Just when I thought I had this blog program all figured out I started having problems. For three straight days I have written a nice entry, only to lose it. I think I’ve got it figured out. In fact if you are reading this then I definitely have it all under control. There for awhile I thought I just might swear off blogging forever.
I’ll try to bring the journal up to date.This week we fired the last of the orders that have to be completed before the Alberta Gift Show in August. Now all we have to do is throw and glaze our complete line, plus some new larger pieces with which we hope to interest galleries,museum shops, and the like.
With that in mind Cindy over the last couple of days through three large platters, 24 inch diameter, and built two more large vases. Those six pieces are planned for the front of our booth at the show as attention getters.This show we have increased the size of the booth to a 10 x 15 foot booth from a 10 x 10 just to accomodate the big pieces.
Here is a photo of Cindy with one of the large platters.
This week we also went in to major declutterization mode and spent two days sweeping, cleaning and throwing away many of the odds and ends that can collect in a studio in four years when you are running flat out without taking a break. A ton of what our Clayart friend Tony Clennell calls "land fill pots".Not good enough to sell but hard to throw away because of the time, effort, and materials that went into their creation. Somehow we waded through them and tossed away a pile of them. We can now work much easier in the studio and it will allow us to get ready for the show as the clock is ticking. One week also until the Empty Bowls VIP breakfast pottery classes! "Time keeps on slippin’, (slippin’, slippin’) into the future." Steve Miller, what a poet!
I also shot a series of photos of how I pack pots for shipment. I hope to add an illustrated section to the How to Make Pottery site soon.
Tonight we are off to the Klondike Days Exhibition to see Jeff Healey perform. Then back into the studio tomorrow, going to pot again!
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