Kathleen’s Gallery will feature the larger, sculptural porcelain pieces of Green Creek potter Doug Dacey at this month’s Tryon Trot on Saturday, July 30 from 5 – 8 p.m.
Dacey’s work is featured at Kathleen’s year round. His larger pieces will be featured only during the Trot.

Dacey uses patterns derived from natural formations as inspiration for both form and texture in his sculpted pieces.
The Dacey Porcelain Studio originated as Green Creek Pottery in 1980.
Doug Dacey started his journey in porcelain at the University of Central Florida and received his B.F.A. He returned to school at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred in 1978. He finished his schooling at the University of South Carolina in 1980 and received his M.F.A.
Dacey has both joined and been juried into many craft guilds, including the Southern Highland Craft Guild, for which he has also served on the board of directors from 1997-2000 and from 2002-2008.
Since finishing his master’s program, Dacey has continued improving his skills by teaching and lecturing, as well as by working every day in his Green Creek studio. Every summer he instructs at the John C. Campbell Folk School and he also does guest seminars across the area.
The Doug Dacey porcelain show will run through Aug. 13. For more information, call 828-859-8316.
– article submitted
by Kathleen Carson