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The Meaders Family North Georgia Potters Ralph Rinzler and Robert Sayers Smithsonian Folklife Studies Number 1 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington, D.C. 1980
The publication of this monograph was made possible in part by a generous gift to the Office of Folklife Programs by Mrs. Jackson Burke, Member, Smithsonian National Associates Board. Copyright © Smithsonian Institution, 1981 Designed by Janet B. Stratton Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Rinzler, Ralph. The Meaders family, north Georgia potters. (Smithsonian folklife studies; no. 1) Bibliography: p. 1. Meador family. 2. Pottery, American —Georgia. 3. Folk art —Georgia. I. Sayers, Robert. II. Title. III. Series. NK4210.M35R56 738'.092'2 [B] 81-607995 AACR2 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402
Page 1: CheeverMeaders, circa 1933. (Photo
Page 5 and 6: Editor's Preface In 1978, the Smith
Page 7 and 8: when the pace of work and passage o
Page 9 and 10: Introduction This handmade pott'ry
Page 11 and 12: We made a commitment to document th
Page 13 and 14: E. Richard Sorenson seven months af
Page 15 and 16: pace. Thus, we arrived just as a ki
Page 17 and 18: them by pottery entrepreneurs. The
Page 19 and 20: ville to the lumber mill at Helen,
Page 21 and 22: well known to scholars, kindly prov
Page 23 and 24: The Meaders Family I remember very
Page 25 and 26: oad tunnel" kiln and a mule-drawn "
Page 27 and 28: Hall County, and several of the Whi
Page 29 and 30: crocks, cover them with a sheet, hi
Page 31 and 32: and the Meaderses. Around 1920, an
Page 33 and 34: to Arie and Cheever Meaders in litt
Page 35 and 36: Figure 6. Cheever Meaders and his c
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Page 39 and 40: Adanta and Asheville. Cheever's wor
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Page 43 and 44: Work Processes Our approach to pott
Page 45 and 46: SHELVES o L WHEEL STORAGE TABLE WEb
Page 47 and 48: Figure 12. The pottery yard, 1967-6
Page 49 and 50: textured yellow clays in the other
Page 51 and 52: Figure 15. Lanier's electric mud mi
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^///M/M$zzzn ty/W'""/"PZa Figure 16
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Figure 17. Crib assembly, showing b
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vessels turned to the same height a
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Contouring tools. (Photos by Ralph
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Figures 21, 22, 23. Turning a six-g
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Figure 23a. Rejoining top and botto
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Metal pottery lifters. Figure 25a.
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would roll out short pieces of soft
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Like the Meaderses' treadle wheels,
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Figure 29. The bottom side of the u
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to handle the glazed ware very care
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the next (fig. 33). In general, the
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All of the traditional ware was pla
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from an earlier dollar-a-cord. As t
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squeeze the excess moisture out, an
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had been turned too thin for the cl
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while a prefired and hammered clay
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thin with a slight twist to one sid
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children would file out to the work
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with the previous night's whole mil
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Figure 39b. Bottom of the pitcher,
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Figure 40. A four-gallon churn comm
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98 water and washed; then they were
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Figure 41. Three storage vessels: a
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100 many as 300-400 stoneware fruit
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102 large share of the potters' bus
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104 form in White County is general
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106 and the introduction of new lab
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108 For her part, Arie Meaders has
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Glazes A characteristic, though unu
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112 Ash Glaze At one time, ash glaz
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114 with this glaze, purchasing pre
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116 melt at a relatively low heat
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118 burns to a light or dark green
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120 Figure 44b. Lanier's kiln, 1979
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122 Lanier's kiln, 1968. (Illustrat
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124 REBUILDING A KILN Pointing to h
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126 With the supports in place, the
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128 are kinds of people out there I
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130 Cheever Meaders (1887-1967), th
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132 1979 Cleveland, January 13 Robe
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134 DIGGING THE CLAY View of clay p
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136 Cheever throws, centers, raises
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138 Lanier removes churn from wheel
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140 Lanier pounds glass bits in oil
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142 He bricks up front and builds u
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Glossary Albany Slip: A riverine cl
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146 is tied around die charm to sec
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148 simply an accumulation of broke
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150 To "shut down" die kiln: To cea
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Bibliography: Published Sources on
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Notes Preface NOTES 1. Byington, Ro
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156 2. John Ramsay, American Potter
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158 Chapter III: The Ware NOTES 1.
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160 8. This technique is mentioned
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