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19-Jun-2006	#21
RedPine bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Jul-2004 Location: AR USDA Zone: 7a AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 2,897	Morea, Your work is always so interesting and original. Good job, #37827 I like best of todays pics. __________________ http://gongshi.freeforums.org/index.php

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26-Jun-2006

#22

morea

day-clay-dreamster

Join Date: Jun-2005

Location: Gennep

Country: the Netherlands

Posts: 383

Dear Viewers

Last weekend was the big bonsai-congres near Lille .
It was good , everybody was so sweet and took good care.

Yes , Ian , i was very happy to see David again

Here are some pictures of the biggest part of the stand,
the longest table inside the stand area and a sculpture
i specially designed and made "l'arbre dans le main "

ENJOY ------------------------>
Kind regards
Morea

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26-Jun-2006	#23
Bruce Winter veteran Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Volcano Country: Hawaii Posts: 442	So organic, very nice! "the tree in the hand" A close-up SVP?

6-Aug-2006

#24

stonemonkey

Mad Bonsai Potter

Join Date: Jul-2004

Location: The Garden of England, Kent

Country: England

Posts: 476

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morea the display looks soooooooooooooo goooooooood

Here are a couple of pics from my display in the UK when yours was on in Lillie

All the best

Andy

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6-Aug-2006	#25
maria kapra bonsaiTALK Adept Join Date: Aug-2004 Location: West Covina, Calif. Country: usa USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 214	Morea, How i wished i was there to buy some of this pots of yours....... Looks awesome and nicely done. Keep up the good work and show us more of these nicely done pots..... peter

6-Aug-2006	#26
Dale Cochoy Old Bonsaiman-new pots Join Date: Dec-2002 Location: Hartville, Ohio Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,679	Nice neat display Andy. Good for selling pots. I see a lot of familiar pots. Morea, I'm suprised at the SPACE you have. Is that common in your neck of the woods? We commonly get 3 six or eight foot tables. Rarely more unless you pay oodles. Morea looks like she has lots of room there! Dale __________________ ________________________________ If you want to be Different.... You have to DO something Different! __________________________________________ Some people NEVER take the time to do a job right the first time.... but, they always seem to make the time to do it over again... ____________________________________________ Dale Cochoy Wild Things Bonsai Studio Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery Hartville, Ohio

7-Aug-2006	#27
stonemonkey Mad Bonsai Potter Join Date: Jul-2004 Location: The Garden of England, Kent Country: England Posts: 476	Dale Neat is a good start being as it was my first one. The only reason why there is some familiar pots is cos they aint sellin... whats going wrong, I will be dammned if I am going to throw the towel in though Regards Andy __________________ www.stonemonkeyceramics.co.uk Fine Handmade Stoneware Bonsai Pots

7-Aug-2006	#28
morea day-clay-dreamster Join Date: Jun-2005 Location: Gennep Country: the Netherlands Posts: 383	Dear Andy Thank You for Your very nice words ! The display is nicely . The squar pots in the back and the amorf ones in front make a good opposit of eachother , so both sorts of pots are as equal to see Were the guests able to come and see behind the table ? It seems very inviting though because of the nice tree and pot in the back. The black cloth is good , but the left corner Your space was small indeed. It looks nicely , warm and inviting ! Thank You for the PM ! Lets fire our kilns !!! Dale The space i hired Lille was 4 / 6 mrt. Not cheap !! but luckely after the first day i sold enough pots to cover the expences. It was indeed the intension to create an open space . were people could walk in and be among the pots and accents . To sniff up and feel the vibes !!!! I like to play with spaces , to create a complete world within worlds , as i exihibit my pots in the common way .... Think people would go crazy from colors , movement and different forms . Mr. Jeker said to me in Lille : "....this is so much... !" The number of pots is defenitly not more...... But he bought a little pot from me which he liked very much and had already the tree for it in his mind. I felt honored and good ! Dale , what means "the neck of the woods " Peter Thank You for Your kind words ! My holidays are over , working to load the kiln again. Kind regards Morea Last edited by morea : 7-Aug-2006 at 08:29 PM.

8-Aug-2006	#29
Dale Cochoy Old Bonsaiman-new pots Join Date: Dec-2002 Location: Hartville, Ohio Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,679	Andy, I don't know why your pots wouldn't sell. They are very very nice. Perhaps too many potters at your shows locally. This is getting to be a problem here also. If you have a show with say 20 vendors, there shouldn't be more than 2 of them that are potters. This also takes into consideration that there are probably 80% of the other vendors selling imported chinese or japanese pots and several also selling handmade pots they've bought off other potters. So, usually 90+% of the vendors have pots!! Most promoters, or vendor chairmen, really don't consider his much I'm afraid. All those newbies who USED to start a bonsai business after 6 months into bonsai, NOW want to start making pots and selling them when they realize they can't style trees! . We'll soon be in the same boat, I'm afraid, as those trying to sell imported trees! After 10 years selling mostly trees I decided I needed to look another way!, first by dropping those CHEAP imported trees, then later by dropping almost all trees. Selling pottery ( and TREES) is a *serious* "Hype Game" often , your pots may be as good, or better, than other "hyped" potters but they sell better and more expensive ( this always gets me with those little cast pots, BUT we've talked about THAT before! ) If someone perceived as "Famous" would hype your pots, it would really help. People will buy a lesser pot for more money because of a nameso they can say "I got such /n such's pot". This is ABSOLUTELY true!! I've seen , and heard, it over and over! Also, although I don't know if this pertains to you any, but ONLY YOU can sell your pots! If you wholesale to dealers who put a few on their tables, they won't sell, at least not fast, well and at the price they need to inflate to. You have to STAND THERE AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THEM, but I think you already do this well. I see famous potters pots for sale on folks tables and they never sell as well as if those people were standing there! You gotta sell your own work! Morea, "Your neck of the woods" I guess to AMERICAN slang for you huh? I didn't think of that! Basically It means " In the area you are from" . Sorry Dale __________________ ________________________________ If you want to be Different.... You have to DO something Different! __________________________________________ Some people NEVER take the time to do a job right the first time.... but, they always seem to make the time to do it over again... ____________________________________________ Dale Cochoy Wild Things Bonsai Studio Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery Hartville, Ohio

8-Aug-2006	#30
morea day-clay-dreamster Join Date: Jun-2005 Location: Gennep Country: the Netherlands Posts: 383	Dear Dale No need to appologize , , thank You for explaning !! What You write is true ! The last part of Your reply toutches my heart , because , It is the strongest thing as a creator is present , tells and sells his work . People want that also , it is in art also that way . Of couse the maker is the seller . But sometimes the maker sells a batch to a bonsai-ist so the maker has money and the bonsai-ist the special serie to sell to customers . The whole dilemma at the beginning of your reply gives me the spirit and fire , to innovate , move on , to create more and more and more . I embrace the newcommers because our occupation is dy-ing , not many potters in my neck of the woods . But i do not give my years and hard work away like that , i think new potters should invent themself , yes with SOME help and the honest , best and good will float on the surface and stay there . It might sound naive but it is my believe and futur vision in humans and in art . Kind regards Morea

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