Friday 4/4/2014
This is an army unmarked plane that flew into our airfield for lunch at the Pik N Pig. |
The first pottery shop sign we saw, directed us a couple miles off Hwy. 705 to Chris Luther Pottery. |
The shop was open, but no one was in the shop. There was not a very large inventor of pottery, so we didn't stay long. What there was, was very nice though. |
The next shop we stopped at was the Westmoore Pottery. The pottery made here looks and feels like pottery of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. |
Many of their works have been used in historically based films. Their pottery is also used by museums to furnish historic buildings. |
Farther north on Hwy. 705 we stopped at the Ben Owen Pottery. |
This shop was my favorite of the ones we saw. |
This shop had a large display room with all their wares. |
We watched Ben work his magic for a while. He is the 6th generation of potters in his family. |
Behind the work shop is where he fires the pottery. All the clay is produced from local clay that they harvest from their own land. |
I really liked the plum and sky blue pottery. |
This piece was 1/2 plum and 1/2 blue. |
There were many other colored pottery also. |
We headed back toward Hwy. 24/27 on Hwy. 705, and stopped at the "From The Ground UP" Pottery Shop. |
You have to drive past their house first. |
On a dirt road behind their house you come to their shop and workshop. Every pottery shop had a different style and look to their pottery. |
The last shop was just south of Hwy. 24/27 on Hwy. 705, the Teague's Frogtown Pottery Shop. |
Unfortunately the shop was closed for the day. There are many more pottery shops in the area as well as a Pottery Museum, but you need much more time to explore them all. |
When we got back home, we heard music coming from the Pik N Pig. Joe went over to see what was going on. The parking lot was the fullest since we had been at the Airport RV Park. Joe counted 83 cars. |
A group was set up out on the grass playing for the dinner crowd. |
The outside patio was full with customers. |
Some people pulled up lawn chairs for the music. The band played into the night, as we could hear it from our Nest. |
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