GCS Potters Bazaar - March 22nd: Reflections

Managed to sell 5 pieces. Actually 4 were snapped up before the Bazaar from Hazel's (GCS director) contacts. So only 1 was sold during the Bazaar itself. My first time participating in the Bazaar so it was not too bad. Maybe the price point was too high for the type of crowd. The crowd consisted mostly of other potters interested in knowing some of the techniques used.

My setup. Had too many items so some had to go under the table.

Did not have time to get my business card printed so made my own tag/business card. The red logo is the abbreviation of my name OSL. Interestingly someone at GCS mentioned that it looks like a electronic circuit which links to my engineering background.

The piece that attracted the most attention was the marbled plate. Coincidently one of the 4 pieces sold before the Bazaar was also a marbled pot pictured below. Unlike the plate which was slabbed, this vase was coiled. It now sits in the office of a certain art collector. This was my favorite creation thus far.

The Bazaar gave me an opportunity to meet people, talk about my work and also gave me an insight to what people like. It also made me realize that what I thought would be popular was not so. In fact my earlier works attracted more attention which broke my perception that they were less marketable. This gave me the affirmation to return to what I liked to do in the first place.