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OSAGE CLAYWORKS
Amy McGhee and Newton “Newt” Lale, own and operate Osage Clayworks, out of what he describes as “a neat old building,” which was love at first sight for Newt. And, while it was a mutual passion for pottery and not love at first sight for the two, pottery is the glue that has held them together for the past thirty-eight years. Osage Clayworks is located in beautiful downtown Osage, Arkansas, in a 118-year-old general store, nestled in the heart of the Ozark Mountains within an hour of Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, the Buffalo National River, and Branson, Missouri. Each piece of Osage Clayworks pottery is handmade, fired in store, and utterly unique. Looking at this old structure through the eyes of an architect, Newt knew he wanted this building, which was originally home to the old Stamps General Store Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, built in 1901. “Osage is a tiny town,” Amy said. “There is our store, a great Baptist church, and about eight families living in Osage.” DOSOUTHMAGAZINE
