Strategy

Up in Corvallis, home of the Oregon State University Fightin' Beavers, for Corvallis Fall Festival. Unloading the kiln on Wednesday, I proudly showed off beaver patterned pottery to fellow Club member Jon King (who happens to live in Corvallis).

Oh, now, that's just pandering, he said.

If it doesn't sell, it's pandering, I reply. If it sells, it's marketing .

ETA: So far, tall mug and dinner plate, marketing; cookie jar, pie plate, baker: still pandering.

Good question!

Walking around yesterday, bunny mug in hand, when I'm stopped by a woman who asks, Did you buy that mug at Corvallis Fall Festival?

Better yet, I reply. I sell these mugs at Corvallis Fall Festival.

Repeat after me, potters: Always use your own pottery in public at a fair.