Triplets Are Up For Adoption!!!

This article appeared in the Arts NC State newsletter, distributed in the Spring of 2004.

Julie Olson, Durham art potter and an instructor with The Crafts Center, offers for adoption multiple sets of her whimsical clay triplets, "The Boys" and "The Girls"! Each unique three-member set of young'uns" displays movement and attitude as they interact as siblings. These babies must go to good homes where they will be well cared for and loved. Adoption fees for each trio are $80.00, and include official adoption papers and care instructions, which will be given to their new family prior to going home. Information about "the kids" birth mother and a photograph for their memory album will also be included. Mom Julie continues to gain accolades in ceramic circles, most recently having work chosen to appear in the Southern Living Idea House "Newberry Park" in Chapel Hill's Meadowmont subdivision. The cover of Southern Living Secrets to Great Baths 2003, showcases the master bath of newberry Park, along with three of Julie's covered treasure boxes! Julie has been an instructor with The Crafts Center for over 15 years, and has taught classes from beginning level to advanced. Julie is known for her special project classes and her emphasis on refining technique. Her current class offering at The Crafts Center is entitled "Tea Things" during which students will create complete tea sets. She has been instrumental in fundraising efforts from the auctioning of a totem pole created by students in one of her advanced classes to an ongoing sale of terra cotta garden pots created by volunteers from both The Crafts Center's studio and members of the Triangle Potters' Guild. Julie is a member of both Carolina Designer Craftsmen and Piedmont Craftsmen. She makes art at her studio in Durham, frequently hosting sales there. Julie is represented at the following galleries: Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor, Article Gallery in Charlotte, Tyndall's Gallery in Chapel Hill and she plans on opening her own gallery soon. Please visit her website: www.whiteoakartworks.com or the website for The Crafts Center to learn more! (www.ncsu.edu/crafts)