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.
29 August 2007
21 August 2007
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.
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.
13 February 2007
Patton Pottery now on Etsy
In addition to selling pottery through our site, we've started selling at http://etsy.com -- it's a really neat place, full of all sorts of handmade items.
Check 'em out.
Joel
Check 'em out.
Joel
07 February 2007
patton-pottery.com online!
We managed to get everything photographed, and I recoded the page over the course of a week or so. And as soon as I got the page up, we needed to update with 2 full kilnloads of new wares.
Greg and I have been turning like crazy out in the workshop. Greg is making roosters and banks. . . the first rooster just came out of the kiln and he looks good. The other roosters are going to have to wait until Duke Energy comes out and buries a new power line for us, so that we can fire up the big new kiln.
I've been making some smaller and larger pieces than usual. . . I made some pepper pigs (little tiny salt pigs) for my friends over at Alchemy Spice Co, and I also made some 1/2-gallon jugs, the biggest I've made so far.
Check out the web site and drop us a line!
Greg and I have been turning like crazy out in the workshop. Greg is making roosters and banks. . . the first rooster just came out of the kiln and he looks good. The other roosters are going to have to wait until Duke Energy comes out and buries a new power line for us, so that we can fire up the big new kiln.
I've been making some smaller and larger pieces than usual. . . I made some pepper pigs (little tiny salt pigs) for my friends over at Alchemy Spice Co, and I also made some 1/2-gallon jugs, the biggest I've made so far.
Check out the web site and drop us a line!
15 January 2007
welcome
Hi all,
The Patton Pottery blog is born out of a desire to mark my own pottery progress. I'd also like to give customers and fans a little insight into our workshop.
Patton Pottery is the Patton brothers' pottery workshop. Greg Patton started making pottery somewhere around 2002, and began making pottery full-time in early 2006. Joel Patton (that is to say, I) joined him in late 2006.
We turn a variety of wares, but focus on pieces in the Edgefield, SC tradition. Of particular interest are face jugs, which have been a tradition in Southern pottery for several hundred years.
Our current main site is http://patton-pottery.com , which is due for an update -- please check it out, and let us know if anything strikes your fancy. Everything's for sale. :)
thanks,
Joel
The Patton Pottery blog is born out of a desire to mark my own pottery progress. I'd also like to give customers and fans a little insight into our workshop.
Patton Pottery is the Patton brothers' pottery workshop. Greg Patton started making pottery somewhere around 2002, and began making pottery full-time in early 2006. Joel Patton (that is to say, I) joined him in late 2006.
We turn a variety of wares, but focus on pieces in the Edgefield, SC tradition. Of particular interest are face jugs, which have been a tradition in Southern pottery for several hundred years.
Our current main site is http://patton-pottery.com , which is due for an update -- please check it out, and let us know if anything strikes your fancy. Everything's for sale. :)
thanks,
Joel
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