Generation to Generation
Ben Owen III is a potter from Seagrove, North Carolina. His forefathers came to North Carolina from England as early as the late 1700s to ply their craft and furnish storage jars and other utilitarian wares to early settlers. Ben III studied pottery as a young apprentice first with his grandfather in the late 1970’s-1980’s and later at East Carolina University. Like his grandfather, Ben III’s pottery reflects a foundation in traditional designs alongside Asian influences.
