Getting Ready

We are getting ready for THE big trip this year. We have never ever done three consecutive art fairs on the road. Why we are attempting this feat in 2012 is because times have changed. Have you noticed? Since the economic meltdown, the small galleries have not returned therefore our wholesale business has gone south and not just for us... for all craftspeople. The result is that more and more high quality crafts are showing up at retail shows. That's good news for you but it throws us into a competitive spin.
And spinning we are................. Will we have what you want?

Before we hit the road...

 We have been busy firing many of the pieces patiently waiting. There are still more to come but this is what the stock looks like now.

The glaze was thick and  beautiful but we lost a couple of pieces when it ran.

and some closeups ....

Orders going...

We have been steadily making pots without firing much. However we had a couple of orders we needed to get out so we did. I sent them off today but not without a couple of photos first....

then we took a walk....

over the Hudson River on a new walkway made from an old bridge connecting Highland to Poughkeepsie....lovely..

In the Studio

Steve has been throwing some large vases lately...

decorating them

drying

bisqued

ready to glaze

Finishing Landscapes

 I really enjoyed making these landscape pieces. It's so much fun to just doodle.... I'll post the results after they are fired.

Talking heads!!

Ha..ha...ppy Easter!!

The last firing came out well!!

Xtra large version of Steve's pinecones...an order.

Looking for some gooey chocolate eggs...no doubt!!

Landscaping 2012

Not having an order from the Metropolitan Museum of Art will allow us to play more with new ideas. Here is a look at  Cherie's 2012 landscape series which are essentially a hark back to her earliest work which was quite whimsical.

Forms designed by Cherie, thrown by Steve

Decorating a bottle

Finished view

Another view of same bottle

Bowl with Landscape

Final view of same bottle

Another view of bowl

Two or three more will complete the series.