Large Gary Clontz Pottery Jug ~ Super Rare!

Description

“Gary Clontz is known for wheel-thrown functional stoneware pottery and raku fired vessels. In addition to being a potter, Clontz developed the Production Fine Craft Program at Haywood Community College and the Professional Clay Program at Piedmont Technical School. Clontz is also known as a kiln builder and has built or planned numerous kilns in the southeastern United States.”
Bibliography
Fields, Jay and Brad Campbell.
The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina
. Handmade in America, 1998.
This is a beautiful vase I got from Gary when he was an instructor for Piedmont Technical College. The classes were held in Edgefield, South Carolina at the Center for Creative Technologies. It’s difficult to find any of his pieces! The vase is 14 inches tall and 9 inches at widest point. The opening is 3.5 inches. He made his own stamps, which are shown at the base of the 3 handles. It weighs almost 6 pounds. It is signed Clontz, SC. He retired in 2008 and lives in North Carolina. This is a nice piece to add to your southern folk art pottery collection!