Special Events

Saturday, June 2, 2012
10:00am-4:00pm 

Steven Forbes-deSoule Raku Firing; Clay Day 2008 Stewart Stokes

Raku Firing Clay Day 2008 Stewart Stokes

Childrens activities with Sandra Rowland Clay Day 2008 Stewart Stokes

Rose Tripoli Mueller Clay roses; Clay Day 2008 Stewart Stokes

Lee Davis Wheel throwing; Clay Day 2008 Stewart Stokes

Ann Gleason Hand building; Clay Day 2008 Stewart Stokes

Celebrate Clay Day at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center on June 2 from 10am to 4pm. This free event features craft demonstrations and hands-on activities for children and adults.

Clay Day has been a favorite happening at the Blue Ridge Parkway's Folk Art Center for over 20 years. Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild demonstrate throwing on the potter's wheel, hand building and surface design on clay, among other techniques.

A highlight of the day is the Make and Take Raku Firing. Buy a $10 pot, glaze it and watch as expert potters, Gary Clontz and Steven Forbes-deSoule raku fire it for you. Raku is a ceramic firing process which uses fire and smoke to create unique patterns and designs.

Check back for more details about Clay Day 2012.

While at the Folk Art Center, visitors will have the opportunity to visit Allanstand Craft Shop, the Eastern National bookstore and Blue Ridge Parkway information desk, as well as three exhibition galleries. Outside the Folk Art Center, there are hiking trails, picnic tables, grassy areas for a picnic and plenty of free parking.

For more information, call 828-298-7928.

Clay Day 2011 Participants

Haywood Community College - Professional Craft Department
Gary Clontz (raku firing)
Steve and Becky Lloyd (wheel throwing)
Steven Forbes-deSoule (raku firing)
Sandra Rowland (children's activities)
Jan Morris (children's activities)
Ann Gleason (hand building with clay)
Tamela Wells (polymer clay)
Cindy Billingsley (clay sculpture)
Jeff McKinley (flame-worked glass)
Marc Tickle (kaleidoscopes)
Rose Mueller (clay roses)
Marcia Bugg (wheel throwing)
Rodney Leftwich (folk pottery)
Leah Leitson (wheel throwing)
Harriet Smith (polymer clay)
Lynn Jenkins (raku pottery)
Mike Lalone (wheel throwing)
Holden McCurry (clay sculpture)
Maud Boleman (wheel throwing)
Mary Mikkelsen and Henry Pope (hand building and surface design)
Ed Byers (clay sculpture)

 

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