Fine Mess Pottery

Ready to roll No foliage color yet, but it really feels like fall now; today we brought the wheel in from the "summer studio,...

I actually posted these a while ago but only just getting around to sharing.These were pots from my August firing, which would not be availa...

Play this 210 times, and that was my day yesterday.Notice I am wearing my bike helmet! I don't care for heights. Spent a couple of h...

Yeah, so, that art fair? The one I was so excited about? Kind of stunk for me. And by "kind of" I mean I missed making the booth f...

Check out this list. I'll wait. Top 25 Fine Craft Show ranked by average sales These are the top craft shows in the nation. I am a ...

After weeks of prep and worry and more prep, it's time to saddle up. Whatever I forgot (ahem: business cards ) I'll just have to d...

  The firing went well, the booth is finished (more or less), and I borrowed a canopy because I was stuck like Buridan's ass between...

This Saturday, my first art fair in forever. Between now and then: so much work ! I've got the display about 80% done - or, more accurat...

So, my firing was cruising right along: 012 by 9:30 AM, out of body reduciton by 10. But when I pulled out the damper a bit for climbing r...

Remember the 90's? I do. I lived in St. Paul for most of them, weighed 20 pounds less than I do now, and I mostly sold my work at arts f...

Yup, that's a paw print alright. It appears cat have been wreaking havok for clay workers for at least a couple of millenia ! Paw pr...

The last art fair I did was 12 years ago, the now defunct Maine Festival. A few months before that I did the ACC Baltimore wholesale/retail ...