Pots and Tiles

 We are working away over here on fall pottery and tiles. I am taking orders for house numbers if you are interested stop in.

Hope to see you out and about.

M

April

April has come and gone with our baby pinching and all it has rolled right past us.
We have loved every minute of our time with the kids, but time has come a knocking on the door.
We will be planning and glazing for the large gas kiln, that has no name, why is that, next.
Just recently we came across the paper work for the materials to build that kiln. The cost ran us in materials about 5 grand. Back in 1981-82 that might as well have been a million dollars to us.
We knew that if we could build it, it would become the foundation we needed to build our business.
With the help of family and an understanding banker we took out a loan.
There was no kickstarter to fund you back then, you just took a gamble on your own.

That kiln has carried us for 32 years now, strong and steady, a work horse.
Sure he has creaks, cracks, and can be a little cranky some days, but aren't we all?

I can not imagine our life without him.
I'm thankful for the support our families gave us back then. It was with their support and belief that we were able to make this work.
I look back on it and think about how belief in what you do carries you a long way.
My father always said it is 99% sweat, what you are willing to put into it.

I guess we are willing to put as much as possible in that creaky, lovable, old kiln.
Here we are still at it.

We're not finished yet.

Gallery snaps

One of the things that I do for customers is to do a little shopping for them. I have folks that email or call when they need a gift.
In cases like that I get to go shopping in the store for them.

I pick a selection of pots, snap some picture and then let the customer decide what they would like to ship off as a gift.
It can be fun and a bit of a challenge to come up with something that works for them.
I thought this 2 pound pitcher was so sweet, with lots of great drips running down the sides.

This went back on the shelf to wait for someone to come find it one day.

Two other choices I picked out to suggest were the vase and jar below.
They would both be useful and beautiful.
The lid has some great detail on the top of it and a hit of glass to set it all off.

I figure you can remove the lid if you want to fill it with flowers.
Or, you can fill the jar up with whatever your heart desires.
Usually when I send pictures I make sure that I have removed the price tags.

Then I see a little whoops on the bottom side of the vase.
Whoops.... my bad.

 We are waiting for some winter weather to head our way tomorrow.
Cold, wet and possible snow.
I have been thinking about the many people that have been hit with this wild, wet, cold, winter we are having.
I feel lucky that I don't have to worry about going out in it,that my job is close to the house.

We will be layering up.
Stay warm!
M