Award Winning
Sycamore Pottery
Sycamore Pottery
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Ren and Pam Parziale have been making their award winning pottery in
Leetown,
West Virginia since the early 1970’s. Their wheel thrown stoneware pots are
known for the quality of workmanship and design. Each pot is shaped by hand,
"thrown" on the potter’s wheel, then individually decorated and
glazed before being fired in the kiln.
"Our pots are nearly perfect and almost alike," laughs Ren Parziale.
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Sycamore Pottery is well known throughout the area for the many pots, pitchers, and bowls made for the National Park Service, Historic Shepherdstown, Camp Frame and other cultural and civic organizations. The Parziale’s work was recently recognized with an Award of Distinction by the Eastern Panhandle Heritage Craft Center Pottery Exhibition, Martinsburg. Their work has been exhibited at Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling WV, and Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD.
"The most useful pots in a cook’s kitchen are the batter bowls and mixing bowls," says Pam. Leaping fish, flowers, and swooping brushwork enhance a colorful selection of glazes, butternut, celadon, soft gray and blue.
Upcoming Events:
See Pam and Ren each spring and fall at the Mountain Heritage Arts and Crafts Festival. For directions to the Arts and Crafts Festival click here.
Come visit the Sycamore Pottery as part of the Over the Mountain Studio Tour on the second weekend of November every year.
Pam's art tiles will be on display at the South Jefferson Public Library in Summit Point, WV.
Pam and Ren will be part of the The Morgan Arts Council's (MAC) 36 hours of business classes for artists to be held in the Ice House in downtown Berkeley Springs.
