It's Just Dirt! the Historic Art Potteries of North Carolina's Seagrove Region

By Stephen C. Compton

Before retiring in 2013, Neolia Cole, the eighty-six year old daughter of potter Arthur Ray Cole, was first to arrive and last to leave the Cole's Pottery shop.
She possesses the indomitable spirit that has kept a Cole in pottery-making for more than two centuries.
Once when asked how much pottery was produced by Cole's Pottery in a year's time, Neolia answered by saying instead how much income a year's sales represented. Despite the fact that Cole's Pottery charged very little for the wares made there, the annual sum collected in a year was considerable.
Wielding a sly grin, Neolia unashamedly conceded, "And it's just dirt " In a way, pottery is just dirt.
But collectors and lovers of the art form know that much more than dirt contributed to the incomparable successes of North Carolina's early twentieth-century art potteries. It's a success story marked by adaptation, innovation, collaboration, and immensely hard work--a legacy that endures today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625450540
• ISBN13: 9781625450548
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.8" x 9.0"