: Natania Hume - Viewing Profile

A very informative and interesting article on techniques for blending colored clays in the current issue of British clay magazine Ceramic Review. Nice job!

I have my pots in one gallery which I like a lot and which seems to sell it fairly well. However, there is another gallery across the street, and one two blocks down that I would kind of like to approach, both having a strong ceramic/pottery presence. however, it doesn't seem right to place work in venues so close together, and may not be fair to the first gallery. It is a medium sized town. When I initially placed my work in the first gallery they asked it I had it anywhere else in town, and I said no, which was true. Should I ask them if they mind if I approach one other gallery? Should they handle my work exclusively? What do you think?

Yo-Yo Ma has a few interesting things to say about arts in education. Check it out:

http://www.npr.org/b...ma-fix-the-arts

My Second question of the day: people often ask if my work is microwave safe. The truth is, I don't know. I don't have a microwave, and never have. It is fired to cone 5,6 depending on which clay body I'm using. It seems quite vitreous so I assume that no water would seep into the clay body and cause problems in a microwave? Up until now I've just said that I can't guarantee it. Is there a way to tell, short of enlisting a friend with a microwave?

I would like to build a substantial amount of stock during the summer when I am off from teaching. In the past, my approach has felt a bit haphazard. Perhaps I should aim for making 50 of each item I produce? But it seems one would want more of some smaller items, like cups, and fewer large platters, etc. I am wondering how others approach their production cycles. I don't have a very big kiln, so one idea I had was to make and bisque in the summer, and glaze and glaze fire throughout the year since I could probably manage that while working as well. Any other ideas out there in terms of how to best optimize this opportunity to be productive?