WALTER FLEMING (N.C)

WALTER FLEMING BORN IN 1937 AND WAS RAISED ON A FARM IN ROWAN COUNTY IN N.C HE DECIDED TO START MAKING POTTERY IN THE LATE 1980'S, HE HAD READ BOOKS ON EARLY AMERICAN FOLK WAYS. IN JANUARY 1987, HE ARRIVED IN VALE AND ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS TO BURLON'S CRAIGS PLACE. MR. FLEMING VISITED BURLON'S SHOP 4 TIMES A YEAR. MR. CRAIG SUGGESTED THAT WALTER MAKE A TREADLE WHEEL, WHICH HE DID, HE THEN BECAME A COUNTRY POTTER RATHER THAN A STUDIO POTTER. IN 1988 HE CONSTRUCTED A GAS KILN FROM OLD HANDMADE BRICK. WALTER DIGS HIS OWN CLAY FROM A CREEK IN IREDELL COUNTY. HE IS LEFT HANDED, SO HIS SWIRL AND HIS TURNING WHEEL MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. WALTER FLEMING HAS CREATED HIS SUCESS TO BURLON CRAIG, CHARLES LISK AND OTHERS THAT HAS HELPED HIM TO BECOME A SUCESSFUL POTTER.

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