Guy Ballard

I made this to look like a minature urn. But the more I worked on it the ugglier it got. I guess you just need to know when enough is enough.

LAst night, I applied a clear glaze to the 3 pots and lids that I did near the beginning of this sessions.  as you may recall I got this idea from creative pottery. Now, we will see if they turn out anything like the picture. Then I tried a couple of new glazing techniques. The first was to apply wax resist to the cylinder before I dipped it in a white glaze. The second was to apply wax resist to a pot that was predipped in a white glaze and dipped again in a contracting glaze. Let's see how they turn out. Finally, I have a couple of bowls that did not get bisque fired in this round.  So, I'll have to wait on them.

I closed shop, today. I just did not seem to get any traction or even views from Etsy.  So rather than spend any more time trying to manage two shops I am going to concentrate on the Amazon Handmade.  BTW, I've only sold one item on Amazon, so far.  

Today marks the first sale of anything that I have created in pottery class.  It was one of the blue passive phone speakers. Here's what I have learned from that experience... Amazon makes it very easy with an e-mail notification that you have made the sale and a step by step process to finish the sale. Directions for packaging, invoice and shipping. I also learned that I grossly underestimated the shipping costs and so I just broke even on the deal.  The listing was $3.50 the postage $10.00 and the sale $15.00.  Oh well, I can say that I sold something on Amazon.   Last Wednesday night, I picked up a couple of items that had been fired. One was this small blue pot, perfect for a succulent. I also picked up the lid for a bowl that I did much earlier that I affectionately call the Acorn bowl.