Pottery

Black Belt Treasures boasts a wide variety of pottery that spans from potters whose family has been making pottery for five generations to people who buy their own clay. For most potters in our store, they do this in order to supplement their income and exercise their creativity. Within Black Belt Treasures there are multiple potters but each one is unique in their own way. As with most artistic venues, there are many different types of techniques, including different glazing processes and raku firing.

Because our artists feature such different techniques in the way that they create their pottery, it makes each and every piece of one of a kind. One such technique is raku firing. In raku firing the clay pots are removed from the kiln at their maximum temperature. As a result, the pottery cools rapidly and often fractures. These fractures make each individual pottery piece unique and special to whoever buys it. Artists using the raku firing method would include Kristin Law and Robin Rogers.

One of the more interesting stories that has its roots in our pottery selection is that of Allen Ham and Eric Miller. Their business, which started in Perry County in 1870, continues to create glazed stoneware that they sell to the public. Because of this, their family’s notoriety and magnificent pottery continues to attract customers and collectors. One interesting fact about this family business is that the cousins, Ham and Miller, continue to dig their own clay, a tradition started by their family at the very beginning. In addition to Allen and Eric’s pottery, Black Belt Treasures features many more artists including: Sam Williams, Margaret Barber, Randy Schultz and many others.