American Folk Art and Framing

Contemporary southern folk art, NC wood-fired pottery, and custom picture framing

OPENING SOON! Color Story: Spirited Colors/Joyful Narrative

Face Jugs

Wayne Hewell, Pondering Swirl Jug

I snuck on down to Georgia yesterday to see our face jug maker Wayne Hewell. It was spectacular to be traversing [anywere, really!] the Great Smokey Mountain Highway, what we call the back way to Atlanta. Wayne lives way north of Atlanta, in the cradle of the traditional functional pottery belt of Georgia. The Hewell family, an extended family for sure, have a reputation for making functional ware going back 5 generations. The Hewells, the Meaders & Marie Rogers are generations deep families whose pottery has influenced hundreds of potters and whose work has graced the homes of countless folks over the years. Wayne works Georgia clays into perfectly intense Face Jugs, adding devilish horns, nasty stogies and toothy expressions. His glazes range from Tobacco Spit alkalines, to bright blues and reds…I was even able to get a swirl…I love Wayne, he is a quiet man with sparkly eyes who imparts lots of personality into his wares…letting his jugs do the talking for him. To see all of Wayne’s new face jugs, along with our entire face jug selection click: http://www.amerifolk.com/artists/face-jugs-2/

Give us a call should you have questions or would like to purchase, we will work out the details!

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We are excited to invite you in-with a face covering- and a few at a time! Come on in and enjoy the offerings of our 35 different artists and potters and carvers. We are here from 11 am till 5 pm every day-7 days a week! But, do please bring your face coverings.We have missed you, and look forward to seeing you and finding our way in this new normal. What many of us in the arts have realized over and over: it is our creative spirit that will allow us to navigate this new reality. Together we accept this challenge, and will steer best we can.

The gallery is OPEN EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK ; 11 – 5. The website is current and up to date, if you see something you would like to purchase call 828-281-2134, we are here to answer your questions and finalize sales over the phone…we ship as well, just ask!

Face Coverings are the new normal -everyone who enters needs to be sporting one…Thank-you! This has helped us feel comfortable about unlocking and inviting you in!

FOR CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING: We encourage you to call for an appointment. The hours of 10 – 11 am or 5 – 6 pm are set aside for framing appointments – we can create together with less contact with others, but are available many other times & will work with your schedule, of course. Just give a call, we will figure it out together: 828-281-2134

WEBSITE & CURBSIDE: As always this website is current; we offer phone consultation about individual pieces that you are interested in. We can ship or hold and offer CURBSIDE PICKUPS if that feels right, and it has been fun….

When in March we locked our doors, it was a time of soul searching and discovery for the gallery, and I am sure for each of you. Throughout that time, we had the luxury of extended conversations with our artists and some of you. We remain steadfast in our mission to represent a highly curated selection of artists who have a very personal way to express beauty, heart and life itself.

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! We are available via Phone: 828-281-2134 or via Email: folkart@amerifolk.com

Within the pages of our website, you will see a variety of selectively curated contemporary self-taught artists. Painters, Whittlers, Carvers & Potters, American Folk presents makers from South Louisiana all the way to Maine with one goal in mind: To expose the world to the creative powers and originality of our artists. Their visions bring life, color, joy and complexity to our gallery and to your home. Self-taught art ranges from what is referred to as primitive all the way to exquisitely contemporary. All of our artists are living and working today, some have garnered world wide attention, some are exclusive to American Folk….all have a unique way of expressing their world & their hearts. We are inspired by them every day….

For more information or to purchase artwork, call us at 828-281-2134 or email us at folkart@amerifolk.com.

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