I hope to have our webmistress straighten things out before too long.

lots of news and little news, all at once

Not much by way of posting in a while. . . in a sense, being busy has kept me away from here, but in another sense, there's not much to report. :)

Our various travels to various shows have been a lot of fun. I had a good time at the Spring Meaders Homeplace show, and Greg introduced me to quite a few potters I hadn't met previously. The Georgia Jugfest was an interesting show as well -- it merits its own post, so I'll put that up later, with any luck.

The Chattanooga Market is a really great venue -- check it out if you're in the area or visiting the city. It's a really great collection of people with a variety of interesting handmade or carefully grown products. And there are pizza and beer vendors. . . .

I'll post more later. I'd like to talk a bit about our glaze mixing, and more about what goes on in the workshop, and I'll do so in some future posts.