Catawba Valley Featured Potters

Most of the folk potters of the North Carolina Catawba Valley region  have anywhere from two to four kiln openings a year. These Catawba Valley potters are as follows: Burlon Craig, Charles Lisk, Joe Reinhardt, Steve Abee, Gary  Mitchell, and Kim Ellington. These few  folk potters insist on creating their wares using nineteenth century methods of pottery making. Each potter uses hand-dug clay from local sources. They employ the use of traditional alkaline glazes which  are made mostly from wood ashes and powdered glass and fire their pottery in wood-fired kilns.