Oh my. This has been a very busy time for me. I write while the kiln is cooling. The last load of pottery that I can have ready for Friday is in there now. I don’t believe I made my 10 plate quota, but I do have a grace period. The Ottawa Food Bank’s Appreciation Lunch is scheduled for April 28, so it isn’t imperative that I have all 10 plates delivered on Friday the 15th. In a perfect world, two plates wouldn’t have cracked. In a perfect world my kiln would have been larger so I could fire more than 4 plates at a time. In a perfect world the tendinitis in my right shoulder would not exist.
Finished Ottawa Food Bank Commemorative Platter
I gave it my all. I did. I haven’t had a proper day off since last I wrote, but I’ve given myself time for exercise, time to eat (usually in front of the computer while I work – lately the computer work has centred on getting my Etsy shop up and running), time to sleep and little tiny bits of time here and there for play. Very little. Too little in fact. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Isn’t that the saying? I’m ready to break free of the dullness of all work and no play. It dulls the brain, I think.
Let’s talk Etsy. Have you ever been to Etsy.com? It’s the Mecca of hand made everything! And my shop now has 5 listings. W00t! Ha ha! It will grow in time, I’m actually waiting for photos to upload to my Etsy shop while I write this blog. 6 listings now! Yay!
Here’s a picture of one of the pieces up for sale.
Small "Daisyware" bowl
Getting great photos with good depth of field isn’t an easy feat, nor is finding time to take pictures. It requires a day or two in the pottery studio (the only place where I have room to do it) with special lights and a tent in which to take photos, special background paper, the “good” camera and my trusty tripod.
I decided to create an Etsy shop so I have a presence online all of the time as well as being “the” local potter. I mean, if YOU aren’t local but want to buy my pots, what better way than doing it online?
Time to unload the kiln and see what the Fire Gods have given me.
Oh yeah, here’s my Etsy shop link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SerafinStoneware