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Happy Thanksgiving Y'all! After a full day of food, family and chasing my little boy Nolan around, I figured it would be a good time for my mlog (monthly blog entry).



A lot has happened in the last little bit: I'm a daddy for the second time; Nov. 6 Milo Z. entered the world and has upset the delicate dance of my family's already full household. And, just today, I am an uncle for the first time, my brother and his wife welcomed Iris Jane to their family in Hendersonville, NC. So lots to be thankful for and the need for solid sleep has cast a wider net.

On the pottery front, I am part of a whole bunch of invitational shows and sales this holiday retail season. You can check the sidebar to the right for the show dates and links to the respective galleries and shops. These two pots I've included in this post were included in the Piedmont Craftsmen Crafts Fair last weekend. I was part of the Group Booth for the second tier of jurying to join PCI as an exhibiting member. Haven't heard back from the jury yet, but 3 pieces sold which is good on the cash flow front and also a good sign for the show (?). Hopefully, I will know something soon. I was a little disappointed to not be able to actually have a full booth at the show, but my little boy Milo was coming the weekend before and I thought it best to focus on the homefront.

My next big event is the Nine Toes Pottery Fourth Annual Holiday Pottery Sale on Saturday, December 12th, 10-4pm. I have a lot of pots in process right now, which I'm planning to have ready for the holiday sale. I have the second round of some new basket forms that I'm excited about, and also some new smaller mug forms. I've focused on mugs, cups, vases, and bowls to have available for those looking for gifts, but I also have a few larger pieces in my showroom to round out my presentation. Hope to see y'all at the sale, please spread the word and I'll try to put in another post before the sale. Directions to the studio are in the sidebar to the right, just scroll down until you find them. Happy holidays!

ps. Check out www.welcomemiloz.blogspot.com if you want to see some pics of my new baby boy.

slide right into october

So, with the Mint Sale behind me and 3 Guys* a warm fuzzy feeling, I'm gearing up for a trip to Charlotte, NC, this weekend for a sale with the Circle of Eight.  The Circle is a group of potters in the Charlotte area who teach and have studios in the vicinity of the Queen City and they do a sale twice a year with an invited artist.  I'm excited to be this year's Fall Invited Artist, and I join the alumni of Suze Lindsay, Kent McLaughlin, Kelly O'Briant, Blaine Avery, Laura Avery, and Brad Tucker...did i leave anybody out?  

I had 2 good sales with the Mint and 3 Guys* which wiped me out of my bread and butters:  cups, mugs, bowls, and bud vases.  So, amidst glazing for 3 Guys*, I managed to throw, trim, slip and sig some cups, mugs, bowls, and plates, but alas the bud vases did make it into the mix, too much process.  But, I am very excited about some new square plates with buggy decorations, which I will offer at the Circle Sale this Saturday, 10-4pm.  That is if I get them glazed and fired tonight...

Wish me luck and hope to see you in Charlotte for this great sale with some great potters.

September Sales (on by!)

This coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 25, 26, 27, with Friday, Sept. 25, 6-9pm opening reception, and Sat, Sept 26, 10-4pm and Sun, Sept 27, 12-4pm, the 7th Annual 3 Guys* and Some Pottery Sale will descend upon Doug Dotson Pottery near Pittsboro and Chapel Hill, NC.  I will have my highly decorated functional earthenware for sale alongside the earthy and comfortable soda fired stoneware of Doug Dotson and the elegant, yet familiar and colorful porcelain of Kelly O'Briant.  We will be joined by Matthew Thomason who will have handmade journals, cards and some paintings on hand.  Last year's sale was great and we are looking forward to another weekend of hanging out, snacking and selling some pots (and prints!).  Come on out into the woods and join us, bring your friends and spread the word about this special studio sale.  You can visit www.dougdotsonpottery.com for more details, or for you facebookers check out the 3 Guys* and Some Pottery facebook page , become a fan and invite others. 

The next weekend, October 3, I will join the Circle of Eight for their Fall Sale as an invited guest artist.  The Circle is a group of Charlotte area ceramic artists which include Amy Sanders, Ron Philbeck, Julie Wiggins, Jennifer Mecca, Greg Scott and Adrienne Dellinger.  I'm excited to be part of this sale and I am looking forward to hanging out and selling some pots with these talented potters in the Queen City.  The sale will be 10-4 pm at 1225 Dade Street, Charlotte, NC 28205.  You can call (704) 650-5662 or check out this link at the Circle Sale for more info.

I'm in a few invitational sales later in December and I'll send out some info about those later, and I'm hoping to have my annual holiday studio sale also come December, but Kara and I are expecting another little baby boy the first week of November so Im not sure what this Fall/Winter will bring.  Come on out to the aforementioned sales and check out the pots I have available now, because I may not be working so much in the studio as holding things together at home for all the Peterberrys and pets. 

Hope to see y'all and Happy Autumn!

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

So, wrapping up a week long glaze-and-fire-like-mad marathon in preparation for this weekend's Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational.  Almost staying up all a night a few days (?), I have together a good body of new work to have for the sale.  Here are some pics of pots in process and then some finished gorignac jars and cups fresh out of the first glaze kiln for this cycle.

One reason for my mad dash glaze-o-rama is that I have another big sale the end of this month. 

So, I was attempting to get far enough along that the next few weeks might have a more leisurely (ha!) pace at glazing and finishing work.  Check out www.dougdotsonpottery.com for more details on this sale.  It's called 3 Guys* and Some Pottery and is a lot of fun and we usually sell a lot of work.  Hope to see some of you there!

Gearing up for September

So, a day late and a dollar short, I'm slowly turning up the shred level to 11 (as Marty Fielding so eloquently put it on Facebook) to get enough pots together for 3 huge events (for me) in September-October.  September 12, I'll be in Charlotte, NC for the 5th Annual Potters Market Invitational at the Mint Museum.  This is an awesome event, and I nearly sold out in the first couple of hours last year, so I am bound and determined to take more pots this year.  Later in September, the weekend of 25, 26, and 27th, I am back in the Triangle for the 7th Annual Three Guys* and Some Pottery Sale at Doug Dotson Pottery with the honorable Doug Dotson, and the comely, yet not a guy, Kelly O'Briant.  Every year this sale has gotten better and better with lots of interest and attendance with reflective sales.  The first weekend in October, I'm back to Charlotte, NC for the Circle Sale at Amy Sanders home and pottery.  I'm honored to be invited by this great group of Charlotte area ceramic artists, and I'm excited about hanging out with them and hopefully selling a few pots.  So, why am I typing and not potting?!?!?  back to the studio...