"Stoneware Stories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina" is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates. For more info: https://t.co/L3foSINclL #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2021.
#StonewareStories Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates. See it online: https://t.co/L3foSINclL
This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.
#StonewareStories is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates. For more info: https://t.co/L3foSINclL
This tweet was posted on August 16, 2021.
#StonewareStories is on display pre-security in the Intl Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates. The gallery, like its (still closed) twin on the G-side, has been reimagined for smaller, intimate exhibits. For more info: https://t.co/L3foSINclL
This tweet was posted on May 28, 2021.
#StonewareStories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates and online at: https://t.co/L3foSINclL
This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.
Despite owning at least three potteries in South Carolina, Collin Rhodes likely never worked as a potter himself. The most common motif employed at his C. Rhodes Factory was the maker’s mark, boldly lettered in slip to distinguish it from other makers. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2021.
Join us for a tour of our recent exhibition, "Stoneware Stories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina", led by the exhibition’s curator, Nicole Mullen. https://t.co/AznNZ0xn0N #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on August 16, 2021.
Not one, but TWO exhibitions and galleries opened this week! #FlightPatterns, looks at how social change affected airline uniforms in the 1960s-70s, and #StonewareStories examines the unique folk pottery produced in Edgefield, South Carolina, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
This tweet was posted on May 28, 2021.
Our exhibition, "Stoneware Stories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina" explores ceramics made in Edgefield, South Carolina from 1815 to the 1850s. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2021.
Shortly after arriving in Edgefield, Thomas Chandler mastered the use of local kaolin clay and alkaline glazes, creating beautiful pots that exhibited a celadon-like gloss surface similar to those produced in China and Korea. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.
The clay was then ready to be turned on a “kick” or treadle wheel. Lastly, the dried wares were coated with an alkaline glaze solution. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.
The enslaved potter known as Dave inscribed many of his approximately forty known pot poems at Lewis Miles’ factory from 1849 to the early 1860s. Dave’s short poems reflected his daily life; some are light-hearted, others more serious. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on January 04, 2022.
The poem quoted above explains the storage jar’s use. After it was filled with salted meat, the pot could be sealed with tallow or wax, hence the reference to lighting candles. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on January 04, 2022.
The potter weighed the necessary amount of clay according to the size of the vessel that they wanted to produce, kneaded the clay, then formed the clay into a ball. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.
Thomas Chandler and other Edgefield, SC, potters often mixed different clays together to achieve the proper balance and ground their clays in a pug mill to obtain the right consistency for turning. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.
Thomas Chandler likely incorporated a large quantity of silica & lime in his glaze formula to create these wares. Chandler’s pale green glaze resulted from small amounts of iron oxide in the glaze combined with the pots being fired in a kiln deprived of oxygen. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.