Osage Clayworks

I had met the Osage Clayworks artist, Newt, several times at the Arkansas Craft Guild show. This is a fabulous Arkansas craft show held in Little Rock around the first weekend of December. Keep your eye for this show because it showcases talented Arkansas artist. Pottery, photography, jewelry, delicious treats, yummy smelling soaps… So every year, I buy a piece or two from Osage Clayworks at the show. And every year they tell me “if you are in the area, please stop by.” So I made a point to drive to Osage this past week when I was driving from Ponca to Eureka Springs. I met Newt and got the grand tour of his historic building in Osage, AR on HWY 103.

The pottery is wonderful here. I bought my dad a great coffee mug from them last year for a Christmas gift. I bought a huge mug for myself this trip plus a Christmas tree ornament. Newt has dinner ware that would look great in a rustic cabin or something fun in an eclectic home. He is a very friend fellow to chat with at the store if you visit. He showed me some of the things he inherited when he purchased the building. One was a store credit book with each family’s name listed, then their purchases and how they paid. Boy – living was much cheaper back then but I also saw that some people would get paid $1 for a days wages. OK OK – it was cheaper to live back then but life was a lot harder too.