Mark C.

We had a xmas pair of chipmunks around the kiln for a spell this year.They liked the warmth of the chimney area where I have lots of  English dry pressed shelves stacked up from long ago
 

You have wasted to much time already just looking at it

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Oldlady
Its not my town but a town nearby. Our Fair has two parades one each day at 1 pm
I have done this fair since the 1st one in 1974 and am on the board whom runs the fair-we are called the same old people
the Saturday parade around the plaza (and show) is called All Species-this parade is also been going on the longest back when our show was a one day in the 70s and 80s
now its two days past 35 year or so
here is this years all species-It was a ariny day but the rain stopped just before the parade and the dancers where dry the whole way around the square.
I love this show-we are looking for more potters so feel free to apply as potters are rare around here these days
The second link is the Sunday Samba Parade which is over the top now-this was filmed about 20 feet from my pottery booth.
 

Its all part of a slow down plan I started when I was 63. I stopped doing my most  successful show (twice a year in Temps AZ for 24 years). I was driving to Tempe  at age 63 and heard the famous Beatles song when I'm 64  and in that moment decided that when I was 64 I was not going to do the show anymore (its a solid two day drive)
Since then I cut 8 shows to 6  than to 4 and then to 3 then covid hit. When I gave up myTempe show (in early Dec and springtime) I also did  my local outlets and my xmas booth as well at that time.At that time my xmas season brought in about 25-30% of all income. December was a huge month for me for about 35 years.
I thought I had saturated my local market area. Then when I had that production time off I fell into a local organic  suoper market  sales situation and expanded to 4 local orgainic markets. That turned into more money that the shows I stopped doing. Change can be rewarding  in ways one does not expect .I quit 1/2 those markets during covid buying craze as it was to much to keep up with in 2021. After working and selling twice as much as a normal years in 2020/2021  I needed to really slow it down more. The tax man really made out those years 
My xmas booth is about 15% of total yearly sales so its not really that slow for me-no recliner chair yet in this house . What it really is  now after a 50 years of  my own retailing directly -now its down to one show and 8 local outlets and one huge wholesale account . My plan as it evolves now is work for a few months and then take a few off to keep a stockpile of work to supply outlets. I also have studio assistant so it all needs to work for us
.I have commited to two large orders a year to my Harmony Gallery outlet down on the central coast (near where Hulk lives)
Its a new phase for me and I know whats I'm cutting out next when I need to hit the brakes again.
I was talking to a full timer like me potter friend who lives in Santa Barbara (he is slowed it down already) and we both have lost the mental drive to make a ton of work and hit the road and bring home 15-20K from shows on trip and then do it all over again and again. It's just gone now at this age.It's no longer about money. I still like the making/firing and selling just not as much as I used to.Caly has been good to me-kept me in shape and will in the future.
I have many other interests as well-always have. Life is short and for me at times I feel I'm  way past my due date (as Jackson Brown says on his new CD). I was on a 24 day dive trip in Bali two months ago (47 beach dives in 18 days with a camera) so I am still able to move well.
We shall see how it evolves  from here-tax prep in on my horizion now-oh ya I need to stock up the markets and shops after they got wiped out at xmas tomorrow and the next day

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

The language they gave you leaves a lot to be desired, in terms of clarity. 
“between 72 and 150 px” refers to “pixels per inch.” For a 4x6 inch image at 150 pixels per inch, resize your image to be 600 x 900 pixels. 
JPEG is the default file format for most digital cameras, so chances are you don’t need to change anything there. 
Photoshop is the most popular image editing software. The language they used sounds like they expect everyone to have it. But it’s not feasible for many people (very expensive and steep learning curve). If you have a Mac you can use Preview which comes for free on a Mac. I often use a free app called Image Size on my iPad which will do the resizing too. 

I like to use  other potters mugs-in fact we have a ton of them stacked two high in the cupboard and at least another spare cupboard full.
Most I have bought from the potters themselves -say 99% Most where at art shows I did-doing 10-12 shows a year for decades and decades you tend to meet other potters
I have a Don Sprague whom I have never met-but that may be the exception-it was at the Seattle folklife festival  which I did for 5 straight years selling pots in early 2000's and  the Seattle center next tio show has a ceramics gallery where i picked that one up..Once in the late 70s in that same gallery I saw a Tom Coleman pot that I loved but could not afford at that time
On other forms from potters most I have met
We had Tom Coleman come do a workshop decades ago (at laest 30 yaers) and i got a few pieces from him then at a reasonable cost
same with Robbin Hopper-He did it a bit different and you bought work he made at workshop that and bisueed it as it was not glazed and you finish it.
I salt fired one of his platters-I still have an unfired large bowl that I need to fire 
Same with Otto and Vivika Heino as I have some of his work (they where great people with the best stories)
Those workshops we put on back then as a guild (long gone now) put the Heinos and the Robin Hopper up in our homes as you would a friend
I did a pot exchange with Warren Mackenzie  and never met him as well-in fact my cat broke his pot and we did it again
I also had one of my customers give me a Warren piece he won at a auction. He did not like it as it was a earthy glaze (my favorite) He lived in Minnesota and thats where the auction was. They used to live here (redwood coast) and drove here every other year to vistit relatives and fill their van with my pottery. They would come at kiln openings in the summer.
After 50 years in this you meet a lot of potters -some want to trade with you and some you want to trade and some you just buy. Trades are my favorite

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Oldlady
Its not my town but a town nearby. Our Fair has two parades one each day at 1 pm
I have done this fair since the 1st one in 1974 and am on the board whom runs the fair-we are called the same old people
the Saturday parade around the plaza (and show) is called All Species-this parade is also been going on the longest back when our show was a one day in the 70s and 80s
now its two days past 35 year or so
here is this years all species-It was a ariny day but the rain stopped just before the parade and the dancers where dry the whole way around the square.
I love this show-we are looking for more potters so feel free to apply as potters are rare around here these days
The second link is the Sunday Samba Parade which is over the top now-this was filmed about 20 feet from my pottery booth.
 

Ok if you read my post on buying back over $3500 new unused pottery from a horders estate sale for $450 then you know how starnge and rare that might be.
well lighning strikes again on that front
Today the day after Christmas at 4 pm I was bookkeeping on the desktop on a very rainy windy day. The phone rings and its the estate sale guy from 3 weeks ago. They found three more large boxes of my pottery and they need to get it gone. He says $100 for it all and you have to pick it up today. I had sanitized/reorganized my van on the only dry day Xmas afterr stuffing it full from taking xmas booth down xmas eve. I Jumped in and drove the 35 minutes back to that house. Last time it was jambed full-this time thay has a box moving trck and all that was left in the whole house was my pottery that they just found in 3 boxed in a hidden space in large kitchen under a counter back water area.  My guess is 1-2 k worth of stuff.I'll go thru it in a few days. Just like last time all new all still with sales tags on bottoms. I found out that this person bought my pots wrapped them and boxed them and put them away like xmas ornaments -all 5 k worth. She may have been my best customer-well its a toss up as another from the east coast who runs a private jet rental service may have her beat ? Hard to say as she bought dinnerware sets and lots of st=uff over time where as this lady bought it all in 3 years from one organic market before I quit them.
When I left the house a hour ago it was 100% empty of all contents-I drove home in disbelieve as Santa Extended xmas one more day at least to me
Merry xmas and Happy Holidays from Linda and Mark

Oldlady
Its not my town but a town nearby. Our Fair has two parades one each day at 1 pm
I have done this fair since the 1st one in 1974 and am on the board whom runs the fair-we are called the same old people
the Saturday parade around the plaza (and show) is called All Species-this parade is also been going on the longest back when our show was a one day in the 70s and 80s
now its two days past 35 year or so
here is this years all species-It was a ariny day but the rain stopped just before the parade and the dancers where dry the whole way around the square.
I love this show-we are looking for more potters so feel free to apply as potters are rare around here these days
The second link is the Sunday Samba Parade which is over the top now-this was filmed about 20 feet from my pottery booth.
 

Its all part of a slow down plan I started when I was 63. I stopped doing my most  successful show (twice a year in Temps AZ for 24 years). I was driving to Tempe  at age 63 and heard the famous Beatles song when I'm 64  and in that moment decided that when I was 64 I was not going to do the show anymore (its a solid two day drive)
Since then I cut 8 shows to 6  than to 4 and then to 3 then covid hit. When I gave up myTempe show (in early Dec and springtime) I also did  my local outlets and my xmas booth as well at that time.At that time my xmas season brought in about 25-30% of all income. December was a huge month for me for about 35 years.
I thought I had saturated my local market area. Then when I had that production time off I fell into a local organic  suoper market  sales situation and expanded to 4 local orgainic markets. That turned into more money that the shows I stopped doing. Change can be rewarding  in ways one does not expect .I quit 1/2 those markets during covid buying craze as it was to much to keep up with in 2021. After working and selling twice as much as a normal years in 2020/2021  I needed to really slow it down more. The tax man really made out those years 
My xmas booth is about 15% of total yearly sales so its not really that slow for me-no recliner chair yet in this house . What it really is  now after a 50 years of  my own retailing directly -now its down to one show and 8 local outlets and one huge wholesale account . My plan as it evolves now is work for a few months and then take a few off to keep a stockpile of work to supply outlets. I also have studio assistant so it all needs to work for us
.I have commited to two large orders a year to my Harmony Gallery outlet down on the central coast (near where Hulk lives)
Its a new phase for me and I know whats I'm cutting out next when I need to hit the brakes again.
I was talking to a full timer like me potter friend who lives in Santa Barbara (he is slowed it down already) and we both have lost the mental drive to make a ton of work and hit the road and bring home 15-20K from shows on trip and then do it all over again and again. It's just gone now at this age.It's no longer about money. I still like the making/firing and selling just not as much as I used to.Caly has been good to me-kept me in shape and will in the future.
I have many other interests as well-always have. Life is short and for me at times I feel I'm  way past my due date (as Jackson Brown says on his new CD). I was on a 24 day dive trip in Bali two months ago (47 beach dives in 18 days with a camera) so I am still able to move well.
We shall see how it evolves  from here-tax prep in on my horizion now-oh ya I need to stock up the markets and shops after they got wiped out at xmas tomorrow and the next day

Well after 43 years I packed up my last xmas pottery booth .
I flew a sign past 12 days telling customers I would not have this booth next year at xmas. Get my work in September at my only show I will be doing .
They where  not as happy about as I am to say the least but-they still have options
Its in same small town (15K population) only its 3rd weekend in Sept. I have build upo a huge following in those consecutive 43 years
I'm already supplying 8 local outlets as well , dropping off pottery about every 2-4 days at xmas as well.Since I was in my later 20s I have always had this booth in the same shopping center -in front of a large drug store (its changed these names all thru my years-value giant,payless, longs drugs, rite aid ,CVS)  In front of Safeway for 5 more years and then the past 12-15 years in front of locally owned pet store. The money has been great as has the customers but as I approach 70 its in my plan to slow it down and this xmas I put the booth away permanently (this booth is made just for this location) -not the sales racks but the lockable booth. I have a younger potter friend I'm, hoping to give the whole deal to if his health gets better. I offered it free of charge and would set him up in it if he is able next year or the following. I have permission from 4 property owners around town for signage in their years and I and pass it all on if and its a big if he can do it. I operate booth from 12-5 weekdays 11-5 Friday-sat sun. Those hours I learned from decades of messing with the best profitable hours. I also have sales help and have paid them well so they always wanted to come back-all the things you learn over time.
Next xmas eve I will not be packing up that booth or driving 30 times into town last few weeks before xmas. Yes less sales but thats the idea-that town sells my work in 3 locations year around anyway-not this huge selection but alot of choices. Its a new transition for me-iI think I made my last canister sets for example and now dinnerware will only be made to order small stuff like that. I'm cutting back on forms (no longer 35 ) My wrist will like this change as well as its not happy right now. I'm leaving that flying dog in the window behind now
Merry Christmas all
 

Its all part of a slow down plan I started when I was 63. I stopped doing my most  successful show (twice a year in Temps AZ for 24 years). I was driving to Tempe  at age 63 and heard the famous Beatles song when I'm 64  and in that moment decided that when I was 64 I was not going to do the show anymore (its a solid two day drive)
Since then I cut 8 shows to 6  than to 4 and then to 3 then covid hit. When I gave up myTempe show (in early Dec and springtime) I also did  my local outlets and my xmas booth as well at that time.At that time my xmas season brought in about 25-30% of all income. December was a huge month for me for about 35 years.
I thought I had saturated my local market area. Then when I had that production time off I fell into a local organic  suoper market  sales situation and expanded to 4 local orgainic markets. That turned into more money that the shows I stopped doing. Change can be rewarding  in ways one does not expect .I quit 1/2 those markets during covid buying craze as it was to much to keep up with in 2021. After working and selling twice as much as a normal years in 2020/2021  I needed to really slow it down more. The tax man really made out those years 
My xmas booth is about 15% of total yearly sales so its not really that slow for me-no recliner chair yet in this house . What it really is  now after a 50 years of  my own retailing directly -now its down to one show and 8 local outlets and one huge wholesale account . My plan as it evolves now is work for a few months and then take a few off to keep a stockpile of work to supply outlets. I also have studio assistant so it all needs to work for us
.I have commited to two large orders a year to my Harmony Gallery outlet down on the central coast (near where Hulk lives)
Its a new phase for me and I know whats I'm cutting out next when I need to hit the brakes again.
I was talking to a full timer like me potter friend who lives in Santa Barbara (he is slowed it down already) and we both have lost the mental drive to make a ton of work and hit the road and bring home 15-20K from shows on trip and then do it all over again and again. It's just gone now at this age.It's no longer about money. I still like the making/firing and selling just not as much as I used to.Caly has been good to me-kept me in shape and will in the future.
I have many other interests as well-always have. Life is short and for me at times I feel I'm  way past my due date (as Jackson Brown says on his new CD). I was on a 24 day dive trip in Bali two months ago (47 beach dives in 18 days with a camera) so I am still able to move well.
We shall see how it evolves  from here-tax prep in on my horizion now-oh ya I need to stock up the markets and shops after they got wiped out at xmas tomorrow and the next day

Well after 43 years I packed up my last xmas pottery booth .
I flew a sign past 12 days telling customers I would not have this booth next year at xmas. Get my work in September at my only show I will be doing .
They where  not as happy about as I am to say the least but-they still have options
Its in same small town (15K population) only its 3rd weekend in Sept. I have build upo a huge following in those consecutive 43 years
I'm already supplying 8 local outlets as well , dropping off pottery about every 2-4 days at xmas as well.Since I was in my later 20s I have always had this booth in the same shopping center -in front of a large drug store (its changed these names all thru my years-value giant,payless, longs drugs, rite aid ,CVS)  In front of Safeway for 5 more years and then the past 12-15 years in front of locally owned pet store. The money has been great as has the customers but as I approach 70 its in my plan to slow it down and this xmas I put the booth away permanently (this booth is made just for this location) -not the sales racks but the lockable booth. I have a younger potter friend I'm, hoping to give the whole deal to if his health gets better. I offered it free of charge and would set him up in it if he is able next year or the following. I have permission from 4 property owners around town for signage in their years and I and pass it all on if and its a big if he can do it. I operate booth from 12-5 weekdays 11-5 Friday-sat sun. Those hours I learned from decades of messing with the best profitable hours. I also have sales help and have paid them well so they always wanted to come back-all the things you learn over time.
Next xmas eve I will not be packing up that booth or driving 30 times into town last few weeks before xmas. Yes less sales but thats the idea-that town sells my work in 3 locations year around anyway-not this huge selection but alot of choices. Its a new transition for me-iI think I made my last canister sets for example and now dinnerware will only be made to order small stuff like that. I'm cutting back on forms (no longer 35 ) My wrist will like this change as well as its not happy right now. I'm leaving that flying dog in the window behind now
Merry Christmas all
 

Well after 43 years I packed up my last xmas pottery booth .
I flew a sign past 12 days telling customers I would not have this booth next year at xmas. Get my work in September at my only show I will be doing .
They where  not as happy about as I am to say the least but-they still have options
Its in same small town (15K population) only its 3rd weekend in Sept. I have build upo a huge following in those consecutive 43 years
I'm already supplying 8 local outlets as well , dropping off pottery about every 2-4 days at xmas as well.Since I was in my later 20s I have always had this booth in the same shopping center -in front of a large drug store (its changed these names all thru my years-value giant,payless, longs drugs, rite aid ,CVS)  In front of Safeway for 5 more years and then the past 12-15 years in front of locally owned pet store. The money has been great as has the customers but as I approach 70 its in my plan to slow it down and this xmas I put the booth away permanently (this booth is made just for this location) -not the sales racks but the lockable booth. I have a younger potter friend I'm, hoping to give the whole deal to if his health gets better. I offered it free of charge and would set him up in it if he is able next year or the following. I have permission from 4 property owners around town for signage in their years and I and pass it all on if and its a big if he can do it. I operate booth from 12-5 weekdays 11-5 Friday-sat sun. Those hours I learned from decades of messing with the best profitable hours. I also have sales help and have paid them well so they always wanted to come back-all the things you learn over time.
Next xmas eve I will not be packing up that booth or driving 30 times into town last few weeks before xmas. Yes less sales but thats the idea-that town sells my work in 3 locations year around anyway-not this huge selection but alot of choices. Its a new transition for me-iI think I made my last canister sets for example and now dinnerware will only be made to order small stuff like that. I'm cutting back on forms (no longer 35 ) My wrist will like this change as well as its not happy right now. I'm leaving that flying dog in the window behind now
Merry Christmas all
 

Well after 43 years I packed up my last xmas pottery booth .
I flew a sign past 12 days telling customers I would not have this booth next year at xmas. Get my work in September at my only show I will be doing .
They where  not as happy about as I am to say the least but-they still have options
Its in same small town (15K population) only its 3rd weekend in Sept. I have build upo a huge following in those consecutive 43 years
I'm already supplying 8 local outlets as well , dropping off pottery about every 2-4 days at xmas as well.Since I was in my later 20s I have always had this booth in the same shopping center -in front of a large drug store (its changed these names all thru my years-value giant,payless, longs drugs, rite aid ,CVS)  In front of Safeway for 5 more years and then the past 12-15 years in front of locally owned pet store. The money has been great as has the customers but as I approach 70 its in my plan to slow it down and this xmas I put the booth away permanently (this booth is made just for this location) -not the sales racks but the lockable booth. I have a younger potter friend I'm, hoping to give the whole deal to if his health gets better. I offered it free of charge and would set him up in it if he is able next year or the following. I have permission from 4 property owners around town for signage in their years and I and pass it all on if and its a big if he can do it. I operate booth from 12-5 weekdays 11-5 Friday-sat sun. Those hours I learned from decades of messing with the best profitable hours. I also have sales help and have paid them well so they always wanted to come back-all the things you learn over time.
Next xmas eve I will not be packing up that booth or driving 30 times into town last few weeks before xmas. Yes less sales but thats the idea-that town sells my work in 3 locations year around anyway-not this huge selection but alot of choices. Its a new transition for me-iI think I made my last canister sets for example and now dinnerware will only be made to order small stuff like that. I'm cutting back on forms (no longer 35 ) My wrist will like this change as well as its not happy right now. I'm leaving that flying dog in the window behind now
Merry Christmas all
 

Well after 43 years I packed up my last xmas pottery booth .
I flew a sign past 12 days telling customers I would not have this booth next year at xmas. Get my work in September at my only show I will be doing .
They where  not as happy about as I am to say the least but-they still have options
Its in same small town (15K population) only its 3rd weekend in Sept. I have build upo a huge following in those consecutive 43 years
I'm already supplying 8 local outlets as well , dropping off pottery about every 2-4 days at xmas as well.Since I was in my later 20s I have always had this booth in the same shopping center -in front of a large drug store (its changed these names all thru my years-value giant,payless, longs drugs, rite aid ,CVS)  In front of Safeway for 5 more years and then the past 12-15 years in front of locally owned pet store. The money has been great as has the customers but as I approach 70 its in my plan to slow it down and this xmas I put the booth away permanently (this booth is made just for this location) -not the sales racks but the lockable booth. I have a younger potter friend I'm, hoping to give the whole deal to if his health gets better. I offered it free of charge and would set him up in it if he is able next year or the following. I have permission from 4 property owners around town for signage in their years and I and pass it all on if and its a big if he can do it. I operate booth from 12-5 weekdays 11-5 Friday-sat sun. Those hours I learned from decades of messing with the best profitable hours. I also have sales help and have paid them well so they always wanted to come back-all the things you learn over time.
Next xmas eve I will not be packing up that booth or driving 30 times into town last few weeks before xmas. Yes less sales but thats the idea-that town sells my work in 3 locations year around anyway-not this huge selection but alot of choices. Its a new transition for me-iI think I made my last canister sets for example and now dinnerware will only be made to order small stuff like that. I'm cutting back on forms (no longer 35 ) My wrist will like this change as well as its not happy right now. I'm leaving that flying dog in the window behind now
Merry Christmas all
 

Well after 43 years I packed up my last xmas pottery booth .
I flew a sign past 12 days telling customers I would not have this booth next year at xmas. Get my work in September at my only show I will be doing .
They where  not as happy about as I am to say the least but-they still have options
Its in same small town (15K population) only its 3rd weekend in Sept. I have build upo a huge following in those consecutive 43 years
I'm already supplying 8 local outlets as well , dropping off pottery about every 2-4 days at xmas as well.Since I was in my later 20s I have always had this booth in the same shopping center -in front of a large drug store (its changed these names all thru my years-value giant,payless, longs drugs, rite aid ,CVS)  In front of Safeway for 5 more years and then the past 12-15 years in front of locally owned pet store. The money has been great as has the customers but as I approach 70 its in my plan to slow it down and this xmas I put the booth away permanently (this booth is made just for this location) -not the sales racks but the lockable booth. I have a younger potter friend I'm, hoping to give the whole deal to if his health gets better. I offered it free of charge and would set him up in it if he is able next year or the following. I have permission from 4 property owners around town for signage in their years and I and pass it all on if and its a big if he can do it. I operate booth from 12-5 weekdays 11-5 Friday-sat sun. Those hours I learned from decades of messing with the best profitable hours. I also have sales help and have paid them well so they always wanted to come back-all the things you learn over time.
Next xmas eve I will not be packing up that booth or driving 30 times into town last few weeks before xmas. Yes less sales but thats the idea-that town sells my work in 3 locations year around anyway-not this huge selection but alot of choices. Its a new transition for me-iI think I made my last canister sets for example and now dinnerware will only be made to order small stuff like that. I'm cutting back on forms (no longer 35 ) My wrist will like this change as well as its not happy right now. I'm leaving that flying dog in the window behind now
Merry Christmas all