Barrington Pottery, Making Stock and Orders.

It's not quite 

"which came first the chicken or the egg?"

But I'm trying to juggle making orders and stock.

These wassail cups are for stock in the showroom.

 These large dishes are the basis of a possible order

These are a trial to see what they look like.

 They are about 16" wide, and I'm not sure my clay will take the size

 without cracking. So I decided to add some grog

I bought a 25KG sack from Bath potters

and I've wedged in about 10%.

 It feels good to work with and I'm hoping it will strengthen the pots

both in the making and firing.

 The handle detail is to try and keep the handles as small as possible

to save room in the oven,

but also to make them harder to break.

Practical considerations are always high on my list of priorities.

 I have two of these Live simply bowls on order so I've made four

so now I have some in stock.

 This is the second attempt at this harvest jug

and this time the glaze has not bubbled.

 I have one of these on order so I made two

slightly different ones so the lady can choose which one she wants

when she calls in.
can you see a trend building here.
get one on order make a few more.

 It's a way of trying to keep up & I even made some small blue bowls

some people like them.

 and these boxes are orders packed up

some to be posted, some to be collected

and some to be delivered.

and these 10 jugs were to be stock

but will now be on their way to Berlin

at the end of the week, together with 10 smaller jugs.

I posted a tweet last week that just said 

" I'm loving being a potter today"

I am loving it and I still pinch myself from time to time

because I can't believe how lucky I have been.

I still can't tell you two great bits of news

But one is going to make me even busier

and the other is going to make me even happier.

All will be revealed towards the end of the month.

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