Showing posts with label flower mugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flower mugs. Show all posts

Sunday, March 10, 2013

first peek

Took down half the door tonight. The shino is looking good in the front.



My tests are sort of weird, but the bottom half of the mugs was the real test and it did what I was looking for. I can now glaze the rest of the porcelain dishes. As soon as I saw these I thought, "why didn't I glaze the top half of these mugs in tenmoku?". Live and learn. That's why they are called TESTS.


We will finish unloading tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Happy Pots and Happy Potters

 I quickly photographed a selection of Jeff's finished medieval ware. It will go to it's new home this week. I am partial to the two handled bottle. Jeff was surprised that it's my favorite, it's the one piece of  the medieval collection that he finds peculiar. These have a very thin layer of ash glaze, which is sort of tricky to apply. I am thinking of glazing a few piggy banks this way.


There are new pots in the Etsy shop. My mug selection was pretty thin. I have quite a few of the swirl mugs with tenmoku and shino glaze. I think they look like they are begging for coffee!


Lots piggy banks in this firing...


One of the new combos...

 Nuka and Blue

Valentine's Day is less than a month away... wouldn't your sweetheart love some new pottery? Clicking on the photos will take you to my Etsy shop.




Monday, August 27, 2012

Online selling

I set some goals for myself this year, and one was to double my sales on Etsy. I figured it was attainable because I really hadn't sold all that much in the past, mostly due to the fact that my interest in it came and went.
This was the year to get serious.
I am getting close to my goal and I figure with the holiday season coming up, I might even surpass it. Don't get me wrong, I am not making tons of money through the site, but Etsy has brought in money that I otherwise wouldn't have in my pocket. To make a living in clay you need to be selling work in a variety of places and venues. Compared to craft shows, Etsy is a piece of cake... but we won't stop doing them. As a matter of fact, this year we have kicked it up a notch and are doing a few more shows... check out my events listing on the right side of this page.
Tracey Broome did a blog post the other day about Big Cartel. I hadn't even heard of it (where have I been??). Tracey already made a sale through the venue! Since you can give it a try for free, I am considering jumping in.

In the meantime, I have been adding some new items to my Etsy shop...



as always, pigs are the #1 sellers!

Friday, January 20, 2012

the first pots of 2012


It was a good firing overall, even though we went to ^11. Some of the ash glaze mugs dripped onto shelves, but that can happen at ^10. One of the sinks was perfect... the other needs to be refired :-(.
Jeff made a third that we will fire at the same time... always good to have back ups! I listed a couple of the flower mugs on Etsy and we have a bunch going to the Co-op of Seagrove Potters.
I ordered propane yesterday and we should have enough pots to fire the gas kiln again next week... and a raku firing very soon!