Monthly Archives: July 2011

How customers look at pots, and what potters can do about it

And so, the upshot of all the previous discussion is just that decoration and bright colors add something important to how a potter can navigate the expectations of an audience. Pots with drawings, patterns or eye catching colors are just … Continue reading

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Studio Interlude

Don’t do these posts often, but I just wanted to give some proof that I occasionally actually make pots. Its not all running my mouth over here at CGPottery. Anyway, these are some bowls I need for the wedding registry … Continue reading

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How customers look at pots: You can’t like what you can’t see

So this chunk of blathering is the third installment of what was incredibly once thought of as a single post. And I’ve got one more piece that I generously split off from the end of this one! I must be … Continue reading

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How customers look at pots: Where they are looking and how they learned to see

Good news! I discovered how I could slice my second ‘mammoth‘ post into two additional halves. So what you get here is only the next installment of a final 3 part survey [not including the “shorter version” tangent(s)]. So, according … Continue reading

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The shorter version

So what was that last post all about, eh? Driving a nail in the already miniscule readership of the blog? Well, I suppose I was expressing being discouraged about some of my recent sales and how I have been struggling … Continue reading

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How customers look at pots, and does it matter

This one is going to test the patience and endurance of even my most hardcore readers (and in itself probably serves as a case in point of an artist’s work being received by an audience). As it is, this is … Continue reading

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