As
a young boy, potter Vernon Owens remembers working
in the shop of his father, M.L. Owens, along with
his uncle, Walter. Years later Owens and his wife,
Pam, would become the owners of Jugtown Pottery
in Seagrove. Continuing his family’s pottery
tradition, Vernon Owens is an acclaimed craftsman
and a recipient of a National Endowment for the
Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship in 1996,
and a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award.
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