Can I add that I got round to setting up my own online store in the UK, which I know is a little ways away, but I can ship to the US, and UK/EU folks might see it here.
I pick up Japanese pots to learn from them, and also sell my own stuff there:
Can I add that I got round to setting up my own online store in the UK, which I know is a little ways away, but I can ship to the US, and UK/EU folks might see it here.
I pick up Japanese pots to learn from them, and also sell my own stuff there:
Go to bonsai shows, potters usually show up there. We just had one in Asheville this month and had 5 potters selling hand made pots from little mame sizes to ginormous. I finally found an 18” pot for my huge bald cypress and since I walked away with it there was no shipping charge and I got a show discount.
I often use the auction sites to make acquaintance with a potter. If I see something I like, but it's already sold, a " what else you got?" PM usually does the trick. I've got some good results with, "can you make me?" PMs, too.
Shipping is expensive, it's about $50 for an 11lb parcel and about $74 for 22lb parcel. Maybe when I get more stock of my own pots I could surface ship to a partner in the US!
Yeah over the last year I've amassed a handful of etsy/websites that I'll check from time to time. Here are a few that I check regularly and they are all top notch potters.