Hey everyone, I wanted to remind you about the fund raising campaign that I am running. I am raising funds to help in the renovation of a Victorian era home. I will be doing this renovation myself using sustainable building techniques and green building materials. And best of all I will be documenting the whole process and posting how-to videos and pictures online. My goal is to show that almost anyone can do this themselves and still meet common building codes. I want to show everyone how they can have a beautiful, healthy, and efficient home that is sustainable. Please help me out by donating if you are able, by sharing this link with family, friends, and co-workers and asking them to help out, or both. We are over halfway through the campaign. Check out the campaign page and see some of the wonderful perks that I am offering for donations including handmade custom pottery, handmade metalwork, and some amazing artwork. http://igg.me/at/newmoonhouse/x/3772293
And this is an example of the types of video episodes that I am going to be doing.
I know that these are not really pottery related but I am hoping that everyone will understand.
Well It has been almost a month since my last post. I have been fairly busy during that time, most of it hasn't been pottery related though. I have been busy getting ready for the big move/home and studio renovation. To be honest I am pretty much at the completely freaking out/wondering what I have gotten myself into stage. I have managed to work on a little pottery in that time however. I have mostly been concentrating on finishing off all of the greenware and bisqued pieces that have been stacking up so that I don't have to worry about moving a bunch of unfinished work.
Large slipped tankards/steins. These sold as quickly as I got them unpacked at the shop.
Large slip decorated "fruit bowl". Not really sure what to call it, to me it almost holds a serving of ice cream.
Some slipped one piece goblets.
Large lidded storage jar, this is another one that sold right away.
I had a total of 2 of these dinner plates that made it to the finished stage, all of the rest of the 10 original died along the way.
Large lidded casserole, this one didn't even get all of the way unpacked before it sold.
Some random bowls.
Extra large storage jar, it holds about a gallon and a half of liquid. Really like the way it turned out the picture doesn't do it justice.
Large 2 gallon jug, another one that I really like, especially the split tail on the handle.
Finally a medium sized bowl with an altered rim. I did this by pinching the rim and twisting. It was an experiment, one that I intend to conduct again.
These are the last pots that will be made in Kansas City. The next chance that I get to work on pottery will be once I am finished with the move and I have had a chance to get settled in the new place. Even then it is only going to be for the sake of keeping my sanity as I will be giving all of my concentration to getting the home remodel done.
To that end I am running a fund raising campaign on Indiegogo. Here is the link to it: http://igg.me/at/newmoonhouse/x/3772293
and here is the video that goes with it:
I hope that you will take a look, it is a really great cause as I will be using the experience to help others accomplish the same thing by showing them that almost anyone can do it. If you can donate to the campaign I would very much appreciate it. I will be giving up my full time job (potter) to make this happen and anything helps. Obviously a lot of the perks that I am offering are pottery related but not all of them, I am offering some other really great art as well. If you can't donate that is fine, I realize that these are tough times for a lot of people. You can still help however, the way that indiegogo works is that the more traffic a campaign gets, the more exposure they give it, so share the link to the campaign with family, friends, coworkers, anyone that you can think of and ask them to take a look and share it with as many people as they can as well. And to be honest if everyone donated the equivalent of 3 cups of coffee I would be a good way towards reaching my goal. Thank you for all of your help and support.
Okay so like the title says, I am not one of those people who likes to push. Not sure is that was the reason I was good at retail or not. But I have never liked to push myself at people. And I am very hesitant about putting this on my pottery blog but... I need to get this out to as many people as I can.
So here goes...
I have started a fund raising campaign to help fund the New Moon House project. You can find it
So why am I asking for money? A couple of reasons really, the first is because for the next 8 months to a year this project is going to be my full time/over time job. I am going to have to devote every moment to completing it and I won't be able to get much done in the way of pottery. And I certainly won't be able to get to any shows or keep stores stocked consistently. The second reason is because I feel like this is a project that needs to be done. The public needs to know that this is a valid option and that it can be done, and done in-expensively. And lastly, because I am going to be making everything about this project available to the public in many media forms; internet, print, and video. These take money and time, neither of which I will have much of during the project. I want to be able to offer these things to people as soon as the project is done and I would like to be able to have a bit in savings to do that.
I hope that you will stop by the page and take a look. If you are able to donate I would urge you too, if not then please help spread the word about it.
