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[Festival in Ben Wheeler]

Description: Photograph of children playing with a balloon shaped in a pig at a festival in Ben Wheeler, Texas. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fish clock]

Description: Photograph of a handmade clock in the shape of a fish in Ben Wheeler, Texas. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Italian Oval Dish at the Potters Brown store]

Description: Photograph of an Italian oval dish at the Potters Brown, Edom, Texas. Founded by potter Doug Brown and his wife Beth, this place is the home to decorative and functional stoneware. Their design ideas are influenced by tribal, religious, and cultural designs including Japanese shields, crop circles, Moko or Maori designs, religious symbols, and a combination of all of the above including nature’s geometry.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wallplates at Potters Brown]

Description: Photograph of a wooden wall decorated with colorful wallplates at Potters Brown. Their design ideas are influenced by tribal, religious, and cultural designs including Japanese shields, crop circles, Moko or Maori designs, religious symbols, and a combination of all of the above including nature’s geometry.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A set of designer oval flat plates]

Description: Photograph of an eye-catching oval shaped flat plate set. These artifacts are not commercially glazed, instead a formula perfected through 50 years of trial and error by the founder Doug is used. Achieving these colors is a very difficult process that makes it their signature.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A man inspecting a bowl at the store]

Description: Photograph of a man inspecting the freshly handcrafted bowl. The Browns make their own clay several times during the year using five different kinds from various parts of the country to produce stoneware that handles their high-firing process. Once the piece is made — either by hand or throwing it on a wheel, or a combination of both such as the tray featured here — they fire it in the kiln at 1,800 degrees, which takes two days including the cooling process. The pieces are then glazed using a … more
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A man with a shaped pottery bowl at Potters Brown]

Description: Photograph of a man showing a beautifully handcrafted shaped bowl at the Potters Brown store, Edom, Texas. Founded by potter Doug Brown and his wife Beth, this place is the home to decorative and functional stoneware. Their design ideas are influenced by tribal, religious, and cultural designs including Japanese shields, crop circles, Moko or Maori designs, religious symbols, and a combination of all of the above including nature’s geometry.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Artists working in the pottery warehouse]

Description: Photograph of artists working on different shapes and designs of the artifacts to be made in the warehouse at the Potters Brown. Founded by potter Doug Brown and his wife Beth, this place is the home to decorative and functional stoneware. Their design ideas are influenced by tribal, religious, and cultural designs including Japanese shields, crop circles, Moko or Maori designs, religious symbols, and a combination of all of the above including nature’s geometry.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A man inspecting the artifacts at the Potters Brown]

Description: Photograph of a man inspecting the mugs of different shapes for their finishing. These artifacts are not commercially glazed, instead a formula perfected through 50 years of trial and error by the founder Doug is used. Achieving these colors is a very difficult process that makes it their signature.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Doug Brown with the colorful artifacts at the warehouse of Potters Brown]

Description: Photograph of Doug with the beautifully handcrafted artifacts at the Potters Brown store, Edom Texas. Their design ideas are influenced by tribal, religious, and cultural designs including Japanese shields, crop circles, Moko or Maori designs, religious symbols, and a combination of all of the above including nature’s geometry.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Costume in store front]

Description: Photograph of a child's fairy costume on display in a store in Ben Wheeler, Texas. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[An artist working at Potters Brown store]

Description: Photograph of a woman spraying a mixture using an adjustable nozzle on the raw clay at the Potters Brown, Edom. The Browns make their own clay several times during the year using five different kinds from various parts of the country to produce stoneware that handles their high-firing process.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Couple by mural]

Description: Photograph of a couple sitting on a motorcycle in front of a mural in Ben Wheeler, Texas. A woman stands in the foreground taking their picture. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Couple on motorcycles by mural]

Description: Photograph of a couple sitting on a motorcycle in front of a mural in Ben Wheeler, Texas. A woman stands in the foreground taking their picture. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A woman using the pottery needle tool]

Description: Photograph of a woman using the ceramic needle tool for trimming, carving and piercing clay, as well as measuring the thickness of bases while throwing and unclogging glaze holes. The design ideas at Potters Brown is influenced by tribal, religious, and cultural designs including Japanese shields, crop circles, Moko or Maori designs, religious symbols, and a combination of all of the above including nature’s geometry.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[People at Potters Brown at EDOM Texas]

Description: Photograph of people at the Edom Arts Festival. Founded by potter Doug Brown and his wife Beth, this place is the home to decorative and functional stoneware.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Potters Brown at EDOM Texas]

Description: Photograph of Potters Brown, a small factory/salesroom with home crafted pottery. Founded by potter Doug Brown and his wife Beth, this place is the home to decorative and functional stoneware. Their design ideas are influenced by tribal, religious, and cultural designs including Japanese shields, crop circles, Moko or Maori designs, religious symbols, and a combination of all of the above including nature’s geometry.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Upside down view of the oval-dish]

Description: An upside down view of the oval shape dish. The Browns make their own clay several times during the year using five different kinds from various parts of the country to produce stoneware that handles their high-firing process. Once the piece is made — either by hand or throwing it on a wheel, or a combination of both such as the tray featured here — they fire it in the kiln at 1,800 degrees, which takes two days including the cooling process. The pieces are then glazed using a wax-resist method… more
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dancer at concert]

Description: Photograph of a dancer enjoying a performance by a band in Ben Wheeler, Texas. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[People Enjoying at the Arbor Castle]

Description: Photograph of people having a good time outside the Arbor Castle Birdhouse. A woman can be seen playing with the dog and some musicians playing in the background. Founded by Joseph Hopps, this place builds unique birdhouses decorated with hand crafted copper embellishments in different shapes, colors and textures.
Date: 2012-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bird shaped artwork]

Description: Photograph of a handmade bird statue in Ben Wheeler, Texas. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Community members crossing the street]

Description: Photograph of community members crossing the street in front of a mural in Ben Wheeler, Texas. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Closed signs on display]

Description: Photograph of hand written wooden closed signs on display in a store in Ben Wheeler, Texas. The small town was named after the first man to carry mail into the county and thrived during the late 1800s when families would arrive with horse-drawn wagons to sell or trade goods.
Date: 2011-07~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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