Jeff Young lives in Vale, N.C. - an area known as the Catawba Valley Pottery region. He produces wood fired folk pottery. His traditional line of pottery uses hand dug clay, ash glazes and are fired in his wood kiln. His alkaline glaze is a combination of wood ash, glass, and clay. It is a more intense and time consuming process but produces a truly unique and authentic folk style of pottery.
Thank you for visiting my web site. I'm hoping to keep this page updated with current projects and some pictures of recent firings. More pictures will be available in the Photo Album.
Wood-Fired Clown
Here is a wood fired clown that I fired in my wood kiln two weeks ago.
Another clown but with a fat pig on his head. Notice this clown has "hair". This will be for sale at my next show this Saturday 10/03/09.
FOLK ART FESTIVAL AT LAKE NORMAN
OCTOBER 3 , 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 pm.
4737 Giles Avenue ,Sherrills Ford, NC 28673
sponsored by the HICKORY MUSEUM OF ART
Please see the "2009 Shows" tab at the top for more info.
Here's a sad clown with a flower on his nose.
Wood-Fired Devil Monkey Jug
This is a wood-fired Monkey Jug with an ash and clay glaze. This was
the first Monkey Jug that Jeff produced. This is a "keeper" that
resides in the Young household.
A Monkey Jug is actually a two-chambered vessel thus the two or more
spouts. One chamber sets on top of the other and is permantly affixed.
The spouts oppose each other such that no liquid will spill from the
other if used to pour or drink from.
Jeff concentrates his greatest efforts on Monkey Jugs. He currently has
a waiting list for his "Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil"
monkey jugs.
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