tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46410944017275349962024-03-13T14:22:18.203-04:00KilnGoddess' PotShopChaos StudioA potter, a bunch of clay, a wheel, a tiny studio, some classes, 2 cats, a little of this and a little of that equals a bunch of bowls and vessels, a dash of chaos, some students, a hair ball or two and life as I know it.KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-37415805840760166812013-02-12T12:20:00.001-05:002013-02-12T12:20:40.146-05:00Meandering Back to My Own BlogSo its been about 2+ years since my last post. I'm a very neglectful blogger. So what have I been doing in these undocumented years? I've been doing more shows, making more pots, making some mosaics, rediscovered drawing with charcoal and a few other things. I'm still attempting to sell on etsy and finally surpassed 100 sales. I tried a few other venues with lackluster results matter a fact I KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-52874551605014015392009-12-02T19:26:00.003-05:002009-12-02T19:38:08.318-05:00Snagged an Etsy TreasuryI haven't snagged a treasury in forever but I got one today. If you'd like to give a look see it features Christmas in Florida. It'll only be live for a few days then its gone.I'm also in someone else's treasury with my mosaic ornament, its a Fest Team Treasury. Thanks lazydayz.KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-90668859667000851012009-11-11T15:19:00.003-05:002009-11-11T15:28:57.920-05:00A New Squidoo LensSome of you might know I make some lenses on Squidoo. Most of them are clay or pottery related. I just made a new lens on packing pottery for successful shipping. So please give it a look see if you want to know how I pack my breakable creations or want some advice on how to pack your fragile items(great to know as Christmas approaches): Shipping Pottery on Squidoo.KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-86496988172197944812009-11-08T23:41:00.005-05:002009-11-09T00:21:03.312-05:00Another ShowThis weekend I gave shows another try, finally one not a disaster. This time it was a one day indoor show. I got a 6' table space. I arrived and checked in, only to be told I was in the 'back room', now to me the words 'back room' are omminous, the back room at any show is never a great place to be for sales but there i was. I brought my Christmas table cover and lots of stuff. The day started KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-31639529979987484662009-10-18T23:09:00.002-04:002009-10-18T23:18:25.791-04:00Brrr from FloridaFlorida's first cold weekend. It went from the 90's to the 40's and 50's over night. Brrr its a bit chilly for this Florida native. But hopefully this finally signals the start of fall. Soon it will be time to drag everything out of the studio and give it a good cleaning and reorganizing...its too hot and rainy to do it during the other season. Also cooler weather means more mosaic work as I onlyKilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-73527129182476272842009-10-05T00:34:00.003-04:002009-10-05T00:54:21.777-04:00In Everyones Life a Little Dog Pee Must Fall...I don't know if this past show was the worse I've ever done or that one in August was. This show I did make a sale...a single small sale...and it wasn't quite as hot...and I didn't have as far to carry my pots to my booth site but instead of rained on like the last one my booth was peed on...by 3 different dogs...right on my table covers. I don't quite get it how you don't notice your dog with KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-61301655891265258382009-09-30T23:36:00.004-04:002009-09-30T23:47:43.941-04:00Show FlyerHere is a thumb of the flyer for the show I am doing Saturday. If anybody is local to me stop by and say hi the show is in Englewood. I hope the show does well.KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-85926774349986353922009-09-07T11:01:00.003-04:002009-09-07T11:12:38.018-04:00An Upcoming Pet Themed ShowI've signed up to do a show that is being sponsered by EARS, a nonprofit no kill shelter, so i thought some pet themed items would be good to have. I don't have much time to get the work done as the show is October 3rd so I have been racking my head for so quick to dry items to make. I was thinking pendants, dog tags, trinket dishes with pet themes, and treat plates for cats. If anyone has some KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-44616048899629345482009-08-13T23:16:00.005-04:002009-08-14T00:09:42.974-04:00Bad Bad ShowLast weekend I did a small show...my first outdoor show in a very long time. My first outdoor show I did in August in Florida. The booth cost me nothing for my space but sadly that is the only good thing I can say about it.Set up time wasn't specified, the show started at 10:30am, I figured there would be at least 2 hours for set up and then i hoped maybe they'd maybe even allow early set up if KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-51671770443623469502009-07-20T20:59:00.004-04:002009-07-20T21:13:25.121-04:00The Show: A SummaryCan you call a show a success and a nonsuccess at the same time? Did I sell lots? No, barely enough to cover booth fees, so the gas to and from every day, my time, printing costs for cards and tags was not covered. So salewise...not a success. But I did meet lots of people interested in pottery. I filled a whole class for next session. So class promo was a success. I even got a photo in the KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-45318925358070278372009-07-12T20:50:00.003-04:002009-07-12T21:08:40.952-04:00Pre-Show JittersI have a show next weekend. They always make me a bit nervous. I don't think you can tell when talking to me but I always have a few jitters. This show, I am going to be throwing clay in public, three days of throwing.I am ok at throwing in front of people, always have been. I remember in college having the campus cops come watch me during after hours labs. I remember this one time that I was KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-81017332999647060512009-06-29T08:25:00.004-04:002009-06-29T08:35:46.089-04:00My Wheel Throwing Class Made EnrollmentThe local economy has put a severe pinch on my class enrollment the last couple of sessions, so severe that they didn't meet the needed enrollment to run...sadly. But happy day, I got word that my Throwing Class has made enrollment so this week I again will be teaching Wheel Throwing at the center. I hope this the start of a upturn in the local area. Here is a photo of some work made in past KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-31467399532736339542009-06-24T06:10:00.006-04:002009-06-24T06:38:50.163-04:00Featured AgainTwo more blogs have featured my work. The first convo'd me on etsy to tell me she featured my Sunny Sunflower Stoneware Bitty Bowls on her blog Vida de La Pistolera.The second was a blogger I met in etsy chat. Their blog Less Than Three Designs is just coming back from very long hiatus. Some very nice words are said about my work here...makes me blush a bit.I'd like to thank these 2 bloggers for KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-77684269825437117172009-06-12T02:15:00.008-04:002009-06-12T02:41:35.100-04:00Making My Mark(s)I lost a bead. Now this for most people is not a big deal, lots of other beads out there in the stores. But this was a particular bead, it made a particular mark when pressed into clay and now it is gone.I hadn't realized it was missing til i needed to make that particular mark again...a request for something custom based on a previous creation. I searched high and low for that wooden oval bead, KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-66133501538074955892009-06-06T23:09:00.011-04:002009-06-12T10:34:49.081-04:00A Week of Being FeaturedWow, this week was interesting, 3 different sites featured me with three different pots in three days. I received convos on etsy from 3 different people telling me about them featuring my wares.The first one was MyHandmadeRegistry.com saying I was featured on their front page in somebody's wish list. I wish i had grabbed a screen shot of the page but it didn't occur to me til the next day when I KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-8625325778905532052009-06-02T07:26:00.009-04:002009-06-02T17:33:42.767-04:00Falling for ClayBack when I was in college I had planned on a degree in Communication and a minor in art with the goal of entering into the world of advertising. Then at some point I decided a double major in art and communications would work better. To get my degree in art I had to take a 3d medium but because of my late coming financial aid that semester the sculpture class I wanted was full. My adviser KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-89778699359065840152009-05-29T23:49:00.012-04:002009-06-01T20:58:49.759-04:00Bitty BowlsWhile playing with some cut clay shapes and creating an on the fly demo for one of my handbuilding students I created my first 'Bitty Bowl.' So what is a Bitty Bowl? My bitty bowls are small bowls in the shapes of flowers, animals, etc. that are in a bowlish shape. I use the word 'bowlish' because my bitty bowls are all round on the bottom, kinda like the weebles wobbles but not falling down toysKilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-80302425120922178632009-05-27T12:45:00.004-04:002009-05-27T13:05:00.650-04:00Searching for Myself (a micro blog)Lol, no I'm not talking bout some inner look into my soul but a Google search to see who links to me. Awhile ago I found this blog that featured me. The bowl she featured was sold at a show back in march but there is still the little link to my shop so that is just so cool. Most of the searches for my self turn up pages that I created myself but it so fun when you get notices by someone else.KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-4844806049619793212009-05-26T05:51:00.010-04:002009-05-26T06:19:06.606-04:00My New AdsI have started to promote my pottery shop thru ads on the blogs and pages of other like minded site. Here are the first 2 ads I created to advertise my shop. This first one would link to my whole etsy shop:And this next one will link to only the jewelry section of my etsy shop for better targeting customers that are interested in accessories and or fashion.I hope these ads will draw attention to KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641094401727534996.post-16725103298418596202009-05-25T18:35:00.006-04:002009-05-26T05:46:45.694-04:00Tough Kiln to CrackThe last couple of days I have been tearing apart an old kiln, mining it for parts, etc. The switch box was a particularly interesting configuration and very tough to get apart. The image to the right shows the switch box after I finally removed all switches and wiring and any fastners I saw holding it to the kiln, 4 screws on the outside of the switch box, 24 screws that held the switches in KilnGoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408049951728547759noreply@blogger.com0