Throwing My Life Away...: Face the facts...

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Face the facts...

People like face jugs! I have never understood the fascination with these pieces, but there are so many potters and so many collectors that really go crazy over these jugs? So in the spirit of Catawba Valley potters and the obsession with face jugs dad turned a pitcher and we put 3 faces on it. One by B.R. Hilton, one by Robert Hilton, and one by me...probably the only thing like this you will ever see with all three of us, but it was really fun!

left: Robert Hilton center: B.R. Hilton right: Heather Hilton

I think it's only appropriate that the face jug was a Christmas gift for my aunt Linda...the biggest fan any of Hilton pottery any of us could have!

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I've read that every artist has an inspiration, a muse, even a calling? Well, since I am no artist...it is safe to say that this endeavor has been, for me, simply a labor of love.

My whole life I have been surrounded by clay and potters, and their legacy. I never understood the serenity involved with creating something with your own two hands from a wad of clay. After many years of people asking me if there would be a 5th generation of Hilton potters, I stopped in October 2010 and thought...why not? Little did I know what I had gotten myself into.

What better way to start this journey than by taking an introductory class from the very same man who taught my father the basics 33 years ago? So I looked up Leon Nichols, and signed up for his class. I figured it's only appropriate that the 5th generation starts out where the 4th generation did...and I really wanted to keep it a secret from dad. (at least until Christmas, anyway)

This web page details my journey from a "mudslinger" to an aspiring "crooked little potter," an adventure I started after dad's 2010 show. And one I hope to share from here forward with him. Thank you dad, for being my inspiration...