It is all so dang fun, but I always say potters make less than if we worked at Starschmucks….

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3 comments:
I love how the glaze breaks and how it gathers in the folds of the bowls' interiors.
I think that the real answer is 30 minutes and 30 years. :-)
Thirty minutes on the mug PLUS all the rest and of course you have to baby the kiln along and work when it is hot and when it is cold...
Most people seem to think it's just the cost of the small bit of raw materials. They don't think about having to pay to gather up everything needed to make it (tools) and come up with the design plus those raw materials.
I had someone question last week why I would charge $10 for a pair of earrings. This pair had 40yo vintage heart beads from Germany and 100yo vintage Venetian seed beads, and once she heard that she said, oh, okay, I see... (but again, that's just a few raw materials which aren't sold in tiny quantities).
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