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November 04, 2024 | Articles
Peter’s Pottery: Extraordinary Delta Tradition
by Marilyn Tinnin
October 01, 2024 | Articles
Mound Bayou’s Peter Woods Honored at St. Jude Spirit of the Dream Gala
April 02, 2024 | Articles
Delta State University has unveiled a new scholarship opportunity for business students, generously endowed in the name of Sandy and Ruthie Woods, parents of Peter Woods, the renowned proprietor of Peter’s Pottery in Mound Bayou.
December 19, 2023 | Articles
Because of you, we can make a difference in the lives of many families. Because of you, we continue to have multiple successful fundraisers year after year, the Crack Sale and Christmas Open House. Because of you, St. Jude will continue to lead the way in researching, treating and defeating childhood cancer and diseases.
Thank you for your continued support of Peter's Pottery and St. Jude! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Much love, Peter and The Team
Good morning Peter's Pottery shoppers. Our Crack & Chip Sale will be Wednesday, March 1st and Saturday, March 4th. Entry to the sale requires a $100 per person donation to St. Jude. Our St. Jude donation link will go live on our Facebook page Thursday, January 12th at 10am.
November 01, 2021 | Articles
If there ever was a soul who loved St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, it is Peter Woods of Mound Bayou, and with great reason. “I have friends who have had children treated at St. Jude and they had amazing outcomes because of St. Jude’s many years of childhood cancer research.
MOUND BAYOU, Mississippi — Peter’s Pottery is lined with plates and vessels in colors that suggest the land where they were made: the speckled white of cottonwood seed, lichen green, silty brown, and “Bayou Blue,†their signature color, the dusky hue of last light on summer nights. Colors more earthy than gem-toned, though the town of Mound Bayou, where Peter’s Pottery was born, was once called the Jewel of the Delta. Read more.
Deep in the heart of the Delta, just inside the city limits of Mound Bayou, a couple of unassuming brown wooden buildings draw thousands of visitors each year. These buildings house Peter’s Pottery. The business, created by the Woods brothers more than 20 years ago, has brought the family both artistic and financial success. Read More.
November 01, 2020 | Articles
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November 01, 2019 | Articles
Christmas has always been about generosity and gift giving. Peter Woods of Peter’s Pottery takes that spirit into his annual fundraiser in his Mound Bayou home.
November 09, 2018 | Awards
Peter Woods received the 2018 DSU Outstanding Alumnus of the Year award and became a Hall of Fame inductee.
November 01, 2018 | Articles
Life In the Delta magazine interviewed Peter Woods and Peter shares his love and passion for raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in this article.
December 01, 2013 | Articles
Article by Sharon Neff.
November 01, 2011 | Articles
Read The Gadsen Times article, "Peter's Pottery is family business born from a dream".
October 01, 2011 | Articles
Shelia Hardwell Byrd wrote an article in The Dispatch entitled "Pottery created by four brothers is shipped around the world".
