. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Roy Smith, broom-maker. Carol Lee at the potter's wheel lery, where tall windows overlook the Scuppernong River, is a busy work space for artists and the setting for the center's many workshops. A gift shop beckons near the entrance. A potting studio unfolds along one wall. Spinning wheels, looms and bags of fleece — some from Phillips' own goats — line another. Everywhere, intriguing shapes and hues invite investigation. Retired farmer and forester Roy Smith gathers a heap of dried reeds from a table to m
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Roy Smith, broom-maker. Carol Lee at the potter's wheel lery, where tall windows overlook the Scuppernong River, is a busy work space for artists and the setting for the center's many workshops. A gift shop beckons near the entrance. A potting studio unfolds along one wall. Spinning wheels, looms and bags of fleece — some from Phillips' own goats — line another. Everywhere, intriguing shapes and hues invite investigation. Retired farmer and forester Roy Smith gathers a heap of dried reeds from a table to make a "yard ; Outside, he binds them with red calico, then slaps the leafy end on the walkway until only spikes remain. He remembers helping his mother make a broom like this to tidy the packed dirt yard of his childhood. He has captured the memory in bright paints on a wood block. "Back then, a lot of people didn't have lawns," he says. "Most people had a lot of stock in the yard. Chickens and geese kept the grass ; Placing such familiar items as yard brooms and quilts among finer arts is one reason Pocosin Arts is welcomed in a community that would seem to have little capacity for anything but survival. When the center opened, some local residents were surprised — and de- lighted — by the sudden attention to skills taken for granted and perhaps con- sidered a mark of poverty. "All I did was hold a mirror up and say, 'Look at yourself. Look how won- derful you are,'" Phillips says. "Our whole emphasis is not to force an aes- thetic on this community or anybody else who comes here, but just to cel- ebrate what's here and to encourage continuous ; Fiber arts, pottery and folk arts are most visible at the center. But other forms — papermaking, wood carving, even welding — are honored. Near the door, a lavender chair made of welded fuel tanks silently sig- nals that Pocosin Arts is for everyone. Co
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