Monthly Archives: March 2021

Perspective: As I look back, I notice that the significant changes that I have made in my approach to marketing and selling my pottery have occurred about every 10 years.  These changes were often precipitated by changes in the economy.  Usually it was tied to an economic downturn that happened at the end of the […]

Paying Your Dues The show lasted the better part of a week when you included the drive to Dallas from San Antonio and back, plus the setup and tear down.  Not included in all that was the massive queue to get in and out of the elevator.  I decided that it would be better if […]

For several years, I continued to do art shows and do what could be called drive- by-selling.  That is driving around looking for shops to sell my work.  It took a great deal of time and energy to do both and going out of town to do an art show was hard on my family […]

Marketing and Selling: Part 1           Even before I was making pottery full time, I began to look for ways to sell my work.  It had to because I quickly ran out of space in my home, and my family became overwhelmed with gifts, plus I needed to pay for my pottery-making habit.  There was […]