Saturday, March 2, 2013

Letting Go

Perhaps you've noticed I've been selling quite a few pieces of my pottery. I guess I finally felt I could let go of all I've accumulated. There were pieces of pottery here, there, and every where. They were tucked in this box or that, on a shelf, in a closet, on a bookshelf, under a dust cloth, or in the garage.

There were several series of pots I made which I thought I needed to keep together. I thought I needed to keep them to refer to, as a remembrance of what I made, as a sample of one shape or another, as an idea of what else to make in the future. But it got to the point I had so much pottery I was like the "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe with so many children she didn't know what to do". Really I think I have a hard time letting go of what I make.

When I first started making pottery I didn't want to let any go. I was afraid I'd never be able to make something like that again. Now I see I can make more. But I need to make room to make more. So I've been giving some pottery away, sending some for gifts, selling some at our home sales, smashing some, and Gary's been selling some at the market. Over the next several weeks I'll be offering lots of pots I've made the past year or so in my Etsy Pottery Shop, so please keep an eye out you might see something you like or can't live without. I'm already feeling lighter, feeling free. It's not so bad letting go, not so bad after all. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

11 comments:

  1. Breaking up is hard to do! It's great that you've been able to sell a lot of it. At some point isn't that what we're supposed to do? Asks she with boxes of old pots here there and everywhere!

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  2. Breaking up is hard to do! It's great that you've been able to sell a lot of it. At some point isn't that what we're supposed to do? Asks she with boxes of old pots here there and everywhere!

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  3. That is great news and I thought the original purpose. I didn't realize you would become attached but can see how that happens. Keep up the good work making room for new.

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  4. it is hard to let go... now I find things that were so precious to me 10 years ago, and I think why??

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  5. Our house rule is that once the shelves for ceramics are full, we can't keep more. Sell, donate or throw away. My work for MA course are in moratorium; I can keep them until the assessments. : )

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  6. As a dedicated pack rat, I can quite understand your difficulties. I would be hanging on to them too. I love that you are able to let some of it go now. More confidence? Sure that you can recreate? Whatever the reason - congratulations.

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  7. Yes, it's hard to let your babies go sometimes, isn't it?

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  8. Hi Suzi, thanks, yes boxes and boxes.

    Hi Patti, thanks, perhaps I am a bit of a pack rat. Ha.

    Hi Michele, thanks, I know what you mean about years ago.

    Hi Midori, thanks, what a good method to keep your shelves clean.

    Hi Elephant's Child, thanks, yes maybe more confidence but also a need to make room for more making.

    Hi Ms. Sparrow, thanks, yes hard to let all my sweat and tears go.

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  9. It is better have them in someones home being cherished and admired...art is to be shared. :)

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  10. Hi Linda, I've enjoyed perusing your blog. I'm pretty new to this clay business but I find with each firing my attachment tranfers to something new, so I'm able to release earlier pieces! I'll have to check out your etsy shop,, love those confetti towers ...

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  11. Hi Dee, thanks, so true better to have someone else enjoying them.

    Hi Georgia, thanks, yes each new firing the previous pieces aren't so new any longer, easier to let them go. thanks about the confetti towers, they are happy pieces.

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