Come see what our students are up to this week!
Do you find yourself daydreaming about your time at the Folk School? Take a moment to pay a virtual visit to the Folk School and watch this video to see what’s happening this week! The post Come see...
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Young Potters Visit the Folk School Wood Firing
Students from The Learning Center! visit the Folk School Wood Kiln. The Folk School is a great resource for local children to learn about Appalachian history and traditional crafts. Throughout the...
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Muggin’ At The Craft Shop
New selection of Rob Withrow face mugs now at the Craft Shop! They’re an animated lot… …quick to let you know how they’re feeling :) And let’s not forget their next of kin, Rob Withrow Face Jugs! All...
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Slinging Mud at the Folk School with clay student, David Evans
Slinging Mud on the potter’s wheel David Evans is one of our students at the Folk School! He recently took Ken and Melody Shipley’s pottery class. This awesome article will be published in the Atlanta...
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The Folk School Resident Artists Rock!
Experts in their individual craft, the Folk School Resident Artists schedule classes, bring new instructors, keep the studios shipshape, and teach popular Folk School classes. With the arrival of the...
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“We Still Make Things” is a video series that we do to show you what our students are up to at the Folk School. Here’s the video from this week: Can’t see it? Try reloading your browser, or visit our...
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Tend Your Hearth and Home
The fall and winter represent a retreat to home and hearth: a time for congregation, household, and feast. For centuries, the hearth was essential to the home for warmth and food preparation – a center...
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Sweet on John C. Campbell
Birds, Butterflies, and Bee: Pollinators in the Folk School Garden Making Sweet Treats in the Cooking Studio It’s true – flowers and chocolates are classic tokens of affection. To really woo your...
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Back to School Spirit
Sunflowers are blooming in the Folk School Garden, August 2014. They are huge – over 8″ tall! It’s that time of the year when students are preparing to return to school. For the first day, the feeling...
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Asia to Appalachia: Japanese Influence at the Folk School
Bonsai by Tim Ryan Japanese aesthetic philosophy inspires us all the way from the Far East to the Folk School. Radically different from Western design, Japanese design principles mesh especially well...
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Woodfire XIII with Rob Withrow
Rob unbricks the kiln. It’s like Christmas Eve over at Smoke in the Mountains Pottery today because it’s the day before the big wood kiln will be opened and unloaded. Many potters from all over the...
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Firing It Up! Raku-Style
Harry opens the kiln & Cara uses tongs to transfer the glowing pot to the metal trash can lined with newspaper. Final class vessels, cooling after Raku firing If you stroll by Studio Row when a...
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JCCFS Represents at the 75th National Folk Festival
Our Folk School booth at the 75th National Folk Festival in Greensboro, NC We had a great time this past weekend representing the Folk School at the 75th National Folk Festival. This was the 1st year...
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Set Your Table for a Fall Feast
Lovely hand-carved spoons made by students Luke and Julie in front of the Cooking Studio hearth Fall is a time of harvest, feast, and home. We invite our friends and family over to share food,...
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Empty Bowls Tickets on Sale February 16
Potters work in the Folk School Clay Studio, donating their time to create bowls for our upcoming fundraising event. Attendees choose their bowl on the way into the Olive Dame Campbell Dining Hall....
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Wheel Throwing 101 with Rob Withrow
Rob demos how to make a big jugs in segments, using the torch to quick dry the base. Clay students of all levels joined Rob Withrow in the Folk School Clay Studio this past week to learn new skill and...
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Empty Bowls Presents Checks to Local Food Banks
Empty Bowls checks of $3,188 each were presented this week to the Cherokee County Sharing Center and Clay County Food Pantry. The 10th Annual Empty Bowls was held on March 12 at the Folk School. The...
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Quest: Pottery, Printmaking & Family Vacations
I met Tom Quest over meatloaf dinner in the Dining Hall on Sunday night. We quickly discovered that we were enrolled in the same class: Jim Horton’s “Great American Poster” printmaking class. I...
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Empty Bowls Raises Money for Local Food Banks
We are grateful for all the love and good energy our staff, volunteers, local potters, and attendees brought to this year’s Empty Bowls event. We were fortunate to raise over $7000 during this annual...
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Asia to Appalachia: Japanese Influence at the Folk School
Bonsai by Tim Ryan Japanese aesthetic philosophy inspires us all the way from the Far East to the Folk School. Radically different from Western design, Japanese design principles mesh especially well...
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