Patti Connor-Greene & Dan Greene
Linville River Pottery
PO Box 342
Pineola, NC 28662
Linville River Pottery
PO Box 342
Pineola, NC 28662
Fresh pots, new work:
In mid-March of 2020, we returned
home from remote off-grid camping
out west, just as the pandemic hit.
So we closed Linville River Pottery
to visitors, and dove deeper into
exploring fresh combinations
of clays, glaze materials,
and firing processes.
Three new series emerged
from these experiments.
Because variation rather than
repetition is the heart of this
new work, every piece within
each series is unique.
Wildscape series
Thrown on a kickwheel,
combining the earthiness of
dark red stoneware
with the luminosity of porcelain,
with textures and multi-layered
glazes inspired by winter in the
mountains: bare bones of trees
juxtaposed against mercurial skies.
Thrown on a kickwheel,
combining the earthiness of
dark red stoneware
with the luminosity of porcelain,
with textures and multi-layered
glazes inspired by winter in the
mountains: bare bones of trees
juxtaposed against mercurial skies.
Earthscape series
Inspired by backcountry camping
under spectacular starry skies, these
small handbuilt porcelain
plates/wall pieces are deeply textured,
using handmade stamps to create
scenes of stars, trees, animals,
and tiny houses.
Woodland series
Small handbuilt dark red stoneware
plates/wall pieces with porcelain slip,
layered glazes, and foraged leaf and
wildflower monoprint designs.
Linville River Pottery is not open
to visitors, but you can find
Patti's work at:
Carlton Gallery
Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery
Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine
Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville
And we invite
you to join us for our
benefit sale,
Clay for Community,
on Linville River Pottery's
studio front porch: a variety of
Patti's handmade mugs,
bowls, vases, dreamscapes,
earthscapes, wildscapes,
and woodland series.
We'll have new work
fresh from the kiln,
as well as longtime favorites
and sale pots.
We donate 75% of all
proceeds from
Clay for Community
to these nonprofit organizations
that support our community by
providing food assistance
for people in need,
and preserving the natural
environment through
land conservation:
Feeding Avery Families
and
Southern Appalachian
Highlands Conservancy
and
Blue Ridge Conservancy
Huge thanks to everyone who supported
Linville River Pottery's previous
Clay for Community events
in 2021 and 2022, on behalf of
Feeding Avery Families!
Next Clay for Community date: TBD
Hours: 11-3 or until pots are gone
no early sales
cash or checks only
no credit or debit cards
Location:
2180 Goose Hollow Road
Pineola, NC (GPS: Newland)
So if you love using or gifting
unique local handmade pottery
while helping support the work of
Feeding Avery Families, the
Blue Ridge Conservancy, and
the Southern Appalachian
Highlands Conservancy,
please join us for our
Clay for Community benefit sale!
Patti & Dan
"Do all you can
with what you have
in the time you have,
in the place you are."
- Nkosi Johnson
with what you have
in the time you have,
in the place you are."
- Nkosi Johnson
