March 23, 1960
THE SALEMITE
f-lusband-Wi fe Te am Exhibit Pottery
In Lobby To Show American Heritage
Page Three
By Susan Hughes
On your way to classes you have
probably passed^ the pottey ^xhibit
l,v Oiarles and Rubynell Counts.
This exhibit will remain in the
lobby of Main Hall until April 3.
The display is doubly interesting
to those of us at Salein, for Mr.
Counts has said “I am delighted to
be able to show my work to a
Salem audience. Your local museum
with its excellent collection of early
Salem pottery, kick wheel, ancient
tools and moulds is a reminder of
the wonderful heritage in the craft
traditions we Americans have.
Charles Counts received his pub
lic school education in Oak Ridge,
Tenn. From there he went to Berea
College where he became interested
in ceramics as a student wmrker in
the college pottery.
He received a master’s degree m
pottery in 1957 from Southern Illi
nois University. On the west coast
he did further work as an appren
tice under Marguerite Wilderhain
at her Pond Farm Work Shops—
kiss Wilderhain is considered one
of the foremost contemporary pot
ters in the United States and he
did advanced work in ceramic tech
nology and industrial design at the
University of Southern California.
Since early 1959 Mr. Counts and
his wife Rubynell have worked in
their studio wdiich they call Beaver
Ridge Pottery. The studio is a
remodeled log farmhouse located on
Beaver Ridge off Tennessee Fligh-
way 62 betwoen Knoxville and Oak
Ridge. There they produce pottery
thrown! on a kick wheel like the
ones the early Moravian settlers
used, glazed in rich earthy glazes
and fired to a Stonewmre tempera-
/ture.
Mr. Counts has shown in national
and regional show's last summer.
Mrs. Bess Bridges, manager of the
Arts and Crafts Association “dis
covered” the w'ork of Charles and
Rubynell Counts at the Southern
Highlands Guild Fair in Gatlinburg,
Tenn. and made arrangements for
the Craft House in the Community
Center here in Winston to sell their
pottery.
The Counts also demonstrated
pottery making at the Dixie Classic
Mr. Counts is active in their pro
gram and participates in their craft-
men’s fairs. This year he is chair
man of the committee that will de
sign a new Guild Fair for Gatlin
burg in October.
Mr. Counts says of his work
“Now' that the role of the hand
craftsman has changed in our so
ciety we must be alert to the chal
lenges and disciplines of our craft
in order to make it a new and
meaningful part of our ow'n way of
life. Though the machine and mass
production has freed us from mak
ing the repetitive, everyday utensils
our former potters needed to do,
we must learn and be able to evolve
our ow'n expression.” He goes on
to say that “Because clay is such
a plastic material it is my desire to
produce handmade items worthy of
the pottery tradition, expressive of
Charles and Rubynell Counts work in their studio, Beaver Ridge
Pottery, in Tennessee.
the material and the way it is
formed and reflective of our needs
in 1960.”
Fair in October.
An active member of the South
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