Pottery:
You call this a business? Look at me, I’m in my forties and I’m still playing with mud and fire. Do you think Mom is proud? Well, she is, but she is a little twisted too.
A Teacher once told me that a handful of clay did not spend a million years working its way out of a mountain for me to make an ashtray out of it. That’s why I try to make functional art. It is pretty useful. Did you catch that joke? My art doesn’t sit on a shelf collecting dust. It wants to go to work with you, or at least serve you dinner.
I don’t do prissy “paint-a-pot” ceramics. I deal in mud, power tools and fire. Consider Stoneware, a coffee mug that (sometimes) bounces when you drop it. It is naturally microwave, dishwasher, oven safe and lead free.
I could sit and punch out the same little day in and day out. Boring!! I go out of my way to not make a set of anything. I make several pieces of a basic design, then try to change them all with texture and glaze. I make a point out of making every single piece different.
So what? (smile) So a lot!! If I punched out the same thing everyday, it would all be pretty, right? I’d be a successful “artist”. But, I experiment a lot, change my mind every few minutes, (some people call this A.D.D.) I make a few gorgeous things and a huge pile of “seconds”.
This is where Ebay is handy. Other than not turning out as well as expected, there is nothing wrong with a pottery “second”. Some potters sell them as “firsts”. (Can you believe it?) I’m not talk huge defects here, like a handle blowing off. I can get rid of a kiln full of seconds fast on Ebay. You win, I win, good deal!
If you see me listing something here that seems oddly expensive, that would be a “first”. This is the good stuff. Not to worry, someone will eventually |
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