All full of Greenware

The production run has come to a pause while I trim handle and get ready to load another bisc kiln tomorrow night. Today I made 4 serving bowls, 3 butter keepers, 4 goblets, 2 pitchers and 2 xxl swirly bottomed tankards. Yesterday I did 5 rice bowls, 20 Tankards, and 10 regular swirly bottomed tankards. They should all be ready to trim in the morning and hopefully with the help of the dehumidifier it'll all be ready for the kiln tomorrow night. It'll be OK if it has to wait till Sunday morning. That will mean the kiln will fire off overnight, which is much better for heat dissipation. It's hard to want to fire kilns in the summer.

Mugs Display

I was just checking out the Etsy Shop to see how things looked and I was pleasantly surprised. We have 25 mugs available right now. We've been trying for months to build up good levels of stock, but between the sales on and off the site it has been slow going. Right now it's looking pretty good. There's great variety and some of them are even on sale. As a seller I have heard you get a lot more attention after your display gets to have 100 pieces. We're not quite there yet, but it's a worthy goal.

Tanked up

After yesterday's marathon packing and shipping and driving pottery around session, I got up a little later than usual and packed and shipped some more. When I finally got into the studio time I had to get tanked. Tankards. 20 to start with, then some of the new taller ones with the swirly bottoms. (Did I really just say swirly bottoms?) and I did a few rice bowls because I noticed I was out. Not a bad evening. 35 pieces. Tomorrow I plan of covering these and throwing more. Some serving bowls and some pitchers and maybe some more goblets. and butter keepers. Saturday is going to be a day of trimming and handles and by Saturday night we should be ready to load another kiln or two. Celtic Fling at The PA Renaissance Faire is next weekend and I want to be sure I have a full table.

Also I wanted to say thank you to the folks who follow my production and read my blogs. I really appreciate your support. The Etsy shop has been busy and lately it has been busy with people who are following me on one or the other of the sites this blog cross-posts to. It starts on Multiply.com and then goes to Blogger and Livejournal and the Hughes Pottery Fan Page on Facebook.