wood fired pottery: Goblet tops

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Goblet tops

Some days are a real blue collar existence. Being a potter is a job. A really nice job.. but still a job. This morning I threw these 128 goblet tops, later this morning will come the stems and in the afternoon put the two together. Well, I have many miles left to travel... so keep the wheels spinning, make good pots and have a great day!!

12 comments:

Hollis Engley said...: Hey, Craig. I'm assuming by those tons of goblets that you sell a bunch of them. Who buys them? That's not a smartass question, I'm just curious. Not many people ask for them around here.; 6:05 PM
Unknown said...: I'm curious how it is you assemble them. I assemble and trim mine together on the wheel.

When I saw you had an ORDER for 120 I was shocked...who orders that many goblets? and at what price? I sell at medieval and renaissance faires so I have a built in market for them, but outside of that market..they go slowly. I probably do about 200 a year in different sizes. I sell mostly mugs.; 6:24 PM
Craig Edwards said...: Hollis: Yeah I don't sell many out of my gallery. I wholesale them to corporations for there banquets. One ordered 3600 once. I usually get one or two days of heavy production in a week, it takes the pressure off the rest of the pots. I'm not sure whether that's good or not. I guess someday's it is.; 6:31 PM
Craig Edwards said...: Hello Charles: I throw the tops and then the stems.. then assemble them on the wheel. I don't do much of this sort of production anymore, but it is nice to have the skills to do it!; 7:06 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks for the reply Craig. This is a link to a demo video I did for my students.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AHDgC1Q6wM&feature=player_embedded

It usually takes me 1 to 4 minutes on each..which I thought was pretty quick, but if you are making over 100 in a day you must have a really fast method. I'd love to see it!; 7:44 PM
Craig Edwards said...: Hello Charles: I'll have to figure out a video camera and youtube.; 8:21 PM
Hollis Engley said...: Hi, Craig: Re your order of 3500 goblets ... yikes! Better you than me.; 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...: 3600! mama mia... i throw too slow; 9:22 AM
Amy said...: I throw WAY, WAY slow too. Hope to see one of these finished.; 9:23 PM
Unknown said...: Hey Jim, Amy: I think you'll agree that it's not about speed but your relationship with clay. Keep making those good pots!...; 9:33 AM
Unknown said...: Wow 3600 goblets is insane! Big ups; 10:59 AM
Ron said...: Holy smack that's a lot of goblets.; 5:29 PM