Fine Mess Pottery

The Fine Mess online store will be open for just 5 more days this season! I will close the store on the 12th, to guarantee any orders will a...

One upside to my decision to keep soap in the realm of "hobby" is that, while I still sell soap, marketing for it has become far l...

I'll be introducing a new soap at my open studio event for the Maine Pottery Tour : Sweet Gypsy Rose. I just took it out of the mold ...

Making soap is like making pots in a couple of ways. One, it feels like a marriage of science and art. And two, it involves a fair amount of...

During our most recent Snowpocalypse, I felt the sudden urge to make soap! Today was the big reveal: I was a little worried due to a mis...

I've heard some people clean their homes, on a snow day. I take the opportunity to make an additional mess. Soap mess before I w...

Yesterday I was stuck in bed with either a cold or the flu - I can never tell the difference. I'd have been kicking myself for declin...

Serenit-Tea Soap I remember when January was a sleepy time for me... what happened to that? Well, I guess it's better as a business...

One nice thing about making soap is that I don't have to go outside to do it, unlike loading the kiln. I meant to have these posted befo...

Like clay, my efforts at soap making sometimes produce surprises. While I love me a good learning experience*, I prefer one that results in ...

Buttercream soap! Unfortunately it won't be ready to use until December 21. I am squeezing in a couple of hours of studio work this ...

PLATE: A Celebration is live online at MudFire! So excited to be a part of this show. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you see th...

Yesterday was a busy day! In the morning I sorted, priced, and delivered pots for Quench , a new store in Belfast, Maine. The owner, jewele...

In many ways, the soaping process reminds me of clay work: the chemistry, the waiting, the big reveal. In one way, soaping reminds me of f...

Firstly, my first paid website is live! Check it out here: bevwainer.com That was fun! Bev is more or less what I expected my clients to b...

Though I am notoriously cheap, I love when i have a legit reason to buy stuff. Not just any old stuff - tires are a drag. So is Windex, flea...

Well, it is March, however little it may feel like spring. Just back from a great meeting of the Central Maine Clay Artists. Usually I ha...

...make soap! My greenware shelves are full and I am waiting on the last pots - some jars that will serve as cat urns, for an order - to d...

The long-awaited day is here! Long-awaited by me, anyway. Finally, the first batches of soap I feel are good enough to sell is finished curi...

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I did not get a whole hell of a lot done in the studio yesterday. Sometimes a whole day just gets swallow...