Welcome to Appleby Pottery Studio!
From the Mountains
to the Sea...Appleby Pottery!
Nestled in southern Appalachian mountains, we called it "Turning
and Burning". Now I call Charleston, South Carolina my home. I am a studio member of Cone 10 Studio & Gallery in heart of the city. And a beautiful
city it is!
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Pottery is created as an artform and a link to our past. My work can best be described as an evolution
of progressing time expanding the imagination of creativity. Over a 28 year span my hands have been in and out of clay moving
me patiently to this period in life where possibilities are not only endless, but finally attainable.
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While having created various vessels over
the past few years, I have found a passion for creating face pottery. I was introduced to face pottery in the mountains
of North Carolina and I have brought them down to the coast. These pots are sure to bring a smile to your own face!
More pictures will be added in time as I insure a successful drying process for these thrown and hand scupltured pieces.
No two are identical! Each is as unique as the faces you pass each day on your life's journey.
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My whimsical face jugs represent an adventure connecting family history to the
odyssey of stretched imagination. Drenched in inspiration from the peaceful surroundings and pristine landscape my work represents
tradition, creativity from flames and infinite possibilities that leap beyond the everyday into fantasies that take one’s
emotions somewhere beyond. Perhaps my work can best be summed up by the possibilities of looking at pottery through different
eyes and asking the question, “Why not?"
