Carolina Quotes
Whenever they get kids that want to make pottery, they call me…They really want to learn. They can make some things I can’t make!
Amanda Swimmer Carolinian
Source
Interview in Foxfire 12, ed. Kaye Carver Collins and Angie Cheek (Anchor Books, 2004); quoted in Cherokee Traditions, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
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- 2004
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More from Amanda Swimmer
I always think about my old ancestors, and I ought to just keep going and keep making pottery and teaching others to make pottery.
After I got married, I decided to hunt that clay right above where I lived. I made some small bowls and I told my husband, I said, “Let me try to burn them. Just make a hole right there in the yard.” We just piled wood in there and burned my pottery. And that came out pretty good. And I just kept on playing with that wood, off and on.
I use poplar, dried poplar mostly, and maple. Then if I want to make a light color, I just use hardwood. That’s oak and locust. If you use locust, it give you an orange color. Hardwood uses more flame and less smoke, and the soft wood makes more smoke than flame.