The Absolute openness of this gallery and studio is its most special quality. I have never met anyone who does not want to visit the artists studio! It is like something magic happens there, and of course as artists, it does. The very act of creativity is magic. Rob and Beth are the owners and a husband and wife team. There is a third artists that works with them as well, and very often as on this day, an apprentice is at work learning the craft. As you walk into the gallery you are immediately drawn back to the studio where the action is going on. I have never been to Magnum that someone is not working away in the pottery area. And what is even better you are invited to walk around, look. learn and ask questions! This is one friendly place, the studio dog even comes up and greets you. (and the studio dog is a rescue, what great people)
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| Magnum Pottery Studio, Weaverville, North Carolina |
How to Make a 3D Heron
First Step
Roll out slab of clay, draw image and cut
Second Step
Wet areas to be shaped
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| Rob wetting areas to be curved |
Step 3
Shape dampened edges
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| Rob demonstrating how to form the heron photo by Elizabeth Gordon |
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| Close up shots of shaping head |
STEP 4
Join the two sections, glaze and fire
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| Finished Product, Wonderful Shiny and New Herons Ready to Buy |
First Step
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