And while we’re selling mugs online today, I’ve been in the studio waxing bottoms and glazing a kiln full for this weekend’s Second Holiday Home Show! Shelves will be replenished, shlepping sale will be restocked, and a lot of new pots fresh from the kiln!!!

So the “St. Nick’s Day Online Sale” started this early this morning.
We’re off to a good start with half of the mugs already being snatched up. The sale will continue until this Friday at midnight or when all of the mugs have been claimed.

To see the full selection, scroll back on my Facebook Pottery Page to see the “official” St. Nick’s Day 2016 Photo Album from earlier today. Any mug that has not been claimed in the Comments is still available. Don’t try to buy them from these pictures… some of these mugs have already been claimed!!!

Click here for my Facebook Pottery Page.

So we’ve just gone “LIVE” on Facebook with the annual “St. Nick’s Day Online Sale.” Just go to my Facebook pottery page to shop and claim your mug. The first person to Comment within the Photo Album will claim their mug. They’re $50 each which includes shipping & handling (withing the contiguous US please.)

Click here to go directly to my Facebook Pottery page… and then click “FOLLOW”…
www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery

Another fun day down at “One Of A Kind” with the uber-talented Sarah Chapman. So many great pieces of oxidized sterling silver with textures, patterns and spots of gemstone colors!

To see more of Sarah’c amazing work, click here for her website.

The holidays are quickly approaching and it’s time for another online sale! A quick chance to grab up one of twenty mugs!!! The perfect gift for anyone on your holiday shopping list… even if that someone is YOU!!!

So the plan is much like the last online sale…
I’m posting photos of all twenty mugs here on my blog. Both sides of each mug for comparison. Some are the same on both sides, while others have some dramatic flashing effects from the soda-kiln firing!

Then this Tuesday, December 6th at 7:00am CST, I will post the “official” Photo Album on my Facebook pottery page. Once posted on Facebook, it’s gonna be a first come, first served race to the end. The first person to post a “MINE” Comment on a photo in the Facebook Photo Album with “claim” their prize. The online sale will continue until midnight Friday, December 9th.

Feel free to post comments here on the mugs, but keep in mind that ONLY the first person to Comment on Facebook will get the mug! Use this blog posting as your “window shopping” opportunity before the store opens!

Each mug is priced at $50 which includes shipping & handling (within the contiguous US please.) And remember, that all mugs are handmade and one-of-a-kind. As well as food-safe, dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe… just not gravity-safe!

Click here to go to my pottery Facebook page. Be sure to click LIKE so you’re ready for the big sale this Tuesday!

Mug A – soda-fired

Mug B – soda-fired

Mug C – soda-fired

Mug D – soda-fired

Mug E – soda-fired

Mug F – soda-fired

Mug G – soda-fired

Mug H – soda-fired

Mug I – cone 6 oxidation

Mug J – cone 10 reduction

Mug K – cone 6 oxidation

Mug L – soda-fired

Mug M – soda-fired

Mug N – soda-fired

Mug O – soda-fired

Mug P – soda-fired

Mug Q – soda-fired

Mug R – soda-fired

Mug S – soda-fired

Mug T – soda-fired

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I guess we can’t complain… we made it to the fourth of December before we got any snow. It was pretty coming down. I’m just not sure I’m ready for the next few months of this white stuff. When does summer start again?

The last of the golden hostas in my backyard.
Great colors & textures to be covered with today’s predicted snowfall.

Today at the “One Of A Kind Show” I met a potter from Denver, Colorado. It was my friend Sarah who noticed his work first and then sent me over to check out his pottery a little closer. She was “intrigued” by his lidded boxes. When I went over to “investigate” I met Peter Karner and admired his work. His functional pieces are well-made and beautifully glazed. His surface decoration is created primarily with a wax resist over a base shino glaze, then a second layer of a colored glaze. It’s the wonderful interaction of the two glazes that works so beautifully on his pieces. Melting, blending, “halo” effects and carbon trapping to create beautiful “one of a kind” finishes.

Click here to see more from Peter Karner Pottery.

But it was these wonderful little boxes that caught Sarah’s eye…

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Spent the day with “My Talented Friend” Sarah Chapman at the One Of A Kind Show today. Such beautiful pieces. Wonderful designs. Fun shadows. And Sarah is pretty darn sweet too! Stop by tomorrow to see Sarah, fondle her jewelry and maybe take home a piece or two! Booth #2118 on the seventh floor of the Merchandise Mart.

If you can’t make it tomorrow, visit Sarah’s website by clicking here.

Now that we’re into December and thinking about holiday gift giving, it’s time to mark your calendar for next Saturday. It’s another Holiday Home Show with my friend & guest artist Amy Taylor joining me for the day. Looks like it’s pottery and jewelry for everyone on your holiday gift list!

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