NCPC Fundraiser & Thanks to Those That Truly Care

Thank you to all that came to our party. We hope you enjoyed the night and
thanks for supporting the NCPC! It plays such a vital part of our community.

We had lots of food and beverages. As a compliment to what I had prepared we had some help: Meredith Heywood brought a pesto cheesecake and sweet tea, Bonnie Burns supplied bruschettas and corn salsa, Ikuko Hussy (Skoshi) brought her famous rum cake and sesame cookies, and Susan Greene brought a wide array of freshly baked desserts.

I am hopeful that we raised over $1500 for the NCPC but the total is not yet in!

Look What You Can Do With Paper!

It is so gorgeous out today, you can fall in the air.

So I have been making some cuff bracelets. This is one of my favorite textures. Crumpled up paper pressed into sterling. Takes many passes through the rolling mill to get the results, but I love the softness and randomness of it.

And I am still in my animal cut out mood, so am doing some earrings with little kitties on them. I like the ones with the cat (or some kind of adornment) better than the ones without. What do you think?

Animal Art

Getting ready for ArtsFest in Winston-Salem on Saturday. Hope to see you there or in Hendersonville the following weekend!

Coming to a City Near You!

Sterling silver, patina, Chinese Blue pottery cabochon, magnetic clasp.

I will be at the Mint Museum in Charlotte on Saturday at the 5th Annual Potter's Market Invitational. Hours are 10am-4pm, admission is $10.

On September 26, I will be exhibiting at the West
end ArtsFest in Winston-Salem. Grace Park in the Historic West End neighborhood of Winston-Salem; A one day festival of the finest visual arts, entertainment and food. September 26 10am-5pm.

Then the next Friday, October 2 - October 4, I will be in Hendersonville at Art on Main.
Friday, 10/2/2009: 3pm - 9pm
Saturday, 10/3/2009: 11am - 9pm
Sunday, 10/4/09: 11am - 4pm

And of course: November 20-22, 2009 in Seagrove at the Celebration of Seagrove Potters. Buy your Gala tickets on line, as they are not sold at the door! A catered affair, live jazz, early shopping, the Collaborative auction where you will find pieces created together by two or more artists. Artists that do not work together on a regular basis, which makes the pieces very collectible and valuable!!

Craft In America and the NCPC

Wes and I, on behalf of JLK Jewelry, will be hosting a Fund Raising Party in October for the NC Pottery Center in conjunction with the upcoming airing of Craft In America which features Jugtown and Mark Hewitt. Bonnie Burns, Susan Greene and Meredith Heywood will be helping us with this event. It will be by invitation and we hope to be able to contribute a nice amount to the overall pot. Parties will be held all over the state.

If you would like to join us in supporting the NCPC, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at jennie@jlkjewelry.com or make a note in the comments. The NCPC will be offering Memberships for the donations made to attend, with Potters being offered a special rate for membership. I am in hopes that we can enlist new memberships (at the regular rate if possible!!). We will have an evening with a wonderful selection of food and beverage and the viewing of the show.

The NC Pottery Center is an amazing museum located right here in Seagrove. Visit their web site at www.ncpotterycenter.com. Their exhibitions change several times a year and with every new exhibit is a nice artist reception, which many of us in Seagrove and beyond take advantage of. The NCPC provides a place for potters and the public to study old and new pottery, offers educational opportunities and much more. It is such a huge asset to our community and we hope you will join us for some fun, give freely and help raise money for such a worthwhile institution!

A Big Headed Turtle

The things we see around Jugtown. I was heading up to the shop this morning and saw this little guy by one of the kiln shelters. I got Trav to identify him and hold him for me. What a big head for such a little guy! Trav relocated him to the water garden as he was a long ways from water, given his size, though his speed through the grass was something. He is a very young snapping turtle. I looked but didn't see any other family members around.