RECOMMENDED READING

TURNERS AND BURNERS
by Charles Zug III
University of North Carolina Press

"The first comprehensive ceramic history for the state, this book examines the largely vanished world of folk potters and the continuing achievements of their descendents."

We highly recommend this book. If you get only one book, we suggest this one. Zug's research on the subject of folk pottery is extraordinary.

BROTHERS IN CLAY
The story of Georgia Folk Pottery
by John A. Burrison
The University of Georgia Press

"An exaustive study of Georgia's pottery dynasties"

Another important read on the history of folk pottery, focusing on Georgia's 1st families of clay.

RAISED IN CLAY
The Southern Pottery Tradition
The University of North Carolina Press

"Focusing on more than thirty potters in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, and Kentucky, Nancy Sweezy tells how families preserve and practice the traditional art of pottery making today."

Nancy Sweezy is a potter herself, and a former director of Jugtown Pottery in Seagrove, NC. Her personal interviews with potters are exceptional.

CATAWBA CLAY
Contemporary Southern Face Jug Makers
by Barry G. huffman
A.W. Huffman

"An invaluable guide to many of the foremost practioners of the craft and is lavishly illustrated with photographs of their work".

This is a wonderfully illustrated book about living artists in the Catawba Valley. A good general overview of North Carolina potters.

If you know of a book that should be added to this list let us know!