SALE!

 

Sale!

719 Dickinson St, Memphis TN 38107

Nov 2 (5:30-9), Nov 3 (10-5:30)

Bridgman Pottery and Sweaterlove (recycled/upcycled wool accessories for you and your home)

bridgmanpottery@yahoo.com

Friday

Good morning.  This is what I'm tackling today.  Lots of last-minute glazing for the Whitton Farms Fall Festival (details here and here), and for my studio sale the first weekend in November.  I think I'm not sending out postcards this year, but email me if you're local and need my address.

Fall is beautiful and my bees are hurry-scurrying to get it all done.  They're bringing in the last of the season's nectar and their pollen baskets are loaded down.  I'm working just like the bees- firing 2-3 times a week- in both kilns.  Ally is working on my handbuilding projects- she makes all of the little trays and saucers for me to draw and print on.  I haven't done any outside shows in years, so I don't know if I'm making too much or too little to cover the slate I've signed up for.  I guess we'll see.

Have a lovely weekend.  Our son's godfather has just returned from 10 months in Afghanistan and we're anticipating seeing him again soon- potentially this weekend.  We're overjoyed.

good morning

it really is fall, y'all!  I've been working really hard on getting my work ready for my slate of fall sales.  I am so grateful that I found an assistant (with the help of several friends- networking is just the best way to fill needs, isn't it?) to help me with my production.  She's been busy rolling slabs and setting up molds for my platters and trays and helping me glaze.  Still, I wish there were three of each of us to crank the work out.

I am really excited to tell you about my dear friend Debi, who will be showing with me in November at my Studio Sale.  She makes the most darling pins and accessories out of upcycled wool sweaters that she rescues from thrift stores, felts, deconstructs, and refashions.  I am SO excited that Sweaterlove will be showing with me.  She'll also be at the Whitton Farms event on October 21.  I really have a hard time not buying every new thing she makes.  This red mum usually lives on my winter coat- it is the exact same shade of red and I feel like a floral little red riding hood when I wear it.

Today I'm buying pumpkins and pansies, making these and some tortilla soup, starting our first fire of the season, and doing a little ornament glazing.  Hope you have a lovely weekend.

sept 24

I'm moving slowly this morning, going through photos I took last night of a candle-lit sendoff a group of friends held for one of our mutual friends who passed away last week.  It was beautiful and sad and lovely.  I wanted to share one photo with you.  I'll be back later this week with regular pottery news. 

calendar of events

Hiya.  Popping in to share my fall/holiday event schedule now that it's hammered out. 

Weds and Thurs Oct 17-18 Episcopal Bookshop Holiday Open House
Sunday October 21 1-7pm- Whitton Farms Fall Festival.  More info here (sorry it's on FB only right now)
Friday and Saturday Nov 2-3 Pre-holiday studio sale
Sunday Nov 25 Tsunami Holiday Market
Saturday Dec 1 (3-8 pm) Trolley Stop Market Holiday Market
Sunday Dec 9- Surprise event, details TBA

I'll share more details as I have them and hope to keep my etsy shop stocked.  That's all for now- back to the making!

good morning

I have been making like crazy over here.  Getting ready for holiday sales- the first one I'm prepping for is herein early October.  I'll have little vases, crosses, and a few small gifty-type things.  Another event on Oct 21, Home Sale (finally!) Nov 2-3, then in Dec two events on the 2nd or 3rd and the 9th.  Plus one or two other things happening here and there.

This little bowl is one I made and decorated with kiku mon stamps that I carved after a friend spotted an old Williams-Sonoma crock at an estate sale and tucked away for me.  I bought the piece, brought it home, admired it, then started playing with the design.  I'm not yet an expert on stamping evenly (this is straight cobalt and water), but I'm pleased with it and will keep trying.  I've got another little stamped project up my sleeves, and am still working with inlay.  Around Oct 1 I'll roll out a little collaborative project my friend Sarah Jackson devised.  Can you guess what it is?  And I have one more product that's coming back as soon as I can get enough of them made to meet demand.   Y'all, finally, finally, I feel like I'm almost back on my game.

It's Saturday morning- blessedly cool and overcast here.  My family had the kick-off cub scout camping night a few blocks away and they're both sacked out in their bedrooms, sleeping it off.  While they were gone I had a nice girly supper with some wine and cut out a blouse in my new Nani Iro fabric.  Today I'd like to work on it a bit more and then finish trimming the pots I made earlier this week.  We're screening in our front porch, so I'll help out with that, too, once it gets going.

Have a nice weekend- I'll see you next week.

progress

I just opened up the kiln to pull out some orders I've been  working through and almost forgot that the test pieces with my new inlay were in this firing.  I did some with plain cobalt and water, which turned out fine, just blue, nothing new, and then four pieces in cobalt with frit, which ran beautifully.  I'm so so happy with this.  So much so that this one is mine.  This is also a) my new stoneware- super white, super fine, so much like porcelain in appearance but not as big a pain to work with, and b) the largest piece I've thrown in a good long time- about 14" in diameter.

This week has been full- my new assistant began working with me, taking care of packing orders, wedging clay, and making my hand-built platters.  I've been working through a large pile of orders, making, trimming, cleaning up, glazing.  I can't believe it's Thursday already. 

Have a great end to your week and weekend.  See you next week.