Tuesday, November 27, 2012

My First Guild Sale

I had my very first potters guild sale on November 23-25th, 2012!!! It had been a little goal of mine to actually participate in the sale t some point, and I'm very happy that I did. I was a bit nervous leading up to the sale, but once there everything went well!

I had a three foot space in the far right hand corner... all my little buttons and such displayed. Kayo Endo and I shared a whole table, it was really nice to share a table with someone else who hadn't been in a sale before. I think she made my experience a lot smoother and nicer! Such a wonderful person!

And speaking about people, my wonderful friends and family came out too! On the opening night, my best friend Joleen and her family came out, same with my other awesome friend Corinne! My Uncle Cliff and Aunt Lorraine came out on Saturday, which was so nice, and my in-laws came on Sunday - but I unfortunately wasn't there yet to see them! Thank goodness my Dad and Sue stayed at home to watch my girls for me... Would've been pretty hard to attend with two kids in tow!

On the opening night I sold my very first piece within the hour! So exciting! My wonky teapot sold for $130!!!! Astonishing, but awesome at the same time :)

I worked at the sale on Saturday packaging up the purchases. Above are my comrades, Sandy and Nancy. It was a fun few hours!

The beginning and ending of the sale was a little meeting with all the potters. I snapped a few shots, and a larger panoramic shot from my table in the back of the room.

I was so pleased with the overall experience ~ something I look forward to doing again in the future!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Preparing!

So I am officially in the London Potters Guild Show and Sale. And it starts tomorrow! I have been busy busy packaging up buttons and beads and making wooden things for my display, and my father in law has helped me out with some boxes aswell. My husband and I made up some cutting board sealant put of locally sourced beeswax and mineral oil do I finished my walnut boxes with that. I've embellished my business cards with red thread, as well as the card stock for my button packaging. I've also inked a bit of the card stock aswell.

The above cans and jars are my makeshift clamps to hold down little strips of wood so that my buttons don't slide down and lay in the box...

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Glazing and Throwing

So this week past I went to the guild on Wednesday and I had the chance to throw a bowl and the beginnings of three mugs. Unfortunately I forgot to take any pictures of them!

I glazed some bowls, little saucers, beads, buttons, ...and my big vase - I'm really curious to see how that turns out.

I also snapped a picture of what I have in the kiln room, waiting to be bisque fired...

Sunday, November 4, 2012

The Past Week

On Wednesday I went into the guild as usual, and I stamped into a slab bowl that I made for the imagery on
clay workshop - I thought "cock a doodle doo!" was rather fitting, lol!

Then I got to glazing some beads and my wonky teapot! And some little slab built bowls that I made with the girls and my niece. I glazed a lot with celery, and I glazed my teapot with celery and floating blue. I'm always so anxious to see how everything turns out!

Oh, and let's not forget that Wednesday was Halloween! My friend Margaret dressed up and even brought in some goody bags for all of us :)

So on Wednesday I brought home two mug bases and two bowls that I threw the week prior. I was hoping to trim them on the wheel - but I totally ran out of time...

I carved them Thursday night, once the girls were in bed. It was fun thinking of some designs to carve into them.

On Friday night Chris and I went out on a date night... dinner, a comedy improv show, and we even squeezed in some time at the potter's guild!!! I glazed some beads and a couple of doily imprinted bowls while we were there. I also put some more pieces in the kiln room to be bisque fired. Good times! :)

And tonight (Sunday night) we had dinner at my Dad's. Obviously since he lives right around the corner (of the potter's guild) pretty much, I had to pop in to the guild on the way in! And some of my pieces were out of the glaze kiln!!! Too exciting!

My wonky teapot that I glazed on Wednesday, was out -- and I was pleased with the results! It actually pours half decent, and the glaze looks pretty good aswell! Yay!

The little leaf bowls that I made with the girls and my niece were done, same with all my beads! It's so nice to see the final results - and I love how well the celery glaze really highlites the texture of the leaves.

This whole pottery thing never ceases to amaze me! :)