The Clay Centre Gallery

Barbara Higgins

Barbara's functional stoneware pots are wheel-thrown and handbuilt. Many pieces show her interest in texture and stamps of ancient symbols, which add depth and movement to the design.

These pieces are glazed with a saturated iron glaze and a cobalt glaze over a heavy iron stoneware body, and are fired in oxidation to approximately 2180 degrees Fahrenheit. Her combination of patterns and symbols combine the contemporary with the ancient in a classical way. Barbara trained at Penland School of Crafts in western North Carolina, and has been teaching ceramics in the Chapel Hill area since 1989. She is the developer and manager of The Clay Centre, a small school for pottery in Carrboro NC, which opened in June, 2002.

Serving Pieces	Stoneware Tea Set
Stoneware Peace Lantern	Stoneware Platter with Leaves
Raku Tea Bowl	Japanese Tea Set
Cinnamon Serving Set	Three Stoneware Pots
Photos are by Seth Tice-Lewis New in the Gallery
Cinnamon tea bowl Barbara Higgins	Kyoto Geisha by Barbara Higgins
Topsail Beach Storm by Barbara Higgins	Raku Bowl by Barbara Higgins
Raku Candle Holder Tree of Life by Barbara Higgins	Stoneware Lantern by Barbara Higgins

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