{"id":2643,"date":"2017-01-25T14:32:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T21:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallypots.com\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2017-01-25T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T21:35:47","slug":"2017-state-of-the-studio-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wallypots.com\/?p=2643","title":{"rendered":"2017 State of the Studio Address"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First and foremost, let me present my latest offering to the zeitgeist of distraught and disaffected liberals: “IS IT TIME TO MOVE TO CANADA YET?!!” \u00a0I pulled 28 of these out of the kiln on Monday and by Tuesday afternoon they were all either sold or shipped off to various consignment accounts. \u00a0Unfortunately, I won’t be getting another firing out until mid-March so if you want to buy one in my online store<\/a>, it’s going to be a while before we can ship it to you. \u00a0Here are the other views of this new classic:<\/p>\n

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I do have a great selection of the majority of my stock items right now, so don’t let the news about the unavailability of this design stifle your desire to buy something in my online store.<\/a>\u00a0 Braxton has some crazy new stuff in his store<\/a>, too. \u00a0His latest new item is the appropriately titled, “Gob-mug.” \u00a0Part goblet, part mug, these odd drinking vessels will make you feel like a king or queen when you guzzle your morning coffee and make your plans for world domination. \u00a0Also new in his store are some really tasty beer steins.<\/p>\n

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And the even bigger news than that of my little pottery business is the success of my daughter, Robin’s (aka Lisa Prank<\/a>) music career. \u00a0Her album, Adult Teen<\/a> received a ton of rave reviews throughout the year and she did an amazing job promoting the album through extensive touring. \u00a0The culmination of all of this effort came when Adult Teen<\/em> got the #10 spot on Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield’s “Top 20 Albums of 2016.”<\/a> As a parent and a super music fan, it was a profound feeling to see my kid’s music up there with the likes of Beyonce, David Bowie, Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and others.<\/p>\n

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And last but not least, I’m doing an odd side project right now called Postcards to Trump.<\/em> \u00a0Last weekend I started sending a postcard a day to our new president. \u00a0It’s a lot like doing a daily political cartoon, and I’m amazed at how easy they are to create. \u00a0I’ll keep doing this project for as long as possible, as it’s a nice creative endeavor for me as I take a hiatus from pottery over the next month or so. \u00a0Friends are already saying I should turn it into a book deal (ha! ha!), but the main thing is to see if I can keep it going for as long as I can. \u00a0In all seriousness, I’m totally freaked out by the fact that we have a crazy person in the White House. \u00a0But the upside of this reality is that it’s a rich source for my political humor. \u00a0Please come back to this website if you want to get some laughs out of the struggle ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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