Day 2773: I used to be a potter. (repeat)

Laurel, Stoneware & Porcelain, high fired.

today's post is a repeat of ...

Day 22: I used to be a potter.  Tuesday, August 14, 2012

http://jackilong.blogspot.com/2012/08/day-22-used-to-be-potter.html

Way before the cheeseburger format went into effect, 

but Carrol said it would be okay to repeat.  I hope so.

Day 22: I used to be a potter.

    Eons ago, after ten years of teaching, we had a baby girl.  

I became a stay at home mom.  That was so hard.  

 I started doing ceramics in my garage during nap-time 

           and at night. This grew into a small business, Superslop!

I had sales twice a year.  By invitation only.  

Amazing to me now, but it worked.

After being in a craft show in LA, I began to sell to a few decorators and two department stores. Over the years I have lost some of the product line photos,  just the faces line to share here.

Primarily unglazed, high-fired stoneware slabs and thrown shapes.  Some had iron oxide and or porcelain.  Decorators favored the wall planters. The roping probably gives away the age?

I always said I just played with the clay and the faces appeared. 

     

Two of my favorites were Laurel and Hardy. 

Laurel is with the Nomura Family.  

Why someone separated them I don't know.

  I hope the same for Hardy.

It seems like a lifetime ago.

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