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Studio location:
424 Johnny Burke Road Pittsboro
919.542.2371
Non-Tour hours:
Open for three weekend kiln opening sales a year, and by appointment
www.hewittpottery.com
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Salt-glazed & alkaline-glazed wood-fired stoneware pottery
Mark makes traditional, yet contemporary, salt-glazed and alkaline glazed wood-fired stoneware pottery. He creates a full range of fine quality tableware (plates, bowls, mugs), vases, serving bowls and lidded jars, as well as his signature "Big Pots" - large planters, tall vases, jars and obelisks that range from 18" to 62" tall!
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Mark Hewitt
celebrates the 75th firing of the salt kiln!
MARK HEWITT'S HOLIDAY KILN OPENING
424 Johnny Burke Rd, Pittsboro, NC 27312
PREVIEW: Friday, December 5th, 4pm-7pm
(a chance to view the new pots.…sorry, no sales or reservations)
SALE: Saturday, December 6th, 9am - 5pm
Sunday, December 7th, 12 noon - 5pm and
Saturday, December, 13th 9am - 5pm
Sunday, December 14th, 12 noon - 5pm
For the seventy-fifth firing of the original kiln, Mark has made several massive vases and planters, tall "medieval" pitchers, Northern Thai-style jars, small obelisks, several dozen iced tea tumblers, cereal bowls, dinner plates, and more than 200 friendly mugs (including some swirl).
Apprentices Joseph Sand, Alex Matisse, and Eryn Prospero
have made lots of spectacular pots too!
For more info and directions
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Hewitt news
Hewitt's work has been featured in the Smithsonian Magazine and on the cover of American Craft Magazine, he has written extensively in the ceramic press, and has exhibited in London, New York and Tokyo, as well as throughout the US. He is well-represented in museum and private collections.
Mark co-curated a major exhibiHewitt news
Hewitt's work has been featured in the Smithsonian Magazine and on the cover of American Craft Magazine,tion with Nancy Sweezy entitled “The Potter’s Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery,” at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, October 30, 2005 – March 19, 2006. UNC Press published a well-illustrated catalogue/book with the same title. Mark's work will be featured in the upcoming PBS series, "Craft in America," and in the accompanying book and travelling exhibition. The show aired nationally in May 2007.
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