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Things About Being A Potter Part 3

Every artist who participates in many shows or sales knows the vendors often hear the same questions repeatedly from the shoppers.  The questions vary some depending on the artists medium, but I’m sure we all hear them.One of the questions...

Pots for Sale

I have a very welcomed day off from my day job tomorrow. Early in the day I’ve got a meeting to attend with my mom, but the afternoon is all mine. On the top of my to-do list is to add some pots from my most recent firings on Etsy. Later I’m heading in to...

All bottled up

I used to make lots of bottles. They were one of the things I loved to make when I did more woodfiring than I’ve done the past couple years. But today I spent some time making some 1 1/2 lb bottles to be used as reed diffusers. It felt good to make bottle again....

Smells good here

Spent the day at my day job and helped out at the Market on Oak this evening for a while. Arrived home a little bit ago to the wonderful smell of bread baking in the oven. The only thing that smells better than that is chocolate cake in the oven!My hubby made this...

Mugs & stuff

I spent a little time this morning pulling handles for a couple dozen mugs I made earlier this week. Many potters hate making mugs because they don’t like making handles. It’s definitely not my favorite thing to do, but I’ve got a process now that...