Gary Clontz

Gary Clontz is known for wheel-thrown functional stoneware pottery and raku fired vessels. In addition to being a potter, Clontz developed the Production Fine Craft Program at Haywood Community College and the ...
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Gary Clontz is known for wheel-thrown functional stoneware pottery and raku fired vessels. In addition to being a potter, Clontz developed the Production Fine Craft Program at Haywood Community College and the Professional Clay Program at Piedmont Technical School. Clontz is also known as a kiln builder and has built or planned numerous kilns in the southeastern United States.

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1976
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2008

Haywood Community College, Clyde, North Carolina

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Center for Creative Technologies, Piedmont Technical School, Edgefield, South Carolina

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Bibliography

Fields, Jay and Brad Campbell. The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina. Handmade in America, 1998.

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Southern Highland Craft Guild, Center for Craft, North Carolina, South Carolina, Hayword Community College, Piedmont Technical School, kiln builder, educator,

Citation: Gary Clontz, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/gary-clontz

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