Three final pots for the market

Giving me a total of eleven pieces this time, much more than my original three at our first market stall. It will be interesting to see how many people venture out in the cold.

June Market

So our club has our second market day coming up in just over a week. I have eight items ready with two more to come out of the kiln before then. My son has designed stickers for me to put on the boxes I sourced very cheaply on the internet. The boxes are a bit big for the bowls but I needed something that would fit all my bowls and I often make bigger ones. I'm quite pleased with the finished look.

A couple of pieces with hearts just for something different.

Most of my "for sale" pottery. Two still in the kiln.

A piece of bakers' twine to finish it off!

A couple of dishes

Thought I'd try something different in the flower range. These are the ones that worked. A couple failed before the decorating stage. One was too thin and I tried turning the other one when it was still too damp. Lessons learnt.

More flower bowls

I'm working on a range of shapes and sizes of bowls on which I can add flowers. Here are the latest additions. Next up will be jewellery dishes.

My favourite is the first one. I'm unsure about the last two.

Penni Q Original

I admired this dish so much when our club set up the stall at the market on Easter Saturday that I decided I had to have it for myself. It is by Renae from Penni Q Pottery. You can find her in all the usual social media places. She has some mesmerising videos on facebook. (Not that I do facebook!) Renae used coloured slip on this which is something I hope to try one day.

It is 24 cm across and the photos really don't do it justice. It's one of those stunning pieces that you regret later if you don't purchase it.

Glaze experimenting

After the surprising glaze results when Amy from the pottery club put satin white over the top of tenmoku and produced the leopard print, I have been wanting to try a few other things. Here is the next result which is lavender over the top of tenmoku, drizzled over with an eyedropper. It gave a sort of bronze effect, except for the inside where it pooled at the bottom and showed the lavender in an almost metallic look.

Expect more in the weeks ahead.

It isn't about making a sale

Well that's what I keep telling myself. Yes our club had it's first market stall on Easter Saturday. It was a success. We sold around 30 items in the four hours we were open for business. I only had three items I felt were good enough to sell. The other members involved had a lot more pieces up for sale and I was excited to see many of their creations get sold. Yes I did sell two of my three items. But they were purchased by people who knew me in the last minutes of the market. It's not the same as unknown people loving my work so much that they want to pay money for it and take it home. I think there will be another opportunity in three months time. I will have more quantity and more variety. It was a great experience to work together with the other members of the club to promote our club. I am disappointed I didn't properly sell anything. But as I told my cousin who travelled all the way here from Melbourne to compete in the drag racing last night only to drop out due to a radiator problem...there's always next time.