Lucks Ware Pottery
Lucks Ware Pottery is a family tradition spanning back 5 generations in This family tradition is observed in the shape of many old time functional stoneware pieces such as candle holders, churns, jugs, pitchers, and teapots. Sid digs local clay to use in some of his pottery. One of the wheels he still uses for turning was originally in his father's shop. A wood-fired groundhog kiln is used to produce salt-glazed pottery similar to that produced many years ago by Luck ancestors.
Beginning with William Luck, the Luck family has continued the time-honored techniques of wheel-thrown pottery. In 1957 by age 12, Sid began turning for the J.B. Cole Pottery in Seagrove. With the encouragement of local potters such as Waymon Cole and Nell Cole Graves, he continued turning off and on for the next 30 years. A four year hitch in the Marines, stints at Sandhills Community College, followed by a degree in chemistry from North Carolina State University, and high school teaching jobs in Florida and North Carolina then took precedence over pottery. Sid opened Lucks Ware on a part-time basis in 1987 at its current location and used both gas and electric kilns.
Three years later Sid left teaching to pursue his pottery dream full time. In 1994, Sid was honored
as the recipient of the
Living Treasure of North Carolina Award
given by UNC at Wilmington's Museum of
In 2006, Sid was nominated by the North Carolina Arts Council for inclusion in the Southern Artistry registry, a joint effort of the Southern Arts Federation (SAF) and the Center for Arts Management & Technology at Carnegie Mellon (CAMT).
Most recently in April 2009, Sid was awarded the Brown-Hudson Folklife Award by the North Carolina Folklore Society for his contributions to the appreciation and continuation of North Carolina folk traditions. Sons Jason and Matt are both accomplished potters. Jason, an attorney, turns pottery when he's home and at various art facilities in Charleston (SC) where he works. Younger son Matt lives nearby with his wife, Jennifer, and children, Madison and Austin. While he received his college degree in forestry, Matt is now a full-time potter at Lucks Ware as well as owner of Lucky Farm.
Lucks Ware is open six days-a-week Monday through Saturday - 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. - and most holidays.
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Seagrove NC. Visitors can experience the entire process from the mixing of
the clay to the finished ware. Sid Luck, the fifth generation potter, and sons,
Jason and Matt, continue the Luck pottery tradition in this Seagrove shop. This
continuing family tradition of style and shape is what makes these pieces great.
World Cultures. He was the subject of two
1999 documentaries, Crawdad Slip and
Luck's Legacy, by
