Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend

We have two fun markets for you this weekend, so come on out!

It's the 2nd last date of the year for Bazaar-On-Hudson, but the last date for New Prospect Pottery.
Bazaar-On-Hudson, Main Street, Cold Spring, NY. Sunday July 20, 10:30AM-4:30PM.

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

And as you might have seen in Monday's post it's the 2nd day for the monthly Makers Market.
Warwick Makers Market, Railroad Green, Warwick, NY. Sunday, July 20, 9AM-3PM.

Selling their work at the Warwick Makers Market will be:
Get Glassy: Fused glass jewelry, tableware and home decor
Huzzah Handmade: Luxury knits, felted bags and vases, felt accessories
Stone and Fiber: Natural stone jewelry and hand-knit accessories

Get Glassy

Get Glassy

Huzzah Handmade

Huzzah Handmade

Stone and Fiber

Stone and Fiber

 Happy shopping!

Check out Maker's Market July 20th!

In cased you missed its debut last month (June 29th), new market on the block Makers Market next date is scheduled for Sunday July 20th in Warwick.  Organizers include our team's own Huzzah! Handmade, New Prospect Pottery, Get Glassy, and Stone and Fiber.

Take a walk through our Makers Market for unique handmade items, enjoy the fresh food and produce from the nearby farmers market and stop for a bite to eat at the many restaurants in the village. The Village of Warwick is a great place to spend a Sunday. 

Upcoming Dates

August 24
September 21
October 12
October 26

Interested in participating as a vendor? Their application is available for sign up! And you can stay up to date with Maker's  Market by following them on Facebook.

Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend

It's going to be on heck of a gorgeous weekend. Enjoy gorgeous Cold Spring and stop by the third last date of the Bazaar-On-Hudson this year, this Sunday, July 13, from 10:30AM-4:30PM. New Prospect Pottery will be there along with a talented group of vendors.

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

Happy shopping!!

Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend

It's going to be another gorgeous summer weekend in the Hudson Valley. Why not stop by the Bazaar-On-Hudson while you're out and about in gorgeous Cold Sping?

We will have two members of the team, Pulp Sushi and New Prospect Pottery, selling their work at the bazaar this Sunday, July 6, from 10:30AM-4:30PM. Go say hi!

Pulp Sushi

Pulp Sushi

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

Happy shopping!

Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend (and even sooner!)

We're starting early this week!

Beyond The Picket Fence will be selling their wonderful soaps, scrubs, creams, laundry detergents, lip balms, massage oils etc. at two different venues.

Tonight (Thursday evening), June 5, from 5PM-8PM they will be at the Mid-Hudson Marketplace at Mid-Hudson Children's Museum in Poughkeepsie, NY.

This Sunday, June 8, from 11AM-3PM, Beyond The Picket Fence will be stopping at the Farmer's Market in Beacon, NY.

Beyond The Picket Fence

Beyond The Picket Fence

New Prospect Pottery will be at Bazaar-on-Hudson in Cold Spring, NY, this Sunday, June 8, from 10:30AM-4:30PM.

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

Happy shopping!

Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend

How about some pre-Memorial Day shopping, maybe some new dishes for a picnic with real dishes and less pollution? Stop by the Bazaar-on-Hudson for some gorgeous functional ceramics by New Prospect Pottery this Sunday! Bazaar-on-Hudson is located at 103 Main Street in Cold Spring, NY and is open every Sunday, 10:30AM- 4:30PM with changing vendors.

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

Happy shopping!

Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend

It's gonna be another great Sunday at Bazaar-on-Hudson! This week New Prospect Pottery will be selling her gorgeous functional stoneware and porcelain pottery in Cold Spring, what a perfect event for an Easter family outing.

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

Happy shopping!

Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend

We're ba-ack! We're declaring craft fair season officially open!

While it might still be a little chilly out for a proper outdoor fair this weekend, but there is a new indoor market starting in Cold Spring, the Bazaar-On-Hudson. It will be open every Sunday from 10:30AM-4:30PM, beginning this Sunday, April 6, and continuing through July 27 and is located at 103 Main Street.

This Sunday three of the members of the Hudson Valley Etsy Team will be vending at the Bazaar.

Pick up some of Pulp Sushi's jewelry...

Pulp Sushi

Pulp Sushi

...one of Huzzah Handmade's felted or knit items...

Huzzah Handmade

Huzzah Handmade

...and a functional ceramic piece or three by New Prospect Pottery!

New Prospect Pottery

New Prospect Pottery

And while you're in the area don't forget to stop by The Tailored Mermaid in Beacon :-)

Happy shopping!

From the Life of a Potter

March is the month of NCECA (NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATORS IN THE CERAMIC ARTS). It is the National Conference that is part learning, shopping, workshops, meeting up with old friends from across the country and having a grand ‘ole time.

This year NCECA was in frigid Wisconsin. I remember those conferences which have in the past been a refuge for our cold NY winters. Last year it was in Houston and a few years back it was in Tampa. I prefer flip flops to mukluks anytime.

I went with my friend and kiln partner Deb Rosenbloom to a pre-NCECA workshop with three fantastic potters. Ken Bichel, a kiln master from Dubuque Iowa, Ching Yuan Chang, a potter from Taiwan, and Joy Brown, a sculptor from Connecticut, shared their methods for making and firing pottery. The workshop was held at Bethel Horizons at the Adamah Center in Dodgeville, WI..........brrrrrrrr!

Ken and Deb and I have fired together many times so this was a reunion for us. I hope Ken will design and build our new Salt/Soda Kiln this spring. I learned much in technique from both Ching Yuan and Joy Brown.

All of this travel to the conferences result in a great desire to ‘get back to work’! Here’s to another wonderful NCECA experience.

Lynn - New Prospect Pottery

The Life Of A Potter

The holidays are over. The shows are over..........for a while.

Do I just sit and recuperate? Do I start things I have been thinking of .....for a while

Do I make the pieces that were ordered that weren’t ready for the end of the year?

I just took a workshop about cone 6 glazes. John Britt, a funny, generous, potter, glaze maker, teacher, mentor, et.al gave a 3 day workshop at Port Chester. It was quite a wonderful workshop that reinforced what I have been able to assimilate and a reminder of how much more there is for me to do............. He will be in Kingston in May and I will reinforce what I just learned.

We were a fairly large group of people who are working primarily at cone 10 who were interested in exploring reducing our carbon footprint by firing at a lower temperature.

The nuances of this reduction in temperature were something I wanted to learn about. We were divided into groups of 2 or 3. Each of us chose a different base glaze. This was to be mixed with the same colorants in the same proportion and on the same 3 different clay bodies. We were to make sets that would be fired in oxidation and sets fired in reduction. The only variable was base glaze and placement in the kiln. I chronicled parts of the workshop.

By extrapolating the information gleaned from this experiment I know I now have much more to do than just experiment. I need to take what I have learned and firm up ideas I have about surface.

Lynn - New Prospect Pottery

Read more of Lynn's Pottery Journey here and here.

The Life Of A Potter

This year’s show schedule was filled with disappointing sales and weather.  I did many explorations of other shows and interviewed as many artisans as I could.  There were mixed reviews which resulted in a not very clear idea of what I was experiencing.

The winter is the time I can work without deadlines except the ones self imposed.  I like that a lot.  I get to experiment, amass product and plan for the next season.  I have been firing year round with others that join me at the kiln.  The wood kiln has been put to bed until March or April. 

The pottery conference (NCECA) National Council of Educators in the Ceramic Arts provides much inspiration which lasts more than the mind can conjure.  It is held yearly.  This year it is in Milwaukee.  The conference is usually 3 or 4 days with the host city opening its galleries to pottery, sculpture and ‘all things clay’.  I can’t wait.  My friend Ken Bichell, a potter from Iowa, will be hosting a week long wood fire workshop the week before the conference.  I will definitely be there.

Hope you all have the Happiest of Holidays.  Good friends, good food, good work for the New Year.

Lynn - New Prospect Pottery

Scene’s From The Life Of A Potter

Ever wondered what the life of a Potter was like? Today we show you a glimpse inside the life of Lynn Isaacson from New Prospect Pottery.

Firing the gas kiln at New Prospect Pottery is usually a group effort. Potters from the tri-state area come to the pottery and use the pottery's glazes which are mixed by me. People come early as it takes a bit of time to individually glaze and prepare pots for the kiln. Each potter must wax the bottom of their pots so as not to have them stick to the kiln shelves. Each pot must then be wiped clean of any glaze that adheres to the wax.

It seems like a daunting task to place everyone's pots in the places in the kiln that create the effects each potter prefers. This kiln holds about 80 pots. Some firings have many more pots that will fit into the kiln. It is necessary then to hold two firings back to back. I start loading the kiln as soon as most of the work is glazed. Each potter can help with the loading process. Once loaded, the kiln is sealed so none of the spaces between the door, brick and spy holes contribute to extra air being introduced into the reduction atmosphere. I begin candling the kiln at 3 AM. This process removes any moisture from the pots, kiln furniture such as shelving and shelf supports.

After about an hour and a half of candling with one burner, I light another. An hour after that all four burners are lit. The firing then begins. At approximately 9:30 or 10:00 I put the kiln into what is called 'body reduction'. This deprives the atmosphere in the kiln of oxygen. The flame seeks oxygen from the glazes and the clay. This gives the ware an unreproduceable effect that is different in each area of each specific pot. It is always a surprise to see what comes out after the 36 hour cooling.

Just another day in the life of a potter.

Lynn - newprospectpottery.etsy.com