Jugtown Pottery
330 Jugtown Road, Seagrove, NC 27341
Jugtown Pottery, a working pottery and an American Craft Shop, is located in a grove of trees and bamboo eight miles south of Seagrove, NC in the community of Westmoore. It is just off Busbee Road, a road named for Jacques and Juliana Busbee, the founders of Jugtown. Both artists, with a love of pottery, they opened Jugtown in 1922. Today Jugtown follows the same approach to pottery as laid out by the Busbee's. Owner, Vernon Owens, recipient of the NC Folk Heritage Award and the NEA National Heritage Fellowship, wife Pam, and son Travis are the main potters; their approach is form first, a simple continuous line, a complimentary glaze and occasional decoration. Form and firing, are the essence of these handmade pieces that are either wood or gas fired. Drawing from the tradition, you will find traditional jugs and candlesticks in wood fired salt glaze and frogskin, and tableware's in green, blue, brown and gray. You will also find deceptively simple vases, bowls and jars in glazes made with wood ash, local clays, copper reds, greens and iron earthtones developed by Pam Owens.
Kiln Unloading Schedule
dates that pieces will be in the shop
Friday April 25, - Tobacco Spit with red, Cornwall Stone, Cobalt and Copper
Saturday May 10, Blue Ridge Blue, Mustard, Cinnamon and Bluegrass
May -to be announced- Wood fired Groundhog-Salt Glaze Kiln
Cornwall Stone glaze
Exhibition
Vernon & Pamela Owens, Potters of Jugtown
March 27-July 25
This exhibition will celebrate 25 years of Vernon and Pamela Owens’ ownership of
Jugtown Pottery
Gregg Museum of Art & Design
3302 Tally Student Center, 2610 Cates Ave. Raleigh NC 919-515-3503
Links to interesting information on the Seagrove area:
North Carolina Pottery Center: http://www.ncpotterycenter.com/
J LK Jewelry, made here at Jugtown: www.jlkjewelry.com/
Seagrove Visitor Information: http://www.VisitSeagroveNC.com
Seagrove Area Potters Association: www.discoverseagrove.com/
Ashley Albright Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc: http://www.ashleyalbright.com/potters/pottery.htm