2009-05-06 Wednesday Barn Sale this weekend!

The Clay Matters Barn Sale is this Saturday. Come out and see all the wonderful work people have been making, pick up a last minute Mother's Day gift, or just say hello. If you've never been you owe it to yourself to check it out. You won't be disappointed.

Friday 2009-04-03 Clayworks Spring Sale

Friday was the Clayworks Spring Sale. There were beautiful pieces of art everywhere you looked. It really was a surreal experience being surrounded by all that work from all those talented people all in one place.

There was music, food, and folks shopping.

Some old friends stopped in to see us and spend some time. I got to demo with Ju-Ian. I was throwing and she was altering and hand building. It was a lot of fun and I hope we can do it again soon.

LuAnn came by to see Elaine
and it was nice to see her again after such long time.

No pictures, please.
(Look at that thenar eminence
not to mention the hypothenar.
She could throw some great plates.)

Ju-Ian demonstrates her art.

Cary talking to someone
that doesn't want to be on a blog.

Rick, Judith, and Frances.

Nick looking pensive with unknown (to me) friend.

Amy and Ron.

The sales tables.

Tomoo and Nat at the sale.

The gallery.

More gallery.

Sunshine browsing the pots.

Nat and Tomoo hangin' out.

Becky (and her chartreuse boots).

Amy and Pete.
(Pete is the new carrot spokesperson.)

Debbie and Becky watching me demo.
Oh yeah, I was there too.

Saturday 2009-03-21

My sale at the church went well, but could have used some more traffic. The folks at the church were very nice and it was good sale so I will try again. Here is what my table looked like.

I definitely need some multi-tiered displays.

I was offered this second table since nobody was using it.
(Needs covering...)

After the sale I went by Clayworks to get my pots from the last cone 10 firing. (Pictures of them coming later.) Elaine and Becky were there feeling silly and they started playing "my hair as a mustache". We all got a good giggle about it and of course I had to snap a couple of shots.




What happens in the kitchen doesn't always stay in the kitchen,
but it probably should. :^)

Sale on Saturday

I have joined a sale at the St. Sarkis Armenian Church at 7000 Park Road on Saturday, March 21. If you're in the neighborhood, stop in.

Memory? Not sure...

I have been bringing my camera to the studio religiously and keep forgetting to take pictures of the work. I have been in a big hurry to clean up and leave and after I get everything cleaned up I smack my forehead when I realize I have forgotten to photograph my work.

Things are going pretty well. I have thrown a bunch of larger orangestone and craggy crunch pots and some of them suffer from some compression cracks (ugh). I will be recycling them soon. It gets frustrating that even after all this time I can get a run of compression cracks when I least expect them. I seem to get less cracks throwing off the hump, go figure.

I am currently working on some orangestone and earthen red functional ware since I have a sale coming up on March 21. I have not sold at this venue before so I want to make sure I have a good range of items to offer.

Work, work, work...

Bright spot on a rainy day

Near the end of my Christmas sale I was pleasantly surprised when Amy stopped by just as I was reading her posting on facebook. I mean I was actually reading facebook on my notebook computer and I looked up to see her walking down my driveway. How cool is that?

We talked about a lot of things, not the least of which was the fact that she has already sold something in her Etsy store. Cool, eh?

Thank you so much for coming by, Amy!

A happy shopper.

2008-12-20 Sale

Question: If you hold a pottery sale in the garage and nobody comes does it still make a sound?

Answer: Yes, mostly the sound of leaf blowers.

I don't know what I was thinking. It's less than a week (and the last weekend) before Christmas. People are busy doing whatever they're doing. (Seems like mostly leaf removal.) A lot of people have probably left town for the week, and most sane people have already finished their shopping. I was just so buoyed by the response I had last weekend with no postcards or emails (again, duh) that I thought this weekend would be better. Oh well, I need to start thinking about a spring sale when a young man's thoughts (and mine too) turn to pots.

Everyone who does come by loves my work, so I'm feeling good about that. Thank you, everyone for your kind words. They really do mean a lot to me.

All set up and ready to go at 9:00 am.,
10:00 am, 11:00 am, etc.

I think I've eaten too many Christmas cookies...

Pottery Sale 2008-12-13

I had a home sale on Saturday and forgot to send out emails and cards (duh!). I just put a sign out at the road and did pretty well. I am going to have another one this Saturday and have sent out my emails already. Cross your fingers.

I set up in the garage since it was pretty chilly, but my assistant (Meredith) was still having trouble keeping her hands warm. To remedy that I made her a cup of hot chocolate which I think helped. When it warmed up a bit we cleaned up some leaves in the back yard between customers. It was a pleasant way to spend a Saturday.

Well-stocked shelves.

Well-stocked table.

Just a nice shot in the afternoon sun
with the long rays of autumn.

Meredith taking a break with the skippy thing.
(I forget what it's called.)

Now back to work...

Fired pots, more glazing and cleaning

December 3rd was a mixed evening. I got some pots back from the kiln, glazed more of them, and then we cleaned up the studio for the members' sale on Friday and Saturday.

My pots from the kiln.
You can see them here.

Poor Angela was left all by herself
after the rest of the wheels
were removed for the sale.

More glazing of the 100 pots.
Will it never end?

My groovy new brushes.
The package says "The Big Kids' Choice"
and this big kid agrees.

Pots, pots and more pots.
The two on the left are the
Craggy Crunch pots.

Greg visits "Whiskey Town".

Amy has some more pictures here of glazing that night.

I didn't get any pictures at the sale since I was doing demos with Joe. Check out Amy's pictures here.