The Potscast

We all know the famous phrase, if you don’t, listen to it below. (Contains swear words 😱)

In fact, the entire episode is a bit salty, but it only gets proper sweary when I semi-scold myself with my coffee, so listen out for that 😁

I would like to send out a request to all Facebook groups participants, please can we agree that there are no absolutes and if we think something works, the appropriate thing to say is, that it works FOR YOU.

That does not mean it will work for everyone…

Coffee Incident Aftermath

The Saint Lucian Morning Show

Handmade Saint Lucia - 17th Dec @ 3pm Sandals Golf

My Anti-Dove Defence

Music credit: Madness - On the Wings of a Dove

Kiln Results

Potterynerdy note: I also experimented with different amounts of grog, in order to increase the speckle of the clays at the highest local clay ratio. I thought that dark firework bowl wouldn’t survive bisque, but it did and I love the colour and speckle…which is why I used it as the main pic of this episode - I created that gorgeous clay out of mud from a building site and a bit of British mud 😁

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So this week, the almost deliberate Calamity Jane-ing continues… 😳

I find out, once more, that dealing with wild clay is not half as hard as reigning in one’s own impulses 🤦🏽‍♀️

Enjoy my idiocy folks, listen out for the special beach recording at the end 😉

Also, you will have noticed, I’ve sent you two emails this week, there was so much that happened, that had to be seen to be believed

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So this week, because of my neglect last week, you get to enjoy a double dose, an episode within an episode, if you will,

with the added bonus of a Saint Lucia story.

It’s kind of a longish story, but I’m hoping, as always, you bear with…

This is how I left my car overnight 😁

Unnecessary Demise No 2

Competition News

The winners of the “guess why I made this” competition have finally received their prizes.

See, it is worth getting involved 😁

(No, Niece Jade, still hasn’t got hers, but it’s family, innit 🤣)

So, week one of my Sugar Beach making schedule and I was behind on day two 🤦🏽‍♀️

Mother Nature cares not for schedules!

Don‘t be alarmed, but I do end up in a cul de sac of Dove and Peacock hate… 😳

Click here to head over to Sugar Beach 2023

The scheduling episode is out on Wednesday!

The source of my stress

(apart from the weather)

My Drying Raindance

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Click here for the Random Thoughts Podcast where we create the challenge

Click here to head to “Sugar Beach 2023”

New Sugar Beach 2023 episodes EVERY WEDNESDAY!

I’m doing a live session on Facebook, in my group.

Here’s the link for the event in my Caribbean Pottery Facebook group:

The Facebook Event is on:

Monday 30th Oct at noon EST/4pm UK

Here’s the link to the announcement video, in case you missed it😁

All the way from Phoenix Nest Pottery in California, I’d like to introduce, Cass Glickman. From our very first encounter in a Facebook Pottery group, I suspected she had a fascinating story, I was right…

But the big surprise was just how eerily similar our pottery stories were…

Spooky!

And yet again the evil demon of ‘perfectionism’ rears its head and I was definitely up for the challenge of helping to curb her perfectionist ways…

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As a little extra for those who make it to the end of the episode notes 😁 (especially if you like to let your nerd flag fly 🤣)

Would you like to see how I put the show together?

Here’s a quick peek…

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In something slightly different, I introduce a companion episode to the Showtime episode, commonly known in social media terms as a “Crossover”

On my ‘Random Thoughts’ Podcast, I invited the best promo person I know, Colourful Life With Dori to mull over our thoughts on the Potscast episode. Most importantly:

Why Cake stalls/booths are bad…

Why Dori is great to have around at an event and

Why you should always have small ticket items on your table.

I also came prepared to solve some of Dori’s issues with her ADHD and we reminisce on how she came to terms with actually having ADHD in the first place…

Let me know if you enjoyed the change, new interview next Saturday.

Have a great week

Belia Biesheuvel is the owner of Findhorn Pottery. (Don‘t mispronounce it like I did 😳)

Still dealing with the every day struggles of being a Potter after 27 years, Belia and I ruminate on the perennial question. The question that pops into our heads on a regular basis…

Why am I doing this to myself?

Who on earth would decide to be a Potter?

🤦🏽‍♀️

For More Info on Belia

Finding Findhorn

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A reboot of the episode from October 2018. It was days before my first ever table sale I was so clueless and nervous, I’d never faced strangers 😳

I then go into the post sale reflections episode and follow it up with a short (noisy) interview with my Sales Saviour, Sarah Pink

If you’re a new subscriber, feel free to check out the archives for more Pottery fun 😁

Head to archives here

Find Sarah on Instagram here

Don’t forget, you, too can be making pottery in the sun 😁

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In this episode, I go back to my pottery roots in Vietnam.

(If you don’t know the story head to episode 1 here)

My pottery adventure started as a single fire experience. Due to a lack of planning and foresight, (ironic, because I also talk about the importance of planning 🤦🏽‍♀️) I decided to document my single fire process.

Single Fire - The Nesting Set Challenge

Single Fire - Trimming & Chattering

Single Fire - Glazing

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