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new pots and marketing

updated wed 22 feb 12

 

gary navarre on mon 20 feb 12


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Hey Folks,=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0So now it looks like I've really got the work cut =
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do something with the awesome results from the last firing of the Hobagama=
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. Like I've always said, "Ya can't sell what ya haven't got!" so now that I=
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've got something how the hell do I sell it and to whom. I sure don't expec=
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t other potters to be able to get them, they are probably just like me and =
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can't afford their own work on a potters wagetoo. If I'm moving from the ar=
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ea there is no point entering the "Art For All" in June ( where nothing sol=
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d last year) or "Spread Eagle Art Show"in July (where I sold well enough to=
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want to return last year, better than the year before at "Art For All") so=
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I need to find other outlets. Needless to say I've already made almost a h=
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undred bucks in cups and "light cord pullers" from friends coming to the ho=
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use.I like making more or less one of a kind coffee cups and found they sel=
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l best when someone can actually hold them and see the fit. Many of us have=
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seen the
art fair patron spend half an hour or more picking up cups looking for a c=
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ertain feel so I try to make each one a little different. I'll probably kee=
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p working on polishing the cups and save them for another art fair down the=
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road. However, now that we have the internet, while we wait for me to show=
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up at an art fair near you I made some changes to my online Etsy store and=
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started posting the new pots so click the link below, have a look, save yo=
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ur beer money, and let me know what you think of it so far. I'll be adding =
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a few pieces every day for a while so stay tuned and stay in there eh.=3DA0=
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=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AGary Navarre=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprise=
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Michigan, USA=3D0Ahttp://www.NavarrePottery.etsy.com=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3D=
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