Pottery
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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.