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Section B fiJltl* ffipritfh Section B Wednesday, September 26, 1984 K V-%*^ V Wednesday, September 26, 1984 " : - V ' ' * '• . Warrenton craftswoman Phyllis King puts the finishing touches on one of her more popular items, a folk art "Welcome Friends" sign. The sign is one of 55 craft Items currently being marketed by Phyllis in 13 shops in North Carolina and several out-of-state metropolitan areas. (Staff Photo) Ifyoutefookingfor More for your money, you just found it! ANNUAL RATE 6-Month CD ANNUAL YIELD % I 1.35 ANNUAL RATE 1155 ANNUAL RATE % 12-Month CD 18-Month CD 12j02 ANNUAL YIELD 1224°° ANNUAL YIELD 12.47" Annual Rate compounded daily Rate effective September 25 to October 1 $500 minimum deposit Count on Conner Savings & Loan for the of purchase for the full term. highest interest on your savings. Our rate Vbur account is insured up to $100,000 is announced weekly, and the Certifi- by FIAC. Stop in and start getting more catesof Depositearntherateatthetime for your money. 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That little epigram, done in graceful calli graphy, hangs in Warren County crafts woman Phyllis King's kitchen. And from a look at the surroundings, it is evident someone has taken the message to heart. The room is filled with crafts of almost every variety. It is difficult to say exactly what Phyllis does because what she does this week may not be what she does next week, and any attempt to pigeonhole her ar tistic pursuits seems doomed to failure. It suffices to say she has more than dabbled in painting, ceramics, china eggs, photog raphy, calligraphy, monogramming and embroidery, to name a few. A Warrenton native and a graduate of John Graham High School, Phyllis, 40, is the daugh ter of Mrs. L. A. Hicks and the late Mr. Hicks. For a number of years she tried her hand in the business world, but never settled comfort ably into the nine-to-five routine. All the while, she did her crafts as a hobby, producing items primarily for friends and local residents. Several years ago, she began entering her work in craft shows. "I had done all these things as hobbies all those years, then all of a sudden people started buying it," Phyllis recalled recently in an interview at her home. "Then I had requests from shopowners who wanted to buy from me wholesale." In 1961, she licensed her business under the name "The Country Shoppe" and began a cottage industry that doubled between 1982 and 1983 and has doubled again since last Christmas. Today, her items, which include miniature, painted carousel horses and children's cup and bowl sets, are being marketed in 13 shops, six in surrounding coun ties, and her shipments often make their way to metropolitan markets such as Richmond, Va. and Atlanta, Ga., as well as Williamsburg, Va., Charlotte and New Bern. Country decor is currently in vogue and has provided Phyllis an opportunity to focus on one of her favorite crafts, folk art One of her most popu lar items is the half circle "Welcome Friends" sign with pastoral scenes of farm houses and barnyard animals. Her ceramic dinner ware, which is molded rather than wheel Three of Phyllis King's favorite craft items are shown above. The pastoral scene on the "Welcome Friends" sign, the carousel horse (lower left) and the decorative tole painting on wood (lower right) have become popular items with the recent trend in country decor. (Photos courtesy of Phyllis King) thrown like pottery, is also popular. Some is decorated with the colonial sign of welcome, the pineapple, and other dinnerware is decorated with a heart, for those whose taste may be more contem porary. Every now and then she produces an item for her own pleasure, not knowing whether it will sell. One such item was a small, ceramic heart with a lid, designed for safekeeping of small treasures. "I really didn't think it would sell," Phyllis said, "but it went like hotcakes." Phyllis devotes be tween four and five hours a day, seven days a week to her art, and attests that she does her best work between 10 p. m. and 2 a.m. Her nocturnal schedule is made possible, in part, by her understanding husband of 22 years, Phyllis noted. An assistant superin tendent at the N. C. Department of Correc tion Prison Unit at Bunn, Earl King is often found in Phyllis' pottery studio pouring molds and trimming green ware, ceramic in its un fired form. Phyllis produces her ceramics and other crafts from a studio in her home off S.E. 1107 (Warrenton - Ridgeway Road) and in her work room, or pouring studio, adjacent to her mother's house down the lane. Both homes are part of the family's 60-acre farm, "Dogwood Acres." Because of Earl's hobby, restoration of golf carts, Phyllis com mutes the short distance between house and work room in a golf cart Earl equipped with lights to accommodate his wife's late-night enterprise. Phyllis' studio used to be a guest room before it was taken over by draw ing board, paints and shelf upon shelf of craft supplies. Her sewing room, a remnant of the days when she made her own clothes and did (Continued on page 2B)
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