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Laying an Egg for The Evergreen Gallery
I received a phone call last January from Valerie Howell, the owner of The Evergreen Gallery. She was looking for an artist to paint an egg for an upcoming fundraiser for the Evergreen Downtown Business Association’s 3rd Annual Egg Painting … Continue reading
A new drug mug + Wally’s Prius tries to kill him
Two of the top selling themes in my line of pottery are coffee and drugs. “Holy Shit! That’s good coffee!” was one of the very first jokes I ever put on a mug and it’s still selling really well. … Continue reading
Six new deluxe mugs!
Last week’s firing was a really good one and I’m excited about the debut of my new line of deluxe funny mugs. These pieces are a lot more labor intensive than my standard line and the shapes of the mugs … Continue reading
New Mugs!
This week we’re decorating pots like mad and next week I’ll debut a new line of mugs. While I really like my standard cylinder mug because the shape lends itself well to my cartoons, I’ve always wanted to produce more … Continue reading
Gallery Shout-out: Sticks!
Sticks is more than a couple of great galleries in Des Moines. It’s more than a team of over one hundred artisans producing spectacular furniture and objects decorated with heartfelt imagery. It’s a force of nature. For those of us … Continue reading
Funny Running & Coach Sam Adams
I have two distinctly different bits of news from the running world to share today. The first is on the lighter side and was in fact published this month in the section of Colorado Runner Magazine called “The Lighter Side”. … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolution #2: Put discontinued items on sale!
I just spent a full day reorganizing and revamping the online store and I’m on a crusade to get rid of all of my old and dated items. There is a new section in “Wally’s Bargain Basement” for discontinued designs. … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolution #1: Build a new website!
Welcome to the new Wallyware website! Our old website at www.wallyware.biz will be up for just a few more weeks as we load all the content on to this one. I really like this new domain name as I can’t … Continue reading
Custom Orders, Part Two
Last week’s posting on custom orders was advertised in an email I sent out to the seven hundred or more people on my mailing list. I managed to get some interesting orders and the pictures of these items speak for … Continue reading
It’s kind of like making custom birthday cakes, only on pottery.
My apologies to my faithful readers for my lapse in blog postings lately. I kind of dropped the ball on my blog last month and I’m finally getting back in gear here. This week I’m putting together a pair of … Continue reading