My Etsy tufted duck on the Christmas table

I hear you thinking, “A tufted duck for Christmas diner?” No, these ducks are already roasted. I do not propose another Christmas banquet, I would like to introduce you to my latest ceramic sculptures, which would like to visit for the holidays.

And what an “Etsy” is? Let me start at the beginning. As I write this blog my kiln is cooling  from a bisque fire. In the barn,  my kiln space, it’s nice and warm, but outside it’s chilly. Days are getting shorter and I keep getting more emails about making my Etsy store winter ready for the holiday season.

Tufted Duck Ceramics (6 or 8)

And I have started. I filled my shop with new sculptures. And I’ve made my first discount campaign at Etsy…

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Ceramics Fair Blues

Monday morning after the ceramics fair Dordrecht, jogging, the morning sun in my face. Music in my ears, a patch of mist on my glasses, autumn is coming.

Relaxing after the fair. Normally I do this round on Sunday morning, but then we were selling ceramics in the centre of Dordrecht.

DFB-ceramic stall Dordrecht 2018

Great to sell your own work “live”, especially when the weather is fine. You speak old acquaintances and new interested people. But the business part is a steep learning curve for me. And not just for me, also for the singing Potter David Hendley.

When I first went to the art fairs, I didn’t know the game, seems I always leave with more pots then when I came

(David Hendley “The Cobalt blues”, 2005)

The ceramics blues…

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