Dawgs

Very short video showing the dogs on the jars that I made on Friday.  Cats to follow soon.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXITPqI9eek

A bit of a odd day.  I spent a good part of the morning looking online for a supplier of shipping materials.  I am tired of scrounging for peanuts and boxes and bubblewrap.  I know a lot of folks do find these things for free and I have too but often it amounts to a large amount of time and in the end I'm not happy with the hodge podge of sizes of boxes that I end up with.  I found last year that if I have the right supplies on hand then I have no problem packing up a shipment of pots.  What drove me crazy was when I didn't have what I needed or I had to 'make' a box out of another box so things would fit, or so I could double box.

So today I ordered 10" , 16", 18" and 20" cubes.  I have a local supply of 12" and 14" cubes.  I ordered a big roll of 1/2" bubble wrap and a huge bag of packing peanuts.  I should be set for quite some time.  I  even ordered some "Fragile" stickers!  I'm tired of writing Fragile on the boxes in red magic marker.  It was just over $200 with delivery but I think it's money well spent and I can spend my time making pots instead of dumpster diving.

I know some folks will ask who I ordered from. I used ULine.  They had the best prices I could find.  I do find THIS a bit disturbing, and also the fact that I got a free Hall and Oates CD with my purchase!  What the heck??

I did get in the studio to work a bit and also to sort out pots that will be going to galleries soon.  I will be sending work to Lillstreet Art Center as well as Mud Fire Gallery for both of their Holiday events.  I'll probably be delivering new work to Pottery 101 in Salisbury soon too.  Southern Pottery in Columbia SC has new from me on hand so get down there in you can.

Okay, it's supper time and time to get off the computer.  Hope you all had a good start to the week.

In the Middle

Here it is, the middle of the day, in the middle of the week.  I haven't felt very much like blogging, I've barely done much of anything this week really.  I did make a nice run of pots on Monday and they are all finished up now.  Sarah has been out of town so my days have seemed  long and lonely.

I did decide that I need to get with the program on my Etsy site.  I've re listed some expired things and shot photos today of pots that I'll be listing over the next few days.  I'd like to build my inventory back up.  Hopefully in time for folks to do some shopping for the Holidays.

Speaking of the impending Holiday Season, I'll be sending 20 pots or so to Lillstreet Art Center for their 35th Anniversary Holiday Show.  I'm very happy to have been asked to show at Lillstreet during this time.

I'll soon be starting a project for a historical house in Shelby.  I'll be making a number of tiles for the kitchen area.  I'll keep you posted on that.

Breathe

Yesterday was a bit nuts.  I just felt sort of crazy and not myself.  I have a lot going on at the moment and I need some quite time I think. Slow down and breathe Ron.

Tomorrow I fly out to Pennsylvania to teach a workshop over the weekend.  I put the final touches on a PowerPoint show last night.  It follows my earthenware journey from it's beginning in early 2008 up to the present.  It's pretty cool to see the progression that the work has taken.  All for the best I'd say.  Still I have ideas and desires about where things are going next.  I wish there was a way to share this online.  It's too big for Google docs.

I'm shipping out some Ronware today.   Pots off to Seattle and Minneapolis.  I love knowing my work is out all over the place.  And that folks are using and enjoying it in their homes.



I got an exciting email earlier in the week.  I have been invited to participate in the Lillstreet Holiday Show and Sale at Lillstreet Arts Center in Chicago!!!!  Yea, what an honor.  I'll be shipping them around 20 pots in early November.  I really want Sarah and I to go to Chicago sometime, maybe in the near future.

All for now, but there may be another post later.

Rejection and Acceptance

I got a letter letting me know that I did not get into the Strictly Functional Show this year.  Last year was the first year I had pots accepted and that was great.  I was a bit disappointed not to get in again but these things are pretty much a crap shoot sometimes.

I did get accepted into the Lillsteet International Show-Bowl Me Over.  I had 2 serving bowls accepted and I'll be sending those to Chicago this week.  I'm excited to have pots shown at Lillsteet.  I hope to visit there someday. Any time I think of Lillstreet Art Center I think of Emily Murphy who made pots there for quite some time before her move to Minneapolis.

Anyhow these are the two bowls that will be going to the show.

I am still waiting to hear from a Cup show that I applied for, maybe I'll get in that one too.  Fingers crossed.

Tomorrow is a big glaze day.   I hope you all have a great start to the week.