Featured in the American Craft Council Magazine

I am thrilled to share this news with you. My story and work are featured in the "American Craft Council" magazine in the October issue.

I got a two page spread with lots of pictures accompanied with a well written article.

Now you can read where my design aesthetic comes from and feel free to share with your friends and family.

Browse my online store and get my signature pieces as part of your collection.

Stylish Home: Home Makeover Addition

Thrilled to have my teapot featured in StylishHome Home Makeover Catalog. some really cool Vintage and Handmade goods in. Do check them out in this online version



 Here is my teapot on page 19!

Quit my Day Job

I am glad to annouce that I finally quit my day job and I am now a full time potter. It is going to be interesting to see what unfolds.
Etsy did a feature on me last week with my story and here is the interview.
http://www.etsy.com/storque/seller-handbook/quit-your-day-job-creative-with-clay-12750/
Thank you all for your support!

Happy Mother's Day!

I have two new great news to share this morning.
Firstly,... wishing my Mother a very Happy Mother's Day. And what better way to wish her, than to have her featured on Etsy's "This Handmade Blog"!! This is a picture of me with her when I was only 10 months old.

Charan of creativewithclay: "When I was a kid my mom ran a boutique store in India specializing in clothes for brides and bridesmaids. She dragged me along whenever she needed help. I never really enjoyed doing the billing or taking orders for dyeing fabric, etc., but she told me to just do it and there will be something I will gain from it. What fascinated me was the color in fabric and helping people choose matching or contrasting colors for their outfits. I enjoyed helping them decide what embroidery designs to pick and working with tailors to give them new ideas and patterns."

Secondly,... I am the winner of the teapot challenge on the Etsy Mud Team

It is such an honor to be part of such a great group of talented potters online. Lots of beautiful teapots, so do check them out. Also when shopping on Etsy for pottery, search for "emt etsymudteam" and you will see beautiful collection of pots by talented potters on Etsy.

Color of the Week: Buttery Cream

Last week we had 1100+ views and let's get even more this week!!

This week the color is Buttery Cream and we have a great collection of Etsy artists here. Do check out their shops. Since there were such amazing items I decided to feature 10 instead of 8 artists.

If you would like to enter for a Color Feature on my blog,

Post your item matching next week's color, "Bright Orange" (Color swatch below) in this Etsy Forum
and
Leave a comment on this blog telling me your favorite items from this week's feature.

Color of the week: Steel Blue

Thanks to tweeters/facebookers/forum writters/featured artists, last week we have 1500+ views. That is 3 times more than before!!! And we had 3 sales!!

This week the color is Steel Blue and we have a great collection of Etsy artists here. Do check out their shops. Thank you all for your submissions.

If you would like to enter for a Color Feature on my blog,

Post your item matching next week's color, "Cream" (Color swatch below) in this Etsy Forum

and

Leave a comment on this blog telling me your favorite items from this week's feature.

My work on AMACO Facebook

This is a short entry to annonce that my work is featured on AMACO Facebook page
Paul Andrew Wandless, awesome artist and author of "Image Transfer on Clay" and "Alternative Kilns and Firing Techniques" found my work via facebook and offered to post it on AMACO's facebook page.
I use Amaco's Velvet underglazes and fire to Cone 6. The colors still remain bright and make my work really pop!

Color of the week: Sea Green

Last week's Color Feature received 500+ views and 1 item sold!!

Thanks everyone for entering for this Week's featured color Sea Green. With so many entries it was really hard to choose.

If you would like to enter for a Color Feature on my blog,

Post your item matching next week's color, "Steel Blue" (Color swatch below) in this Etsy Forum
and
Leave a comment on this blog telling me your favorite items from this week's feature.

Color of the Week: Light Plum

Last week's Color Feature received 450+ views and 2 items sold!!

Thanks for all who posted their "Light Plum" items to be featured in this week's Color Feature. There were so many good matches with color I decided to feature 8 items instead of 6.

If you would like get a Color Feature on my blog,

Post your item matching to next week's color, sea green (Color swatch below) in this Etsy Forum

and

Leave a comment on this blog telling me your favorite items from this week's feature.

Color feature of the Month

If you know my work, you know that I am always fascinated by color. I like the way different colors contrast or compliment each other. Sometimes it is just shades of the same color that are very fascinating.

I like browsing online and offline through different products, just to see how colors and patterns come together and which appeal to me. Instead of me always hunting around, I came up with this idea of why not have artists themselves share the color they have used in their products.

This brings me to the “Color Feature of the Week”. The way this works is that there will be one color that will be assigned on a Monday. All you have to do is post a handmade item of yours that closely matches to that color via the Etsy Forum. By the end of the week, I will pick out 6 items that match the color as close as possible and these items will be featured on my blog with links to your etsy shop. Along with the feature will be next week’s color.

For this starting week I have chosen the color dark turquoise and following are the featured sellers.

The color for next week is light plum. If you would like to be featured next week, post your items with the color light plum in this forum.