From a press release:
American Folk Art & Framing’s third annual Face Jug Show opens April 2
American Folk Art & Framing has assembled an extensive collection of regional face jugs for their third annual Face Jug Show which opens April 2 and runs through April 27th. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 3, from 5-8 p.m. with several of the potters in attendance.
Face jugs are an old time regionalism whose origins are hard to pin down, but whose possibilities still inspire potters today. In Southern Appalachia, where the soil itself has remarkable clay properties, many of the featured potters in this exhibition will be following the traditions of using hand-dug wild clay, glaze materials and firing in wood fired kilns.
Face Jugs are a great form for expression: from Stacy Lambert come decidedly nontraditional Story Jugs, original writings paired with finely rendered imagery done on a face jug form, to Fred Johnston’s way primitive rock toothed forms. Mike Ball’s face jugs have a wildness to them and show many of the traditions of the region: broken porcelain plates for teeth, glass drip decoration, and his clay, being locally dug, has mineral deposits and other inclusions that make each jug unique and visually interesting.
Highly anticipate by collectors, the gallery will feature prime examples of our region’s most creative and renowned face jug potters. Included in the show will be Walter Fleming, Charlie Brown, Stacy Lambert, Mike Ball, AV Smith, Wayne Hewell, Steve Abee and Fred Johnston.
“Being the third annual, our potters have been thinking up and executing wonderful examples all year! Bring it on, I say, the more interesting/wild/creative, the better.” Says Betsey-Rose Weiss owner and curator of the show.
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