Fleahop

Somewhere just before Eclectic on Alabama Route 14 is the aptly named unincorporated and unofficial community of Fleahop, and somewhere between Old Plank and East Fleahop roads, removed from the highway by just a few acres of land, sits an unassuming, nice-looking, house where – on a wet, cold January day – Chris McElvaine pores over her previous day’s work to determine just where to take her artistry next.

“What I get out of it is a feeling of producing something for somebody else that they like,” said McElvaine, proprietor of Fleahop Pottery.