Throwing My Life Away...: If only the Production department...

Sunday, April 15, 2012

If only the Production department...

If only the Production department worked as hard as the marketing team! Ha! So now I have cards to hand out with the purchase of a piece of my pottery, price stickers to place on the pieces for sale, a logo for Heather Hilton pottery, a blog, and more pictures than I could ever use...hmmmm...

Now I need to actually turn some pottery! I guess when you consider that I had a few extra (unpaid) employees in the marketing department it makes a little more sense, but I have got to get back at the wheel!

Thank you to my Marketing team: Robert Hilton & Dawn Crouse Photography! As my dad would say "thank you till you are better paid" ha!

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I've read that every artist has an inspiration, a muse, even a calling? Well, since I am no artist...it is safe to say that this endeavor has been, for me, simply a labor of love.

My whole life I have been surrounded by clay and potters, and their legacy. I never understood the serenity involved with creating something with your own two hands from a wad of clay. After many years of people asking me if there would be a 5th generation of Hilton potters, I stopped in October 2010 and thought...why not? Little did I know what I had gotten myself into.

What better way to start this journey than by taking an introductory class from the very same man who taught my father the basics 33 years ago? So I looked up Leon Nichols, and signed up for his class. I figured it's only appropriate that the 5th generation starts out where the 4th generation did...and I really wanted to keep it a secret from dad. (at least until Christmas, anyway)

This web page details my journey from a "mudslinger" to an aspiring "crooked little potter," an adventure I started after dad's 2010 show. And one I hope to share from here forward with him. Thank you dad, for being my inspiration...