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Steve Ferrell
 Stephen
Ferrell has been interested in Edgefield Pottery for almost thirty five years.
His early hobby, collecting bottles, led him to discover the unusual beautiful
pots and jugs that he later learned had been produced in a place called
Edgefield, South Carolina.
Steve, a student at Furman
University Art Department, was inspired by the beauty of Edgefield pottery and
wanting to know more about its manufacture, attended the Museum School of Art in
Greenville, South Carolina.
Steve has published articles
for the Greenville County Museum of Art and Country Living magazine; and
continues to conduct personal research on early South Carolina pottery
techniques.
 In
1976, Steve organized the first museum show of Edgefield pottery, which traveled
to Gibbs Gallery in Charleston, the Columbia Museum of Art, and the Greenville
Museum of Art in South Carolina. He has served as consultant on numerous
publications and exhibits for surveys, television, and museums; lectured on
pottery at the University of South Carolina, South Carolina's School for the
Arts, Greenville County Museum of Art, the South Carolina Craft Guild Show,
Greenville's Artist Guild, Anderson Arts Center, at the National Invitational of
American Craft Council, and speaker at the American Ceramic Circle North
American Annual Meeting in 1992.
In 1993, Steve visited the
Oval Office and gave President George Bush a personalized piece of pottery.
 In
1996, he was featured in the June issue of Southern Living, "Chatting
With Edgefield's Potter". In 1997-1998, the Old Edgefield Pottery was given the
Tourism and Travel Attraction of the Year award by the Old 96 District Tourism
Commission.
In 1999, Steve was honored
as one of the 100 artists of the last 100 years by the South Carolina State
Museum in Columbia, SC. The show, Views of the 20th Century in South Carolina
Art, displayed his pottery in March 2000.
You may find examples of
Steve's pottery for sale at the Old Edgefield Pottery. For a larger image, click
on any picture.
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