I sent off the proposal for "100 Mugs in 100 days" to three galleries via email this morning, fully expecting to recieve no response at all...and by noon I had two yesses! Which of course inspired me to get cracking.
Wow, congratulations - such a great idea - you inspire me to follow through with some of my own ideas. Now you've go to turn up the heat on all those cups.
Thanks Linda. It was an important lesson that I hope I can hold onto. How many ideas have I let drop, just because I assumed no one would be interested? A lot. I have a sister-in-law who is in sales, and has the most optimistic personality. I was just about to give up the idea of doing th eshow (but still make the mugs) when I had a WWAD moment -- "What Would Alexa Do?" It's a guarantee that she would not walk away assuming the better galleries wouldn't be interested. She'd ask. So I did! The other thing I need to learn is, I won't die of being told "no." I need to take the chance more often.
Overcoming fear is such an empowering thing. Good for you! Best of luck with the gallery pursuits. And the center & right hand mugs on the bottom....love 'em!!!
Wow! Good for you! I have been doing a 100 mugs challenge this month myself, but never even thought to take the next step into how to sell them (doh!) Great idea for an event. How exciting to get such a positive response so quickly!
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Lori Keenan Watts (aka me) is a potter, gardener, and avid reader from Augusta, Maine. Though I started my university education in surface design for fabric, clay quickly grabbed me by the heart and redirected my creative impulses. I have been a potter for over 25 years -- hard to believe. The most valuable years of my ceramic education were spent in graduate study at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, under the tutalage of Dan Anderson and Paul Dresang.
My aesthetic is guided by my love of the material itself. What fascinates me and makes a pot compelling for me is the clay-ness of clay: the squooshiness that becomes the adamantine solidity. I also like patterns, unexpected proportions, and when the flame comes along and dissolves part of my careful decorating efforts! I am obstinate about this aesthetic, to a point which might be called pig-headed, but hey, if you don't like what you make, why bother?
My happy little family also includes my husband, musician and photographer (and author of the book Alewife) Doug Watts; five cats; and a turtle, all foundlings and rescues of one stripe or another.
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Wow, congratulations - such a great idea - you inspire me to follow through with some of my own ideas. Now you've go to turn up the heat on all those cups.
Thanks Linda. It was an important lesson that I hope I can hold onto. How many ideas have I let drop, just because I assumed no one would be interested? A lot.
I have a sister-in-law who is in sales, and has the most optimistic personality. I was just about to give up the idea of doing th eshow (but still make the mugs) when I had a WWAD moment -- "What Would Alexa Do?" It's a guarantee that she would not walk away assuming the better galleries wouldn't be interested. She'd ask. So I did! The other thing I need to learn is, I won't die of being told "no." I need to take the chance more often.
Overcoming fear is such an empowering thing. Good for you! Best of luck with the gallery pursuits. And the center & right hand mugs on the bottom....love 'em!!!
Wow! Good for you! I have been doing a 100 mugs challenge this month myself, but never even thought to take the next step into how to sell them (doh!) Great idea for an event. How exciting to get such a positive response so quickly!
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