Pottery Books

 

NC Pottery

The Mint Museum Shops are proud to be your source for pottery books of North and South Carolina pottery. Enjoy these numerous books, available at both of our museum locations.

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Ordering Information

Billy Ray
Carolina Clay
Catawba cd

Billy Ray Hussey
$20.00

Carolina Clay
$25.95
Catawba Clay
$18.95
CD: NC Ceramic Art
$15.00
craft craven blue ridge NC
Craft Heratage Trails
$19.95
Craven Family
$39.95
Handcrafted Blue Ridge
$14.95

Noth Carolina Pottery
Hard: $39.95  |  Soft: $24.95

OL Raised southern
turners
O.L. Bachelder
$9.50
Raised in Clay
$32.50
Southern Arts and Crafts
$7.50
Turners and Burners
$45.00

 

Billy Ray

Billy Ray Hussy: North Carolina Visionary Potter
By James C. Jordan III, Daisy Wade-Bridges, Leonidas J. Beets and Dr. Bert and Mary Silverman

Published to complement the Mint Museum of Art exhibition which took place October 18, 1997 through February 22, 1998.
Contains Three Essays and a lengthy interview with Hussey. It gives a complete picture of his background, inspiration for his work and his stature among North Carolina potters.

36 pages
11 x 8.5"
23 color images
174 B&W images

Paperback Price $20.00     Item #1389

Carolina Clay

Carolina Clay:  The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
By Leonard Todd

Carolina Clay, is a mesmerizing story about a slave known only as “Dave”, who learned to turn pots in South Carolina. Dave inscribed poems into his pots and signed them even though it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write in the antebellum south. Today his pots can be found in museums across the country including the Mint Museum.

317 pages
6.5 x 9.5 ”
28 Color Images
28 B&W Images

Hardback Price $25.95    Item #487

 

Catawba

Catawba Clay: Contemporary Southern Face Jug Makers
By Barry G. Huffman
1997, second printing 1999

An essential photographic guide for both the collector and the novice. This book is a fascinating introduction to one of the most interesting production areas of Southern pottery.

89 Pages
11 x 8.5"
8 Color Images
168 B&W Images

Price $18.95     Item #1405

cd

Ceramic Art of North Carolina CD-ROM
1997


A CD-ROM on the history of North Carolina ceramics as found in the collection of the Mint Museum of Art. Thirty minutes of audio presenting the rich ceramics tradition of North Carolina plus an interactive map of potting regions, video selections of potters creating their ceramics and a database of over 1,200 images from the museum's collection.

Works on Windows and Macintosh

Price $15.00     Item #718

craft

Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina, Third Edition
By Betty Hurst and Jay Fields
2003

A complete guide to craft galleries in Western North Carolina. It contains a list of: locations, accommodations, operating hours and selected maps.

247 pages
8.5 x 5"
413 color images
26 B&W images

Paperback Price $19.95     Item #301

craven

Craven Family of Southern Folk Potters
By Quincy Scarborough
2005

This book follows an interesting genology format connecting the famous Craven dynasty of potters. It categorzies with identifying makers with their marks, shows their techniques and reveals where and when they worked.

143 pages
11 x 8.5"
29 color images
87 B&W images

Paperback Price $39.95     Item #1095

blue radge

Handcrafted in the Blue Ridge
Irv Green and Andrea Gross
1997

A comprehensive guide to the crafts, artisians, and studiosof Western North Carolina. Provides a complete listing of: addresses, prices, hours, phone numbers and specialities.

299 pages
7.5 x 5.5"
68 B&W images

Price $14.95     Item #1152

NC

North Carolina Pottery: The Collection of The Mint Museum
Edited by Barbara Stone Perry
2004

A catalogue of more than 400 individual pieces from the museum's oun collection. The volume includes five essays by authorities in the field of ceramics providing a visual and textual guide to North Carolina's vibrant pottery culture.

212 pages
9 x 12"
415 color images
14 B&W images

Hardback: Price $39.95     Item #1530
Paperback: Price $24.95     Item #1550

ol

O.L. Bachelder and His Omar Khayyam Pottery
By Pat H. Johnston and Disy Wade Bridges
2003; First published in 1983

A partial reprint of the 1983 publication Oscar Louis Bachelder, A Mountain Visionary from the exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art in November 2003.

36 pages
9 x 8.5"
26 B&W images

Paperback Price $9.50     Item #1649

raised

Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition
by Nancy Sweezy
Copyright 1984 by the Smithsonian Institution; First published by UNC Press in 1994

A great reference book of Southern potters with detailed descriptions of their work, methods and pottery type.

284 Pages
11 x 8"
8 Color Images 
200 B&W Images

Price $32.50     Item #1392

southern

Southern Arts and Crafts, 1890-1940

By James C. Jordan III and Jane Ellen Starnes

History and essays on crafts and arts in the South and description of selected items in the exhibition.

136 pages
12 x 8"
12 Color Images
122 B&W Images
Available in paperback Only

Price $7.50     Item #3689

turners

Turners and Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina
By Charles G. Zug, III.
1986

Learn the classic methods for making stoneware; from history to techniques and culture of North Carolina potters in the Piedmont. Includes extensive descriptions of pottery methods.

450 Pages
10 x 8.5"
19 Color Images
274 B&W Images

Paperback  Price $45.00     Item #1924

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