Making tiles and trays, spontaneous purchase items that make a show profitable.

I live in a retirement community with a ceramic studio and have made good pocket money selling at our bazaar. I enjoy your videos. Linda

I absolutely love your YouTube’s. Xxxx

Thank you for showing us all where to begin if we were to try to sell at a market. You made it all look so easy and effortless. I know I could do this too, but it will take just a little bit longer.😅 Thanks again for showing us all here in YouTube land. Can't wait to give it a go

Good morning Vaughan, another gentle sunny Sunday. Kiln is on, handled mugs up on the drying shelves, a couple of bowls fresh off the wheel sitting on their bats on the floor by the door. 11:30 now so your video coincided nicely with my break, btw I always have a number of impulse purchase pieces - and that fish - I now have a hankering for Dover sole 😂

When you were explaining about deciding to repair dings or dents in your pieces I fully understood what you meant. I call it, “doing one thing too much!” and I am famous for it. I can be working away, everything going well and I touch and dent a rim or drop something into the middle of a piece and in my effort to fix my problem I only make it worse. Happens far too often to me. I think it would be better if I just ignored it. At least I’d get a finished piece out of it instead of chucking my monstrosity into the reclaim bin.

Hi Vaughn❤ Always a joy to watch you & thank you for this video...most of us are starving artists..😊😢 Love & only do hand building, & yes always keep things from deliveries & grocery stores, anything that looks interesting can be used. I use the family pack packaging of meats for large serving trays, & the smaller ones. You can take the large coffee cups from McDonald's split it & use as templates for mugs. Try a soldering iron to carve out patterns in these stryofoam pieces too.

You have a big Mcdonald farm.😊 thanks for the tips

Great video thank you

Love your work! I learn so much from you

Have you ever laid a slab of clay outside with some seagull food on it to see if you can get their feet texture? If it turns out cool looking, then you could make a mold of it so you'll always have it as a pattern.

P&T Surplus!? That was a surprise to hear. Technically, they are in Kingston, NY. Not far from the Rosendale line. It’s my plan to travel to Nova Scotia and your pottery shop is on my ‘must see’ stop!

Great ideas. Im doing a show in dec. My first one, so any tips and tricks are much appreciated

Thank you Vaughan. You’re right I have been making these little trays they often sell first at Lubec Market. I’m gonna give tiles a try!! I hope your summer season is going well. Mary from East Machias ME

That tool is for painting wood grain texture. Paint a light brown base and let it dry. Paint a dark brown top coat and while wet you drag it down while slowly rolling and you're left with a surprisingly nice woodgrain. It takes practice but it can look almost real plus it's as wide as a board so it looks like wood planks when your done.

Thank you for sharing such great ideas and information! All the best!!

If it is wrong that I enjoy the addition of seagull noises in the background of a lovely video about pottery so much then I do not wish to be right! Your videos are informative and charming. Thanks so much! What a beautiful environment for you to be working in!

Merci. Vidéo très intéressante, comme d'habitude. Salutations de France.

Very handy tools stamps molds of the most simple materials to make a variety of pritty and nice ceramics. Thanks Vaughan for this video, very useful for me. Greetz and have a nice day you and Jackie. Sheila Ps Your parcel is at the customs in my country as i write this. Delivery to my home goes further next week. I keep you updated 👍

great tips ,huge thanks

I’ve been keeping these foam pieces! I knew there was something I could do with them. I assumed the clay would stick though.