Dave and Carol Howe (and their fat cat Otis), have
operated the Junkyard Pottery since 1999. Beginning in 1994, Carol became
a devoted "weekend
potter."
Retiring in 2003 from social services work, she was then able to devote
full-time attention to throwing pots on the wheel, and operating the
pottery. Her husband,
Dave, retired after a 45 year career in broadcasting and now works
in the pottery handbuilding pieces in addition to making and applying
glazes, and
operating the kilns.
Both have attended several week-long classes at the John C. Campbell Folk
School in North Carolina to better hone their skills. Carol continues to
seek variety in her functional stoneware pieces, from cups to collanders
to candle lamps, while Dave develops an ever expanding pallette of homemade
glazes which include a special ingredient--refined ash from their fireplace.
Dave is a native of upstate New York, while Carol grew up in Cincinnati.
Their love of nature brought them to the Parkers Lake area of Kentucky
from Ohio in 1979. Their backyard borders on the Beaver Creek Wilderness
Area of the Daniel Boone National Forest where the Howes enjoy camping and
hiking.
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