An outdoor mural in Edgefield, South Carolina depicts Edgefield’s most renowned potter, Dave Drake, aka Dave the Potter, or more commonly just Dave. Dave created by some estimates, more than 50,000 ...

The Black potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, have been known to folklorists, regional museums and collectors for more than a century. Now they have taken center stage in ”Hear Me Now: The Black ...

Edgefield pottery, one of South Carolina’s most famous folk art traditions, will be discussed during a summer speaker series called “Cultural Creativity, History and Heritage in Edgefield, S.C.” ...

Adebunmi Gbadebo, "K.S.," 2021. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection; The Wornick Fund for Contemporary Craft/Photo by Aaron Wilson Watson) When we think ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina is not the first showcase of the poet-potter David Drake (c. 1800–70-80) and his inscribed stoneware.

I often have to tell people that the particular antiques they own are not highly in demand at the moment. They frequently come back with the question, "What is hot now?" One category that is popping ...

Local clay mixed with Southern history create earthen treasures at this storied pottery. Slabs of freshly mixed pewter-toned wet clay wait patiently inside Old Edgefield Pottery to achieve their ...