Miya Gallery and Artisans on Main carry a lot of the work of the Art Safari participants. The Weaverville Art Safari, a self-guided studio tour, began in 2001 and has had a great influence on the town. Weaverville is well known for its art and craft community. Everybody knows about Blue Mountain Pizza! There are three breweries in downtown Weaverville Zebulon Artisan Ales directly across the alley behind our shop, Eluvium Brewing Company, also in the alley, and Blue Mountain Pizza. The Glass Onion, next door to Mangum Pottery, is one of the Asheville areas finer restaurants. There is the Well Bred Bakery with its eclair as big as your head. The dining alone is surprising for such a small downtown. Main street Weaverville has a lot to offer. Go to our Youtube channel to see videos of us at work. To see some of Rob and Beth's older work go to the Archives page. It generates 60% of the electricity they use. In 2015, they installed a 10kW solar system on the roof of their downtown studio. The firing is done in natural gas and electric kilns. All of the mixed media furniture, fountains, tiles, and ceramic instruments are hand built by Rob in our studio and in his wood shop adjacent to our kiln room. Our other items are slab built and individually crafted by Rob, Liam and Mallory. Wheel thrown items are all made by Beth and Erin. She now lives in Charlotte and works as a scientist.Īll of the work represented on this website and in their gallery was made in the studio by Rob and Beth and their production assistants Erin Janow, Liam Sawyer and Mallory Nuckols. Their other daughter, Page, also graduated from App. You can find some of her work at her website, Solita Designs. Rob and Beth's oldest daughter, Leah, studied art at Appalachian State University and exhibits her art at our gallery. They are inspired by the organic and structural aspects of nature, as well as the continuing evolution of our culture. The Mangums feel fortunate to work every day with the clay, striving to find the union of form and function. They also enjoy the area's great traditional music scene, as well as the endless mountain tops, valleys, and rivers to explore. Western North Carolina's expanding art and craft scene has been a nurturing environment for Beth and Rob's creative pursuits. They moved to the Asheville area in 1997 and began creating work out of their Weaverville studio. Rob went on to receive a MFA from Indiana University. In 1989, he and Beth formed their pottery studio after they graduated from Design School. Rob began making pottery in his parents’ studio at Turkey Knob near Sparta, NC in the 70’s. Beth grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, where she attended St. Rob and Beth met as sophomore and freshman at North Carolina State University School of Design (now the College of Art and Design) where Rob studied graphics and illustration, and Beth focused on fibers and surface design. Potters Rob and Beth Mangum continue a creative tradition started by Rob’s parents over forty years ago. Beyond the wares are craftsmen hard at work. As you step into the gallery you’ll see displays of pitchers, teapots, and tableware next to hand built vases, ceramic furniture and banjos. Stroll down Main Street and you may wander into this working pottery studio. In the mountains of western North Carolina, just over the hill from Asheville, lies the historic town of Weaverville.
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