mel jacobson on mon 25 jul 05
it all depends on what you call production.
a good thrower will produce about 40 mugs an hour.
so, a ten hour day....400 mugs. if they can stick to it.
handles and finishing will take the entire next day.
so, if you work a six day week. 1200 mugs.
then you have to bisque, glaze, fire.
so, one week to throw, a week to glaze and fire.
most american potters throw for an hour...wander around
and drink coffee. then mow the lawn.
throw some more. so, maybe three hours of throwing.
next day...mess around with handles...take care of visitors.
make some pots. some make two pots a day. and they feel exhausted.
so, in a week. 60 mugs. along with bowls, teapots, plates
and pitchers.
so much depends on the potter. some work their butts off, some
mess about. it all depends...all kinds out there.
mel
from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
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pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on mon 25 jul 05
Hi Mel,
Thank you...
I was thinking of course, "200" for a tolerably hard Week of work in which
an approximately Journeyman
Potter made nothing but Mugs, in order to fill out their inventory for that
kind of item, whether or not any given individual elects to Work in that
way, per-se.
So, your indication from your experience, of more like "600" as a reasonably
possible goal, or achievement, for an acomplished Potter, is quite a bit
higher than I was imagining someone ( myself, someday!) to do.
And of course, there are 'Mugs' and there are Mugs...
But we agree, that these would be 'Good Mugs' anyway, according to our sense
of it.
Thanks,
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
> it all depends on what you call production.
>
> a good thrower will produce about 40 mugs an hour.
> so, a ten hour day....400 mugs. if they can stick to it.
>
> handles and finishing will take the entire next day.
> so, if you work a six day week. 1200 mugs.
> then you have to bisque, glaze, fire.
> so, one week to throw, a week to glaze and fire.
>
> most american potters throw for an hour...wander around
> and drink coffee. then mow the lawn.
> throw some more. so, maybe three hours of throwing.
> next day...mess around with handles...take care of visitors.
> make some pots. some make two pots a day. and they feel exhausted.
>
> so, in a week. 60 mugs. along with bowls, teapots, plates
> and pitchers.
>
> so much depends on the potter. some work their butts off, some
> mess about. it all depends...all kinds out there.
> mel
> from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
Kathy McDonald on tue 26 jul 05
This mug thread got me thinkin...........also got me off my butt to actually
see how many I could produce in an hour. I'd never timed myself before.
A lot of factors enter into it here. I make one line of mugs off the
hump...
and Mel is right on...I can do about 35-40 of those an hour...IF the clay
conditions are ideal.
I throw my handles then attach and pull on the trimmed mug...I can
reasonably do
about 60 in a 5 hour working day. I am very picky bout handles they take
the
most time.
The other style are thrown on bats individually, and those take longer
because of some slip decorating etc....about 20 an hour there.
Herein lies the dilemma...the ones produced off the hump (fast) wholesale
for 6 bucks each
and move out of the stores fast.
The more carefully constructed mugs wholesale for 7.50 and move a bit more
slowly.
I get more repeat orders for the smaller faster ones.
I get more compliments on the more carefully constructed ones.
I haven't yet calculated the time involved in glazing and firing but I
figure on average if i were to only do mugs
that I could fit about 200 into my kiln ...and for that I'd have to invest
in some more shelves and the proper size posts.
I like the diversity of making a bunch of different stuff and the wandering
around...mowing lawn, making borcht and jam
vcleaning up after the floods (NOT)...so it may be a while before I ever do
200 mugs in one firing.
Right now with the farm economy the way it is...I'm likely gonna stay with
what's selling for a while.
So the answer to the question is...it depends....but seems like about 60
mugs (finished) a dayfor the average potter
would be about the best to aim for..
Kathy
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of mel jacobson
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:13 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: phil, how many mugs?
it all depends on what you call production.
a good thrower will produce about 40 mugs an hour.
so, a ten hour day....400 mugs. if they can stick to it.
handles and finishing will take the entire next day.
so, if you work a six day week. 1200 mugs.
then you have to bisque, glaze, fire.
so, one week to throw, a week to glaze and fire.
most american potters throw for an hour...wander around
and drink coffee. then mow the lawn.
throw some more. so, maybe three hours of throwing.
next day...mess around with handles...take care of visitors.
make some pots. some make two pots a day. and they feel exhausted.
so, in a week. 60 mugs. along with bowls, teapots, plates
and pitchers.
so much depends on the potter. some work their butts off, some
mess about. it all depends...all kinds out there.
mel
from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
http://home.comcast.net/~figglywig/clayart.htm
for gail's year book.
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