We stopped here on the first day of our trip. Old Sturbridge Village is an outdoor museum that is the home to structures from the earliest periods of our countries existence. The day that we were there the tinsmith, the blacksmith, the cobbler and the potter were working. The tinsmith was a skilled craftsman. He got his materials from England and created everything from drinking cups to ovens. The blacksmith seemed to mostly work on the barter system. He bragged a bit about his running tab at the general store. The cobbler had a TON of shoes. The potter was my favorite. The potter is actually a farmer who takes the clay from his own land. It is sort of a side job for him. He brought the clay in and worked it into cups, pots, dishes, etc on a foot spun potters wheel. Everything is dried, glazed and fired in the big brick kiln in the photo above for over 4 days. The actors were full of information from the period and do not stay so true to their characters that they are unable to draw reference to todays society. I had to buy some pottery.
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