Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:37:33 +0000
From: Janet Resnik
Subject: Small business introduction: Janet Resnik Pottery

Janet Resnik Pottery, 132 Collins Mountain Road (north of Frosty’s), (919)
929-3324
Website: janetresnikpottery.com
Janet Resnik Pottery produces and sells functional stoneware pottery designed and priced for everyday use. Janet’s work reflects the Chatham County farm where her combined studio and gallery is located. Surrounded by trees and flowers, donkeys, horses, cats, dogs and guineas, it is no wonder that her plates, mugs, bowls, pitchers and platters feature impressionistic landscape, animal, iris and Christmas designs.

The pottery is either “thrown† on a potter’s wheel or rolled and formed using a slab roller. Janet does all the throwing; her assistants, including her husband, Mike, use the slab roller. Janet does all the decorating (glazing). After the pottery is formed, it is allowed to dry before being fired the first time in a low temperature electric kiln. The resulting bisque ware is glazed and then fired a second time to a much higher temperature in order to bond molecularly the glazing material to the clay. Janet does most of the glaze firing in an electric kiln, but uses a gas kiln for certain glazes.

People from all walks of life buy and love Janet’s pottery. And they are grateful for her reasonable prices: a spoon rest costs $4, a dinner plate $24, and a birdbath or large bowl $65. The pottery is lead free, dishwasher safe and can be used for baking if started in a cold oven.

You may view the pottery on the Website—janetresnikpottery.