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| Jim in 1979 |
Cold Mountain Pottery was founded in 1978 when Jim Morrison returned from 5 years in Japan where he had lived on the land,
renovated old farm houses, worked with well-known Japanese potters, built a kiln, and accidently obtained a Masters Degree
in Japanese Lit. "Cold Mountain"; refers to the Chinese Taoist poet Han Shan (Kanzan in Japanese).
For many years Cold Mountain Pottery operated on a local level and fired a wide variety of functional stoneware made by
Jim and his apprentices. In 1991 the company expanded to occupy a 7000 sq. ft. space and built a large car kiln to cope with
increasing demand. The pottery was being shipped nationwide and Jim's place settings and dinnerware were in large demand.
There were over 120 different items being produced in a variety of 11 different patterns. A high-end crafts and pottery gallery
was operated alongside the factory.
In 2001, like many people looking ahead to a new century, Jim and his partner and wife Debra Dudley decided they could
no longer physically handle the effort of large scale pottery production and retail sales so they sold the production facility
and moved to a smaller studio. With the full-line pottery a thing of the past they have developed a line of unique stoneware
mugs that feature Deb's original graphics (she retired from a 20-year career as a graphic designer to become a potter).
With over 100 designs and counting, the mugs are beginning to be in great demand all over the West and recently, the Midwest.
We now ship to all 50 states and no two stores, shops or galleries stock the same mix of mugs. We have made Rocky Mountain
wildlife mugs for the western states, windmills for the plains states, loons for the northwoods, manatees for Florida, and
any number of custom designs, artwork, and logos for individual companies or resort areas.
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