Hanging With The Dogs

I’m not sure if anyone else throws flat bottomed pieces like this but it helps me a great deal. It gives me a very consistent bottom thickness and it’s well compressed. This method works very well for plates too.

A Great Year On Etsy

When we opened our Etsy store at the close of 2010 we didn’t know what to expect. Well after our first full year of selling pottery not just on Etsy but period we are thrilled and grateful.
We don’t do the show circuit so Etsy has provided us with an outlet to sell what was originally going to be a way for us to just make presents for family. When I built our potter’s wheel that was the plan. It was something to do with the scrap clay from making tile and a way to give hopefully nice gifts if we could learn to throw. Thanks YouTube! A friend saw our pots and suggested we give Etsy a try.

Here are the results of 2011
81,884 Visits
11,879 Items Favorited
336 Orders
1057 Pieces Of Pottery Sold

Sold to almost every state in the US
Canada
Germany
Sweden
Australia
Latvia
Singapore
Hong Kong
Finland

If you would have told us a few years ago we’d be making pottery for a living I wouldn’t have believed you.

Have a great new year.

Customer Appreciation Photo

We received this awesome photo of one of our Spiky Mugs that made its way to Wiesbaden Germany today.

Tom left us this message too.

“this morning, on fourth sunday of advent, i received the mug – perfect in time for my morning coffee.
i love it, it’s huge and the latte macchiato tastes great out of this mug.

thank you so much.
a wonderful christmas and a happy & peaceful new year to you!

tom

Dec 16, 2011 Kiln Opening

An entire load of commission work.  Two more loads of Spiky Mugs and our holiday jobs are done.

Busy Buzzy Bees

Our Etsy store has been keeping us busier than we could have ever imagined the past few months. Ever since our orange and black dangerously spiky mug was on the front page in October and three times in November no matter how many we make we can barely keep up. AWESOME PROBLEM TO HAVE BTW.
We’ve sold about 250 of them since October.
Interestingly we’ve had two people buy our made to order beehive coin bank in the past two weeks and not for children but for businesses. A farm and a beekeeper.
Here’s Angi putting the finishing touches on the bee.

One things for sure…we’re giving the kiln a workout.

Nov 16, Kiln Opening

New Stuff

Brush Glazing On The Wheel

Custom Lidded Dangerously Spiky Mug

We got a request for a lidded Dangerously Spiky Mug on Etsy. Thought that was an odd request till we did some investigating and found out we need to get out more.

Chatty Patty

While trimming this casserole lid I had the wheel spinning a little fast and got a slight chatter pattern. So what’s a boy to do…foot to the floor and chatter it more.

Detail Shot

Throwing Plates Video

We have an order of dinnerware to get done so I threw the dinner plates today.

Made with Laguna 55 stoneware clay.