Ron, Judith, Michael, Samantha, & Bruce

Ron, Judith, Michael, Samantha, and Bruce

4th Annual Cousins in Clay 2012

Fabulous weekend

Thank you all for coming out 

and 

spending some time with us.

The Cousins are Coming to Seagrove!

Rolling out the hay for the Pottery Cousins

The Cousins are Coming!

We are giving them the hay carpet treatment

This weekend Ron Meyers, Judith Duff, and Michael Kline will be here at Bulldog Pottery!

We will be holding Cousins in Clay in the breezeway at the white house.  

For this year we have made a slight change on where we will display all of the pottery. We are planning to have the Cousins in Clay event at our house instead of tents outside of our shop. There was a chance of showers on the days we would be setting up the tents (they didn't materialize), and we thought it best to focus on getting one location ready for the event. For those of you who are coming to "Cousins," if you don't need to park close please park up at the garden and walk down via the gravel driveway. That way it will leave the parking spaces closer to the house for those that are less nimble. To get to our house by car just follow the gravel driveway pass the yellow cottage and shop and around the garden to the white house at the end of the gravel driveway .... we will be set-up in the breeze way. -- Look for the flags.

Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 10-4.

At Bulldog Pottery, Seagove, NC

5 miles south of Seagrove's town traffic light towards the town of Star.

See you Soon!

Clay Pieces for Cousins in Clay

Blue Ant by Samantha Henneke

Here are some recent pieces that we have made for this weekend's Cousins in Clay.

Girl with Turtle by Samantha Henneke

Fossil Fish Pitcher by Bruce Gholson

Fossil Fish Flask by Bruce Gholson

Cleaning Windows

Fossil Fish Mug by Bruce Gholson

We have unloaded two electric kiln loads and we put in one more last night. We have some fossil fish mugs and I have some colorful mugs. I spent most of my time working on glaze paintings and Bruce his fossils.

Spring Green Mug by Samantha Henneke

The Cousins are Coming. Time to clean the windows.

Carolina Arts - Big Plans for Memorial Day Weekend

"Making Big Plans for Memorial Day Weekend May 26 and 27, 2012" by Tom Starland.
To read this awesome article in full, visit Carolina Arts Unleashed.

 ......."These kind of events are usually a less than free time for Max the mad wonder dog, but some might see him and get a chance to toss a red ball – once or a hundred times. And, as a bonus you might also get to chat with Ed or Gloria Henneke. A special note to Ed – I will not bring up the Michigan vs. Virginia Tech game, so there is no reason to make excuses to be out of town.".......

Tom Starland writes weekly on his blog "Carolina Arts Unleashed" about specific Art events.  In his most recent blog post he writes all about the upcoming Cousins in Clay weekend.  Along with our event there will be a couple of other kiln openings happening here in Seagrove.  Donna Craven Pottery will be hosting a kiln opening in conjunction with Cousins in Clay on Saturday May 26 and Whynot Pottery will have a Spring into Summer open house at their place on May 26.

Tom and Linda Starland, creators of Carolina Arts Newspaper, have been in the business of spreading Arts information about North and South Carolina for 24 years. At one time it was printed in newspaper form, but several years ago they changed to an online Arts newspaper.  Every month they post a new monthly edition for the Carolina Arts in full color online.  They continue to have record breaking downloads. Between May 1- May 13, Carolina Arts had 103,921 downloads for the May issue.  We placed a colorful informational ad for Cousins in Clay that you will find on page 38 along with Rhonda McCanless' new column "In the Grove".

On page 39 you can read all about this year's Cousins in Clay pottery event.

Chronis Pou Vasiliou

Chronis Pou Vasiliou playing the Bouzouki

On Saturday beginning around noonish or so, Chronis Pou Vasiliou will be playing Greek music throughout Saturday afternoon.  Chronis is from Greensboro, North Carolina and plays the Bouzouki. We find Greek music enchanting.  You may find him playing at your Greek Music Festivals or Greek celebrations.  You can see a you tube video of him playing at the 2008 Greensboro Greek Festival. He plays Friday nights in Greensboro at the Greek restaurant Opa on Elm Street.

Put on your clay dancing shoes and come on out to Cousins in Clay. We will have great pots, good food, enchanting music, lots of smiles and happy faces this coming Saturday at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina.

"Cousins in Clay" 

May 26 and 27, 2012 

at Bulldog Pottery - 3306 US Hwy. 220 

 in Seagrove, North Carolina 

May 26 and 27, 2012 

An Incredible Weekend with Ron Meyers, Judith Duff, Michael Kline and All Things about Clay

Hosted by Potters: Bruce Gholson, Samantha Henneke - 336-302-3469

 Saturday, May 26: 10:00am - 5:00pm 

 Sunday, May 27: 10:00am - 4:00pm

Michael Kline: Brushwork Demonstration

Saturday at 2:00pm and Sunday at 1:30pm

Saturday: Chronis Pou Vasiliou playing Greek Music 

Light Buffet throughout Saturday

Sunday: Potters Potluck @noon "All Are Welcome" bring your favorite dish

We are located 5 miles south of Seagrove's town traffic light on Hwy 220, Look for the blue water tower.

Michael Kline, Cousins in Clay, Seagrove

Michael Kine's demonstration at Cousins in Clay 2011

Michael Kline from Bakersville, North Carolina is our Mountain Clay Cousin. He is a regular here at our annual Cousins in Clay in Seagrove. Our event's name Cousins in Clay was inspired from a blog post that Michael Kline wrote back in 2008, when after a weekend visit with us he wrote that he recently returned from visiting his Clay Cousins in Seagrove. We held our first kiln opening here at Bulldog Pottery and invited Michael to join us, and we called it "Cousins in Clay".  Since that June in 2009 Michael has returned to join us with his awesome pottery and personality.  This coming August he will be hosting his second Cousins in Clay at his pottery in the mountains near Penland Craft School.  Michael has invited two potters from Massachusetts, Mark Shaprio and Sam Taylor to join us for Mountain Cousins on August 25 and 26, 2012.

Michael Kline will be presenting a demonstration on both Saturday (2:00pm) and Sunday (1:30pm) this year.  

Michael is known for his gracefully elaborate brushwork, giving a botanical theme to his wood-fired pottery.  His black floral intertwining vine patterns, brushed on in combination with a tactile textured slip and glaze, is a decoration uniquely his own.

Michael Kine's demonstration at Cousins in Clay 2011

Michael Kline's two handled woodfired Jar

Michael Kline's Plate with flora brushwork

Michael Kline's two handled woodfired Jar with floral design 

"Cousins in Clay" 

at Bulldog Pottery - 3306 US Hwy. 220 

5 miles south of Seagrove's town traffic light, look for the blue water tower.

An Incredible Weekend with guest potters Ron Meyers, Judith Duff, Michael Kline 

Saturday, May 26: 10:00am - 5:00pm 

Sunday, May 27: 10:00am - 4:00pm

Michael Kline: Brushwork Demonstration

Saturday at 2:00pm and Sunday at 1:30pm

Saturday: Chronis Pou Vasiliou and Matthew Beasley playing Greek Music. 

Light Buffet throughout Saturday

Sunday: Potters Potluck @noon "All Are Welcome" bring your favorite dish