New website page

As Steve and I slow down a bit from our usual hectic fair and orders schedule, we have found ourselves in the same boat with many other craftspeople in this digital age. The shows are a wonderful hands on method of meeting and communicating with our admirers. Their value really can't be replaced. The wholesale shows have been invaluable for exposure to gallery buyers. However, we are currently planning on capping our show exposure to 4-5 this year.
So how to get the work out, as they say? Quality web exposure has become quite allusive. The process resembles a prolonged and vague chase after a carrot. The options available to us as consumers are increasing in numbers. The ability of a small business person to skate on this surface is tenuous at best.

Still, this is the world we live in. Our survival depends on our developing a loyal following either locally or nationally. Hand made pottery for the hand made collector.

To increase the exposure of more of our one of a kind work, we'll be placing some more of it on the website. I've started already with adding  a separate page entitled 'NuNouveau'. The name itself is derived from my being inspired by the original Art Nouveau movement, especially manuscript illustrations. There are many other influences of course, botanical forms and travel/cultural exposures. I've been making these pieces for a while and actually some of my very first work in clay was along this line of fantasy. On the current page you will see just a few pieces but several views of those pieces. Once they are purchased, they will be removed.

In the near future, I'll be adding and subtracting from the 'More' page bringing it more in line with our stock and reflecting more of Steve's experimental pieces that we usually only bring to shows.

So, fix yourself a cup of coffee or tea and biscuit and take a look at our NuNouveau page, accessible from the Showroom of our website www.jemerickartpottery.com

Current from the studio

We have been working... orders taken at Baltimore, prep for a show in May in Reston, VA and some time for a little experimental work. We are firing a bisque tonight but before we get too far into the firing part of the cycle, let me share some of the making with you.

Bisqued and ready to glaze

Experimental

Another version of Steve's #203

More experimental

Bloodroot Leaves

Bloodroot

Drying....

Oh! and we just heard that we got accepted to Long's Park in Lancaster, PA...Labor Day Weekend!! a beautiful show. Mark your calendars!

Post Baltimore

We are back from Baltimore! I didn't get a chance to share some photos of new pieces so here we go:

New Classics was popular

Beautiful Big Piece

Helleborus

NuNouveau Landscape Bowl

NuNouveau Landscape Bottle

Baltimore Firings

 Whew! We fired our last kiln load of pots and are now organizing and packing. Here is what we are choosing from:

For Baltimore

That tall piece you saw Steve throwing on an earlier post

We have finished making pieces for the ACC Baltimore show and are now glazing and firing but I did take some photos of works in process. Since we have been fortunate enough to exhibit at the ACC Baltimore show since 1998 in one venue or another (wholesale or retail or both), we do try to present new work for our galleries and/or our collectors. Some people, of course, have never seen us but others have and it is for them and our own creative spirit that we use the ACC Baltimore show as a debut for the year. Here are some photos of some of the special pieces before they go into the kiln.....

Trillium for 2013

Hellleborus

Lenten Rose

Winter Work

 These short winter days have produced a bit of work. We are finishing the making and starting the glazing and firing part of the cycle. Our goal is the American Crafts Council show in Baltimore, MD at the convention center Feb. 20-24. The first couple of days we'll show wholesale samples to the trade for possible orders and the last three days we'll sell directly to the public. We also have a few orders waiting to be completed before we leave. Here are some photos to feast on: