Vase to vase
Apr. 30th, 2020 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrI've tried making a lot of different forms to sell over the years. With time, I've settled on the things you'd find in my booth: table ware, cooking and baking pots, some storage, like cookie jars and butter dishes. Not coincidentally, things I use myself on a regular basis.
Which is why I always struggled with vases. I tried several different versions over the years, but between allergies and flower-eating cats, I don't bring flowers in the house much and therefore didn't really refine my vase forms by use. I did eventually come up with a shape I like, and like to make, but they never sold well, and in a crowded booth, I didn't have shelf space to show them off.
They're still on my website, though, so when a client from years back (who lost most of my pottery in a divorce) went looking to rebuild her collection, she ordered three matching vases, one for her and two for friends.
I made four, of course, to be sure I had three that matched. Wound up with this orphan, which I'd normally not take out to the show. But since my booth is virtual right now, a list of in-stock items on my website, I figured I'd include it on the list. And show it off here.
Which is why I always struggled with vases. I tried several different versions over the years, but between allergies and flower-eating cats, I don't bring flowers in the house much and therefore didn't really refine my vase forms by use. I did eventually come up with a shape I like, and like to make, but they never sold well, and in a crowded booth, I didn't have shelf space to show them off.
They're still on my website, though, so when a client from years back (who lost most of my pottery in a divorce) went looking to rebuild her collection, she ordered three matching vases, one for her and two for friends.
I made four, of course, to be sure I had three that matched. Wound up with this orphan, which I'd normally not take out to the show. But since my booth is virtual right now, a list of in-stock items on my website, I figured I'd include it on the list. And show it off here.