Mark Hewitt

Mark Hewitt takes a Holiday Kiln Opening Preview Tour of the barn

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Mark takes a walk through the barn/showroom, to introduce you to some of the pots that are now on sale for our Holiday Kiln Opening 2020.
Following safe COVID precautions, the barn and tent and grounds offer space for physical distancing, appointments are encouraged, and face coverings required.

Mark made ALL the pots in the barn for Firing104, both the outer section AND the inner section, as he is now working on his own (with the exception of some serving bowls and small planters made by Stillman Browning-Howe.) Those pots, and others made by Stillman and Will Baskin from previous Firings are in the tent.

Mark Hewitt throwing a pottery tumbler

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Easily and gracefully, Mark throws a lovely tumbler to add to the dozens he has made this day. They will be decorated the next day, and fired in his massive wood-burning kiln in late May, Firing 105, in time for a June 5th – 13th, 2021 Summer Kiln Opening Sale.

Perfect for water, wine, or whatever else you'd like to drink, these sweet tumblers are a joy to hold and to use.

Preview tour of the barn/showroom at sunset before the Holiday Kiln Opening 12/2/2021

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Carol takes a walk down to the barn/showroom at sunset and gives a brief preview tour of the pottery that will be for sale at the upcoming Holiday Kiln Opening ~ December 4&5 and Dec 11&12, 2021. "The barn is glowing," and the sun is "setting on the Big Pots." Take a moment to enjoy this beautiful winter evening that makes us grateful, yet again, to live in this peaceful place and be able to share it with our friends and customers who come from far and wide for the Kiln Opening Sales.

Mark Hewitt: 2015 Balvenie Finalist for the ACC Fellowship Awards

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This video gives a glimpse into Mark Hewitt's pottery craftsmanship. Mark Hewitt was selected by The Balvenie as a 2015 finalist for the American Craft Council Rare Craft Fellowship Awards.

The Balvenie’s longstanding alliance with craft is a result of the distillery’s dedication to the five rare crafts of whisky making, which allow them to achieve their distinctive taste and exceptional quality. The Balvenie still grows its own barley, still malts in its own floor maltings, employs a team of coopers to tend its casks, a coppersmith to maintain its stills, and has in its service the most experienced Malt Master in Scotland.

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Potter Mark Hewitt, ORIGINS episode

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www.craftinamerica.org. Potter Mark Hewitt segment. ORIGINS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.

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Jugtown & Mark Hewitt Pottery

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Jugtown Pottery, a working pottery and an American Craft Shop, is located in Seagrove, NC in the community of Westmoore. It was started in 1917 by two artists from Raleigh, North Carolina who shared a love for pottery, Jacques and Juliana Busbee. Today Jugtown still follows the same approach to pottery as laid out by the Busbees. Master potter, Vernon Owens, with his wife Pamela and son, Travis, follow the same approach to pottery as Jugtown did when it began in 1917. They are to pottery much like Ford is to cars — a family business whose pieces have evolved in style yet have remained incredibly true to its roots.