
Whitney Smith Pottery poppytalk handmade online holiday marketplace is open. Get inspired and buy handmade this season.
www.poppytalkhandmade.com
class="statcounter">br /> href="http://www.statcounter.com/wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> class="statcounter" src="http://c.statcounter.com/5019100/0/88d7da8c/1/"alt="counter for wordpress" >

Whitney Smith Pottery My bird cake stand is featured in Sunset Magazine's Holiday GIft Guide. Sweet!
www.sunset.com
Over 20 gift ideas for the holiday season.

Whitney Smith Pottery
Holiday Open Studio
Saturday & Sunday
December 5 & 6
11 to 4 pm
539 Athol Ave
Oakland, CA
Time:11:00AM Saturday, December 5th
Location:539 Athol Ave Oakland California 94606

Whitney Smith Pottery New blog post: the cost of dealing with nightmare customers, or slightly unhappy ones.
whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com
I have been following the saga fellow ceramic artist Heather Knight has been enduring with a nightmare customer. Nightmare customers usually do us the favor of throwing out red flags that they are a total pain in the ass, but they often come bearing lots of money too, so we ignore the red flags. ...

Whitney Smith Pottery I love this sweet and delicate treasury, featuring my yellow ceramic poppy plate.
www.etsy.com
Hello! We're talking with your browser's Flash player... If this message does not go away after 10 seconds, you may need to update your Flash Player here.

Whitney Smith Pottery new blog post: what I've learned from training my ceramic assistants.
whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com
My new assistant, Ruth, started this week. Her first day was Tuesday, and I walked into the studio that morning feeling short-tempered and slightly angry. I had insomnia the night before, and if I'm missing more than an hour of sleep, I'm emotionally unbalanced. ...

Whitney Smith Pottery working on getting big in Japan-- check out this short interview on a Japanese blog (answers in English!)

Whitney Smith Pottery This is the holiday postcard I whipped out in about 5 minutes, would love some constructive opinions before sending it to press.

Whitney Smith Pottery adorable new plate, extra small for cupcakes.
www.etsy.com
I am really loving this slightly smaller plate that I make for a bakerys display case. It is small enough to fit a sweet treat, and is just adorable

Whitney Smith Pottery new blog post: the importance of getting help in the studio, and how to find the right people.
whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com
I had a new intern start yesterday, a high school student obsessed with clay. Next week, I have another person starting as an assistant who I've been wooing since the summertime. She's coming from another studio so she has experience, a quality that is difficult to find. ...

Whitney Smith Pottery new blog post: Tokyo or bust
whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com
This morning at 10 am, a freight truck came to my studio and took the Japan order. The driver was a young eastern European gentleman who obviously thought I was insane as I took pictures of the pallet and slapped a bunch of "fragile" stickers on the wrap. ...

Whitney Smith Pottery 6 weeks, 400 pounds of clay, 10 gallons of glaze, 15 firings, 750 feet of bubble wrap, 3 rolls of tape, 17 hours of packing, and one mangled tape gun later.
28 new photos

Whitney Smith Pottery new blog post: the random events of this week in the studio.
whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com
This week I've been completely wrapped up in finishing the Japan order. I will do a complete post-game analysis, with pictures, next week when the order ships, a full 10 days before my original ship date. ...

Whitney Smith Pottery new blog post: remember the loma prieta earthquake 20 years later.
whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com
I moved without any relationship ties or connections to my new hometown, and many of my new relationships seemed tenuous, especially compared to the deep friendships I had back in Delaware during my high school years. ...




















