Mark C. Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Its always a good idea to have a few rubber stamps to mark your outgoing mail One is my logo the other is a potter throwing. On outgoing bills I use my circling shark fin stamp. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 It's not a rubber stamp but on Clayart a couple weeks ago someone posted a sort of secret handshake for potters. I ordered one but haven't put it on my car yet. This is it on someone else's vehicle. http://forum.clayartarchives.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=106.0;attach=230;image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Very cool! Denice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 oops, I forgot to link where I got the decal from. if anybody wants one it is from here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/242518286/potters-cone-pack-decal (it's a university graphics and ceramics student who makes them, think i might have to get one of her t-shirts too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 very esoteric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRankin Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 She has a great idea there and I hope she does well with it. I might get a shirt also. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 The key to surviving as a potter -- come up with a tool line, car stickers, or t-shirts to sell to your pottery friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 And I thought I could retire after selling cone heads to Saturday night live.Maybe a t- shirt with cone heads on it? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venicemud Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 I want to see your circling shark stamp, very appealing I can think of a lot of suitable recipients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Do people search for pottery shirts? I would have thought this would be a pretty wacky market, but the seller has a good bit of t-shirt sales. Interesting to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Do people search for pottery shirts? I would have thought this would be a pretty wacky market, but the seller has a good bit of t-shirt sales. Interesting to think about. What Bruce said is very good point, making a decent income selling pots is hard work. Most of the full time potters I know also do work on the side, teaching mostly, but I can see selling something ceramics related as an adjunct income stream as being very valid. I always think of going to the Pottery Supply store as similar in going to Costco, I go in for 1 little thing and come out spending a minimum of a hundred. There are a lot of retired people out there who do pottery as a hobby with money to spend, 15- for a t-shirt is chump change. (plus way easier to ship than pots) What do you want to spend your time doing? --- Sorry to highjack your thread Mark --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 The t-shirt for electric kiln owners would be the letters "CPLT" in big red digital letters on a black t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 The t-shirt for electric kiln owners would be the letters "CPLT" in big red digital letters on a black t-shirt. Or ERR1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 devolution of potters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I have friends that took some of their monster and robot illustrations from their mugs and did a colouring book. It's not on their website yet. http://www.saltyseadogdesigns.com/mugs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted September 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I'm putting together a 47,000 pound order (full truck trailer) of clay and materials for 7 potters and there are no t-shirts in the order.Just saying I need another t-shirt without a pocket like a hole in the head. No matter whats on it.It has to have a pocket and a fish print or its a glaze shirt doomed to iron stains and a short life. Mark Ok back to sideways with this thread- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I feel the same way mark. A shirt without a pocket is just useless, my wife says I am crazy and that the pocket doesn't matter, but I told her she has never wore a shirt with a pocket. I use that pocket every day for some random thing. Oh as a side note my wife is an avid quilter, and she buys quilting t-shirts all the time. She says the website that sells them is always sold out of the good designs. Apparently the same goes for quilters too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 the first morning of a week long workshop with charles counts was spent designing and printing Tshirts for everyone. every chance i can i wear the one from a seth cardew workshop. it has the two birds originally designed by michael cardew. i can see all of you saying "HUH whooozzat?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy_in_GA Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Joseph ... it's because the wacky way they design women's clothes! They think women don't need pockets ... or it will ruin the "line" of the design or some such crap. I have jeans ... jeans mind you ... that have pockets that are 1 inch deep. That will barely hold a pocket knife without falling out. I know I'm in the minority but I do not carry a purse anymore ... it just got bigger and heavier the more I carried one. Pockets have become very important to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Women's purse-let me see selling pottery to thousands and thousands of women for over 40 years'I have seen my share and then some of this purse idea . I think Carl Sagan (long ago passed away) said it best describing a purse as a black hole that all matter disappears into. It just sucks up matter endlessly. Then he spoke of space things . Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy_in_GA Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Yep when I could play Let's Make a Deal solely on the contents of my purse it was time for a change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 after noticing that i just carried the bag, put it on the floor wherever i went and then carried it out again, i gave it up as well. freedom is a wallet in the left pocket and keys in the right. well worn jeans and t shirt or well worn jeans and a turtleneck with wool sweater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Men's wallets are just as bad sometimes. Although mine is just 2 cards a driver license and money. I have seen men sit on wallets 3 inches thick. Crazy. My wifes purse is like 6# at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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