by Cory Marie Podielski | Apr 10, 2016 | Craft, Featured Artists, Folk School, Pottery
Clay students of all levels joined Rob Withrow in the Folk School Clay Studio this past week to learn new skill and techniques on the wheel. Many students had never thrown on a wheel and were eager to get started. Rob is a local Brasstown potter and owner of Smoke in...
by Cory Marie Podielski | Sep 10, 2015 | Featured Artists, Folk School, Pottery
If you stroll by Studio Row when a class is doing a Raku firing at the outdoor kiln, you are in for an exciting, fiery surprise. I was lucky to catch Harry & Julie Hearne’s recent class, The Art of Throwing and Raku Firing, as they were firing their last...
by Cory Marie Podielski | Mar 19, 2015 | Featured Artists, Folk School, Pottery
It’s like Christmas Eve over at Smoke in the Mountains Pottery today because it’s the day before the big wood kiln will be opened and unloaded. Many potters from all over the region contribute pots to be fired the traditional way in Rob Withrow’s...