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Vale, NC Burlon "B. B." Craig 1914-2002 Pottery - face jugs

Information: There has been a continuum in the interest of face jugs throughout the 20th century primarily centered around two prominent potters, Burlon Craig and Lanier Meaders. However it wasn't until the 1970's when there was an upscale interest in American Folk lore by university academics that the work of Craig and Meaders were exposed to a larger American audience. The popularity of these two potters surged and the face jug as an art form along with interest in its history experienced a renaissance. Burlon Craig was born in 1914 in Hickory, NC. In many ways he is the patriarch of the face jug tradition and one of the best known of the Catawba Valley potters. He began working in clay when he was 14. Craig joined the Navy in 1942 and when he returned be bought a small farm near, Vale, NC, and began to produce traditional pottery using 19th century techniques. His work features his distinctive alkaline glazes and he worked up until his death in 2002. Carolina Arts

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	Cedar Creek Gallery Outsider Folk Art Slotin Folk Art Carolina Arts Catabwa Valley Pottery Ginger Young Gallery Outsider Folk Art
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Bibliography: Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006 "Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists" by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990. "20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993. "Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide" Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, 1996. "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000. "Let it Shine: Self-Taught Art from the T. Marshall Hahn Collection" by Lynne E. Spriggs, Joanne Cubbs, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Susan Mitchell Crawley, Michael E. Shapiro and Peter Harholdt, organized by the High Museum of Art, 2001. "American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003.

Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Credit: Slotin Folk Art

	Credit: Slotin Folk Art
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