Resources or Distractions

by | Mar 10, 2011 | Teapot, Throwing, Uncategorized, Workshop

There are so many pottery resources.  It is a very generous community –workshops, books, blogs, YouTube Videos, Websites, Galleries, Open Studios, classes, guilds.  So much sharing.  One could get sucked into the vortex of reading/talking/learning about pottery and...

Business Lessons

by | Mar 8, 2011 | How-to, Red and White, Teabowl, Teapot, Uncategorized

I don’t have an art degree.  And, although I don’t have a business degree, when I got my ‘real world’ job, I had to learn business.  So I read – a lot. I am surprised that so many of the things I read in business literature can apply to art (specifically my pottery...

Intentional Pursuit

by | Mar 4, 2011 | How-to, Teapot, Throwing, Uncategorized, Winter Blue, Workshop

“You can choose what you do, but you can’t choose what you like to do.”       Grechin Rubin I exercise but I wish I liked to run.  I have tried to like it.  I got better at running for a while but I never developed a love for it.  Sometimes I say I don’t...

Intentional Focus

by | Mar 2, 2011 | How-to, Lime Fiesta, Teapot, Uncategorized

I really enjoy everything about pottery  (well, cleaning kiln shelves and recycling clay are not at the top of my list).  Since setting up my own studio, I have had to reconcile a few things in my mind – I am a real potter even if I use commercial glazes and fire to...