Gig Harbor Booth Setup

A few weeks back I had posted about my booth setup at the Edmonds Arts Festival. I got some excellent feedback from everyone on my blog and facebook page.

The main thing I changed this time was to paint the wall grid black, since the black and white checkered pattern was too distracting. I spray painted it with a black primer and I liked the matt dark gray look, so left it at that. It does look a lot better and several people commented on my booth display. It was a very hot weekend, so it did get a lot warm in my storage area behind the grid wall with all the black. But the look was worth it.

One other thing I took into consideration was to reduce the amount of things I display at a time. I beleive this made a difference too as people felt more at ease to pick things up without the fear of knocking things down.

Thank you everyone for your input. If you have any more suggestions feel free to comment. I really appreciate it!

My next goal is to make collapsable pedestals out of luann plywood and indoor/outdoor carpet.

Gig Harbor Summer Art Festival

This weekend (July 18th - July 19th) I will be at the Summer Art Festival at Gig Harbor.

Last year was a great show and I am excited to bring new work here.

So look out for the booth with Colorful pottery which will make you feel you walked into an Indian wedding (Booth #8)

For directions and other info regarding the show, go to http://www.peninsulaartleague.com/artFest.html

Busy getting ready for Summer Shows

I have been crazy busy getting work ready for Wholesale orders and for upcoming Summer shows (Edmonds Arts Festival, Gig Harbor Summer Art Festival). My studio has been going through cycles of making, decorating, bisque firing, glazing and then glaze firing. The pricing and packing is still left to do and should be done this weekend.
During this busy process, I have been enjoying every kiln load and wanted to share pictures of what is happening in my studio.

Bisque pieces ready to be wax resisted and glazed

Pieces glazed after dipping and spraying to get different shades
Some pieces right out from the kiln

Go Green Platter!

I had mentioned in one of my previous blogs about the Peter Pugger pugmill. I have been using the pugmill a lot to recycle all my clay scraps, bone dry pieces, slop from my bucket of clay, flopped experiments and so on.

After a few weeks of using the pugmill, I realized that I didn't make a trip to my clay supply store, Clay Art Center in a while and I had no clay to throw in the trash either. I am recycling all of it reducing my impact on the environment.

As a tribute to my pugmill, I made the Go Green! platter. Also pictured is another platter I made with completely recycled clay. These platters have feet with holes so they can be hung on the wall as well. I will be showing these along with other new work in my upcoming shows this summer. i.e., the Edmonds Arts Festival (June 19-21), Gig Harbor Summer Festival (July 18th-19th) and a few others.

Charan at the TideFest

I am going to have a booth (#68) at the TideFest at the Gig Harbor High School on December 6th and 7th (Saturday 10-5; Sunday 11-4).

The address is given below and you can also visit the website at http://www.tidefest.org/

Like always, there is more new work that I will be showing. Attached is a glimpse of my new soup bowls. My butter dishes and sugar creamer sets will also be available for purchase.

Attached are some pictures of my booth too.

For shoppers who can't make it, I also have an online store that you can visit at http://creativewithclay.etsy.com/