OKAY, br, made a bigger boot mug, but I think it may not be big enough for that pint of stout with head, so let's go a size or two bigger today. Mags, the moose look a little spotty. I need to improve the brown this week.
I just don't like brown pots, usually, with exceptions like my friend Jeff Brown's brown pots and of course the brown Betty teapot, but if you don't do something often, it can hit a few snags?
now if you just knock the toe off, you'd have a great mug. (I really don't get this boot thing) The moose colour is perfect. Like different shades as the sun glances off the animal as it wades the marsh in the early morning sun.
Good lord you people are hard to please. My wife said 'that's just awful' when she saw the boots, but I didn't want to make them to begin with! br, my friend, making plain mugs here this afternoon. I want you to be happy. Mags, thanks for not being as demanding as all these other people.
Really, Gary. What do you expect: you throw out this mug that you didn't want to make and then ask a bunch of whackos for opinions. I'd give you a close-up picture that I took of a cow moose on a canoe trip in 1987, but it's in black and white and that wouldn't help for colour.
Who says art has to be realistic? You're not exactly a realist, you know.
As my old pal Gordo says:
"You want plain, old pots or plates? Go see the other guys. You want whimsy and creativity? Gary's the man!"
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From Quebec, Mags gets excited:
GUESS WHAT? My pots arrived! Oh my GOD! They are beautiful and you are soooooooooo sweet
another happy pig lover wrote:
Thank you so much for the prompt delivery...... I LOVE it!!! This day has been very stressful, and your package certainly brightened it. :-) (Sometimes all ya need is a couple of pigs!)
These will be favorites.
Thanks again, M.P.
When Mona opened up her box of pots she said:
I went all gooshy 'cause they're absolutely amazing! The pigs are gosh-darned cute, and the glaze-work is gorgeous! I can't keep my hands off them! Seriously! I keep finding excuses to walk by them .....
Lucia has something to say:
Gary -
You're awesome.
The vase is beautiful!! It's even more lovely than it looked in the photo. And the surprise, I laughed so loud at its cuteness that a co-worker came in and asked what was so funny. Thank you so much! I felt just like it was Christmas here in the office this morning, and I'm smiling. Wooooohooo!!! You're excellent.
--Lucia
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The package made it in excellent condition! I absolutely loved them. I almost couldn't part with the pig mug, but I gave it to my coworker for her birthday who is in love with pigs.
and more happy customers say:
"Gary, my pots arrived! They're beautiful just as I expected
I just wanted to thank you ever so much...adorable." Maggie
15 comments:
Bigger scale benefit? Better balanced beer boots.
Boots big enough for bodacious beers.
I think that moose colour you have thre is called "brindle". It's mot exactly moosey, but I kinda like it.
Can we call you a potter-cobbler, now? ;-)
Thanks, gordo, now I'm singing.
I just don't like brown pots, usually, with exceptions like my friend Jeff Brown's brown pots and of course the brown Betty teapot, but if you don't do something often, it can hit a few snags?
gr, well as snags go its not so bad.
with your secret celedon and lovely blue, i can see where brown just isnt a priority often.
Big boots bear bonny brews - bigger boots bear bounty
ok maybe that was too much.
now if you just knock the toe off, you'd have a great mug. (I really don't get this boot thing) The moose colour is perfect. Like different shades as the sun glances off the animal as it wades the marsh in the early morning sun.
Good lord you people are hard to please. My wife said 'that's just awful' when she saw the boots, but I didn't want to make them to begin with!
br, my friend, making plain mugs here this afternoon. I want you to be happy.
Mags, thanks for not being as demanding as all these other people.
Really, Gary. What do you expect: you throw out this mug that you didn't want to make and then ask a bunch of whackos for opinions. I'd give you a close-up picture that I took of a cow moose on a canoe trip in 1987, but it's in black and white and that wouldn't help for colour.
Who says art has to be realistic? You're not exactly a realist, you know.
'bunch of whackos'
lalalala you said it, not me lalalala
More thoughts on Das Bootstien: http://images.google.ca/images?q=german+stein&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&start=60&sa=N
This is better.
oh boy . German beer steins. yippee.
Try searching for boot stein, Gary.
good tip Gordo....when taste goes out the window, you have boot steins
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