6th Annual Potters market Invitational at the Mint Museum

JLK Jewelry and Jugtown Pottery will be back at the  Mint on Saturday, September 11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Admission $10 ($8 after 2 p.m.)

Read the article in Carolina Arts Unleashed. Tom Starland always does a great job promoting the arts!

Participating potters for this year’s PMI include: Blaine Avery, Michael Ball, Tammy Leigh Brooks, Kyle Carpenter, Donna Craven, Jeff Dean, Stephanie Martin, Judith Duff, Kim Ellington, Steven Forbes de-Soule, Terry Gess, Bruce Gholson, Samantha Henneke, Becky Gray, Shawn Ireland, Nick Joerling, Daniel Johnston, Fred Johnston, Carol Gentithes, Maggie & Freeman Jones, Matt Jones, Matt Kelleher, Shoko Teruyama, Crystal King, Terry & Anna King, Eric Knoche, Sid Luck, Robin, Rob, Beth Mangum, Will McCanless, Phil Morgan, Ben Owen lll, Pam, Vernon, Travis Owen, Jennie L. Keats, Shirl & Jim Parmentier, Jane Peiser, Ronan Kyle Peterson, John & Scottie Post, Rob Pulleyn, Amy Sanders, Akira Satake, Ken & Connie Sedberry, Jenny Lou Sherburne, David Stuempfle, Hiroshi Sueyoshi, and Liz Zlot Summerfield
We hope we'll see you there, it is a fantastic show with top artists and a huge variety of beautiful pieces to take home.

New Rings and Things

Rings-the 3 on the left are adjustable, hand patterned sterling silver, pottery center cab, 14K GF on two and labradorites on either side of the center stone. Far right is sterling silver with a labradorite center stone.

Sterling silver rings with pottery cabochons.

Hand forged bracelet with center pottery cabochon from a recent reduction firing.

I have about 6 doves left from the Seagrove Potters for Peace sale-they are available to  purchase at Jugtown or on my website http://www.jlkjewelry.com/.

8 more days!

Chinese Blue Dove Pendants for Seagrove Potters for Peace.

Beth Gore has done a fantastic job organizing this great fundraiser.

August 14!

Seagrove Potters for Peace-August 14

24 potteries will hold a sale of specially signed vessels to help Greg Mortenson build schools in impoverished areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan as a long-term solution to terrorism. (Sorry - no early sales!)

Each pottery will produce a unique item, specially signed for this event. The pottery will be for sale at the individual shops on Saturday, August 14 from 9am to 5pm. There will be no early sales, but any remaining items can be ordered by email or telephone on Monday, August 16. Some potteries will also have copies of Mortenson's books for sale.

I have posted my dove pictures earlier and will have a few more that are being fired tomorrow in Chinese blue!! I hope I glazed and placed them in good spots! They will all be avaiailable at $24 and there will be the option of buying a 16" steel neckwire with magnetic clasp or 16" satin cord with sterling clasp for another $6. the doves are clay with a sterling silver handmade bail on back. And they are stamped SPP and JLK.

Beth has done a great job on this, she is passionate and detailed and I hope you will stop in at Cady Clay Works. We also have a Facebook page and I encourage everyone with pieces to post a picture there and for you, faithful readers, to go have a look! And come and see us on the 14th! http://www.seagrovepottersforpeace.com/
The Randolph Friends of the Library will hold a community discussion about Afghanistan and Mortenson’s work on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at 7pm, at the Randolph Arts Guild, 123 Sunset Ave in downtown Asheboro, NC (about 12 miles from Seagrove, just off Hwy. 220). The discussion will be led by Dr. Jeff Jones, associate professor of Russian and world history at UNC-Greensboro. All ages are welcome. Copies of Mortenson’s books and a variety of pottery vessels will be for sale. Change will be collected for “Pennies for Peace”. Refreshments will be served.

For further information contact Beth Gore at Cady Clay Works by calling 910/464-5661 or e-mail to (cadyclayworks@yahoo.com) or (seagrovepottersforpeace@yahoo.com). Or you can call me too!