White Oak Pottery

Julie Olson, along with Pete Cozart — whom she has lovingly coined her “house-husband” — own and operate White Oak Pottery in Durham. Both are potters, but Cozart is in charge of cooking, cleaning and organizing, according to Olson.

Olson did not always know she wanted to be a potter. In fact, she didn’t like her first pottery class that she took when she was younger. After graduating high school, she attended Olympic College in Washington, where she studied design.

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