December 31, 2008

Last Day Of The Year... Front Page of ETSY...























Front Page of ETSY....
That's a fun announcement for the last day of the year...
I really didn't have any other great visuals to share so this came just in the nick of time...
Too tired to do a year in review... But...
The year had... well... a lot of great times rolled up in it...
Then there were some not as great times but...
I am quite pleased to have 2009 waiting in the wings and I am very thankful for all that I have.
The Love, The Opportunities, The Present.
I'm one lucky girl.
Thanks for your support.
It has meant a lot....

December 26, 2008

HAPPY CHRISTMASKWAZAKKAH !!!

No photos... too complicated from my friend's laptop...
Happy Holidays all!
My cold is better... not pefect but definitely better...
The mountains of Whistler are cold and snowy right now...
Several Bruises and pulled muscles from snowboarding...
Hence, all is well...
Big plans for the new year.I haVE A FEW ORDERS TO FILL ON THE FRONT END...
AND.. Yoga... FOR SURE!!!!
Read Gargoyle if you get a chance... it's wild!
Best wishes all!!!

December 19, 2008

200 Etsy Sales and ON VACATION!





This is what my ETSY banner currently looks like.

Well we are leaving today ...supposedly...for Whistler...but it is snowing here...so this could be one
LONG STRANGE TRIP...
Not to mention I have this awful cold flu bug...CRANKY GIRL...
I will RALLY!!!

I want to thank Jerry from the blog-world for helping me reach my sales goal!

Meanwhile...
I wish you all a lovely holiday season
and here is my snail mail holiday card...
I'm still making them!!!


















This is how I am hoping to look very soon!



















I'll be following you bloggers from my blackberry so give me some good reads!!!!!

December 16, 2008

Better than Pottery...

I am plugging away with listing, selling, shipping, making holiday cards(why oh why???), last possible firings, wrapping, packing(Whistler here we come...) and
I can'tt hink of anything I've(we've) "made" batter than these two...
Totally different from each other yet remarkably similar... smart as well as smart-alecks, artists in their own right, adventurers as well , a skier and and boarder, fric and frac .
Our boys....









In case I forget....
Have the most very happy holidays!!!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

December 11, 2008

50 listings on ETSY....

Well... I have been trying to raise the number of listings I have on ETSY.
I hear 100 is a good "lucky" number... but...not there yet... and so it goes... Not complaining...but when they sell... you need to list something else...


































I am on the last 3 pages of THE DIVIDED HEART and I have to say...It is a great book...at least for me ...and any artist or writer or actor or dancer or frankly anyone who has a passion/drive to their work who is a mother(although an involved father may understand too...)

December 09, 2008

Finally!!!

Put a bunch of my Judi Tavill Ceramic Porcelain Pendants that I do so well with at little shows...up on ETSY!!!!
The pendant is $10 the cords are $4 and $8....
BAHHHHHHGAIN!
They are great to wear around... very fun and super little gifts!
This gives you an idea:




December 08, 2008

Whoo Hoo!!!! I'm in Etsy Gift Guides!!!

So excited... I haven't been in the Gift Guides for a while!!!!
So fun... this piece is in:

















I got both teapots into the teapot show.... so I am happy.... they were shown in that previous post....
I'll try to go to the opening on Jan 10th but my mom is away... so I am sad....

December 06, 2008

Steamboat Springs Teapot show opening and... OATMEAL!

Well.. the opening in Steamboat was last night(I think) and the lovely Deb Babcock forwarded photos of the teapots on display. Since this is my blog... I'll show you where mine are!

That's my yellow one! (To the right of the brighter yellow!)














This is my soft blue one is this pic! Sitting next to the lovely Kristen Swanson's Set!














And lastly... My Toasted Marshmallow Teapot!













All are for sale through the gallery!


This is me eating oatmeal out of my new Deb Schwarzkopf CUP(this picture is using the computer cam...sorry it's not great!) from the Demerest Show... I'll eek out my purchases... I don't want to give you everything at once! That's no fun!

December 05, 2008

Say Cheese! So Tired! and... So Excited!
























I have been photographing and re photographing and trying white backgrounds vs the graduated grey and frankly... I am back to where I started... just a little more refined... ARGH...so tired....
BUT!!! I am so excited for a few reasons but I will only tell one reason now... the other will have to wait for Sunday PM!!!
So the thing I am so excited about today is our trip to DEMEREST tonight!!! Awesome show!!!! And... I have been saving up my pottery money!!!

December 01, 2008

100 Teapots at Baltimore Clayworks



I can't believe it...
It was probably a fluke that I got accepted....
But I'll take it!
I have no idea if one or both got in but these are the 2 that I submitted...
I've never entered one of these competitions so I am indeed happy to have the opportunity to display along side these fabulous artists...










Teapots IV
Artists' Announced
Juried by David MacDonald
January 10 - February 27, 2009
Thank you very much to juror David MacDonald for selecting the work for our exhibition.

Congratulations to the following artist accepted into Teapots IV at Baltimore Clayworks!

You will receive an exhibitor’s packet with more information this week. For those who did not make this show, don’t despair, keep creating and keep trying.

David Austin, Hadi Abbas, Lorna Awalt, Marc Barr, Abigail Deneau, Jim Dugan, Jessica Dubin, Delores Fortuna, Yoshi Fujii, Susan Greenleaf, Jim Geletka, Robert Garron, Hsin-Yi Huang, Matt Hyleck, Steve Hilton, Judi Tavill, Elizabeth Keller, Judith King, Susan Kent, Jon McMillian, Joyce Nagata, Crystal Pillsbury, Roberta Polfus, Collette Smith, Gary Slavinsky, Lauren Sandler, Rebekah Strickland, Joyce Tanner, Katherine Taylor, Delanie Wise, Sherry Wells, Gwendolyn Yoppolo.

David MacDonald, Juror
Statement:
The teapot is the quintessential ceramic enterprise. It is an aspiration to the novice, and a source of inspiration and consternation to the experienced clayworker. It represents the classic culmination techniques and skills acquired during the education of the potter. It required a finely tuned sense of scale and proportion in combining all of the diverse parts into a organic whole, much the same as a newborn child that is scaled down but in perfect proportion. The teapot has fascinated and inspired artists for centuries as a vehicle capable of having meaning and purpose beyond its ability to dispense a certain volume of liquid. It has been used to represent every noble and debased quality of humankind. It has been used to record our observations and enchantment with Nature in her myriad forms. Because of the history and continued fascination with this particular utilitarian form, the expectation for this exhibition is a display of a diverse and experimental interpretation of this classic form. From the conventional to the strange.

But however experimental, one aspect of the teapot must be acknowledged: IT MUST POUR!!!!! For if it doesn't it is not a teapot but a teapot-like object. Some find this as a severe limitation in creative design; while others will if it a challenge. I hope many will rise to the challenge.

The teapot has fascinated and inspired artists for centuries as a vehicle capable of having meaning and purpose beyond its ability to dispense a certain volume of liquid. It is an aspiration to the novice, and a source of inspiration and consternation to the experienced clayworker. It is the quintessential ceramic enterprise.
Because of the history and continued fascination with this particular utilitarian form, the expectation for this exhibition is a display of a diverse and experimental interpretation of this classic form.

From the conventional to the strange. But however experimental, one aspect of the teapot must be acknowledged: IT MUST POUR!!!!! For if it doesn't it is not a teapot but a teapot-like object. Some find this as a severe limitation in creative design; while others will if it a challenge. I hope many will rise to the challenge.

November 30, 2008

BLOGAHOLISM

OK... they say the first step is admitting you have a problem...
BUT HAVE YOU SEEN MY TREASURY?

November 29, 2008

OK...Enough about me...sort of...

You have to buy this book if you are a mom and artist.
It is amazing and worth the postage from Australia!!!!

















AND Check out her blog.Cool chic. TOTALLY gets it!

OH...A big shout out to Leah Bearce Guerin
whose pitcher I bought just in time to pour our perfectly coordinating Gravy on Turkey Day:

READY...SET....SHOP!

Here we go... my studio is set for the sale...SUNDAY, MONDAY and...THURSDAY!!!!!
Lots of soft colors... and small items... while LURKING in the background of the photos id my BARGAIN BASEMENT stuff that I never want to see again...
Here is what it all looks like:






































































You may even notice all of those ceramic pendants in the mix... a favorite among locals...
I haven't listed a lot of this in my etsy shop basically because the quantity is overwhelming...however... that is my plan now that I am set up... Just not right to ignore the family anymore...

November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!!!















All set. Well...not ALL set... but the arrangements are made! all natural... only trouble is... no ceramic vessels... PUMPKINS!
Hey... It was the right thing to do... HAVE A HAPPY DAY! I am thankful for a ton. I am also thankful to those of you who check in here so I'm not talking to myself...at least not ALL OF THE TIME!!!!

November 23, 2008

Opening on December 2nd!!!!

If you are in Steamboat Springs Colorado
December 2nd through February 1st... be sure to check out the
STEAMBOAT INVITATIONAL
TEAPOT SHOW
Art & Whimsy Show & Sale

3 of my teapots are in the show:

























































I hope they are well received and the snowboards and skiers like them!!!!

November 20, 2008

Starbursts

Not earth shattering but developing as an idea.
It may go no where.
Or a fun grouping/series.
Back to my fashion days... I like to create happy little vignettes.
Who knew?
You see.. I tend to develop ideas a little backwards.
I have an idea and I carve or whatever and then I feel like I've seen it before.
So I tried to figure out where these starbursts are coming from...
Don't really know but it feels vintage to me...
My Grandma Hattie's apartment...now that is an interesting discussion
all by itself... there was a metal(gold gilded of course) clock or mirror.
And crockery... like metal 60's or 70's crockery...
This is what happens to my brain at this hour.
Could be great.
Or it could be just a late night idea that in the light of day is not as fabulous...
BUT... I will try to work through it. It's a departure while not really.
Spikey. But Spikey in the Round.

November 19, 2008

Did you see this?


I was in Etsy Finds the other day...
In case you missed the brief and fleeting moment.

November 17, 2008

Peace

I'm feeling PINK...let's hope for your sake, it's temporary.




















November 09, 2008

The goose is getting fat?

I have been making a lot of ornaments and "stuff" for my upcoming sales:



















The following was what I sent out by email:

IT'S HOLIDAY SHOPPING TIME!
SHOP HANDMADE!

JUDI TAVILL CERAMICS
(handmade ceramic pottery, jewelry, ornaments, objects...great gifts.)

Rumson PTO Vendor Show (a collection of vendors) this MONDAY , November 10, 2008 6pm-9 pm
Forrestdale Middle School Cafeteria Forrest Road Rumson 

Fair Haven PTA Gift Show (a collection of vendors) Saturday, November 15, 2008 10am-4pm
Knollwood School All-Purpose Room 224 Hance Road Fair Haven NJ

...and then ....
the JUDI TAVILL CERAMICS BIG FAT STUDIO HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE and SALE
(with refreshments!!!)
10 Tyson Lane Rumson NJ 07760 


Sunday(day only) November 30th 9am-3pm(Thanksgiving Weekend *bring friends and relatives*)

Monday(day and evening) December 1st 9am-3pm and 7pm-10pm

Thursday(day and evening) December 4st 9am-3pm and 7pm-10pm

*If you can't make these dates I am happy to arrange a separate appointmant time! Feel free to give me a call.*

I must also add... I am itching for a bit of a shift in my work... so  newness in bigger ways may surface in the new year...ambiguous... ahhhh... indeed.

November 05, 2008

President Elect Obama...Check out these cupcakes!!!!















My friend Kristen who is an amazing potter made these cup cakes yesterday when she was waiting for the poles to close... and I have to say... they rock!
I am so happy for our country and how historic this is and
I really hope that we can come together and make progress.
Perhaps I drank the KOOL-AID but it tastes GOOD!
I may be an idealist but this is my blog and thats how I feel!

November 04, 2008

Voting Wierdness!




















STRANGEST thing....
I was voting and this lovely little old lady told me I could go into the booth...
NO ONE else voting AT THE TIME
AND WHILE I was voting... ALL LIT UP...
She OPENS the curtain to"check something" and says... "OK, thanks."
So I cast my vote and I was APPAULED!
I said something as I was leaving to the others but...
I called the BD of elections and they said they would follow up...
They sounded sincere... but EEW!
And yuck.

On a Ceramic note... lots to glaze and fire.
TICK TOCK!

November 03, 2008

Mug Swap

I'm a member or the ♥♥ETSY MUD TEAM♥♥ and we did a mug exchange... so I got this lovely mug from my pal, Judy Nevius.




















Here I am with my new mug and my beverage of choice: DIET COKE...
Gotta Kick the habit!
Check out the MUD TEAM WEBSITE to see what we're up to!
Oh and...
Rock the Vote Tomorrow!
or shall I say BAAAAAA Rock the Vote!

November 01, 2008

Love this!

Can you tell I'm all pottery'd out?
... I've been making making...
for the holiday season...
trinkets and such...
but I love this video!

October 31, 2008

Boo.




Happy Halloween.
My Boys....
It scares me too.

October 26, 2008

Hanging Out!







































A small selection of my work is currently "hanging out" at the
LAUREL TRACEY GALLERY in Red Bank, NJ. So... if you get a chance, stop by to visit it... and check out the gorgeous paintings!

October 21, 2008

I forgot: Cake.Yum.
















Did I mention how great the evening was...
A little surprise... my 40th was 8/6/08 the surprise was 10/18/08 .
So I was SURPRISED!
The food was super and the CAKE rocked!!!!

October 20, 2008

OUCH!

So... I did something to my back...
OUCH...






































I sold this pitcher to my friend Lisa from college...
who I just reunited with on facebook...
She is sending it to her mom in NY(through me) for her birthday.
Lisa has been living in London for years...
This is one of my favoite pieces...
Richard Aerni(whose work is FABULOUS) spoke highly of this piece to me at Peters Valley ...
That alway helps to hear something positive when you feel like you have fallen into an ABYSS!
Anyway... It belongs to Lisa's mom now...
I hope it brings her some joy.
That's a big part of why I do this stuff!