OT: French Butter Keeper

fishlessman

CTMike said:

fishlessman said:

I'm behind the times with Venmo, could send a check Monday or PayPal if he accepts that. If not I'll look into Venmo, does my AOL acct work with Venmo 

I’m thinking it would be easiest for everyone to just send a check to me (or Venmo or PayPal), and I’ll send one check to my Aunt. Once I found out how many pieces make it out of the kiln, then I’ll reach out to start arranging payments. 

That works

kl8ton

CTMike said:

fishlessman said:

I'm behind the times with Venmo, could send a check Monday or PayPal if he accepts that. If not I'll look into Venmo, does my AOL acct work with Venmo 

I’m thinking it would be easiest for everyone to just send a check to me (or Venmo or PayPal), and I’ll send one check to my Aunt. Once I found out how many pieces make it out of the kiln, then I’ll reach out to start arranging payments. 

 Is this a French butter keeper ponzi scheme!?!?  

CTMike

kl8ton said:

CTMike said:

fishlessman said:

I'm behind the times with Venmo, could send a check Monday or PayPal if he accepts that. If not I'll look into Venmo, does my AOL acct work with Venmo 

I’m thinking it would be easiest for everyone to just send a check to me (or Venmo or PayPal), and I’ll send one check to my Aunt. Once I found out how many pieces make it out of the kiln, then I’ll reach out to start arranging payments. 

 Is this a French butter keeper ponzi scheme!?!?  

You'll never know unless you get in on the ground floor. 

dbCooper

CTMike said:

@caliking
@Legume
@fishlessman
@OhioEgger
@Ozzie_Isaac (x2)
@Elijah
@dbCooper
@Gandolf

Below is the update from my Aunt. I replied asking if they take Venmo and will update here when I get a reply. The list above is in order by date when I received replies from y’all. Please let me know if you are definite and I will finalize details with my Aunt.

Thanks

@CTMike - I am a definite.

OhioEgger

This is odd, but SWMBO recently received a nice butter keeper as a birthday gift.
So my priority just went way down. If all goes well, I'm in for it, but if the output runs short you can give mine to someone else who wants it but would have been disappointed otherwise.

CTMike

Heard back from my Aunt:

So this firing is limited to the original 10 that I asked for (one for me as a gift to my kid). 

Stoneware fired pieces won't have the variable colors like what I showed in my original post. 

@caliking - If you still want two more, I see a couple choices:

1 - Stoneware
2 - Wait till November
3 - Possible one more by taking advantage of @OhioEgger's generous offer and get a second one at  a later date. 

Please advise. 

Ozzie_Isaac

@caliking may have 1 of my 2.

CTMike

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@caliking may have 1 of my 2.

You’re a good Egg. 

MaskedMarvel

Well. I had no idea how badly I needed a butter keeper thing, but now it’s on. 

A friend is getting into pottery making here locally. I just commissioned his first order. 

caliking

If I can cobble together an order of 3 ( very much appreciated @Ozzie_Isaac, @OhioEgger 🙏🏾) that would be wonderful. However, I’m in no hurry. 

OhioEgger

No problem, @caliking, you've got my slot!

CTMike

I reached out to my Aunt for an update on the firing and this was her reply:

If I recall she is going to ship them all to me then I will forward to everyone. 

As a teaser here are some photos of the load-in. Notice how almost all the pieces are monochromatic yet come out highly colored from the smoke, ash, etc from the firing. 

The soup bowls that are shown in the first photo (there were 200 in all) are donated by his artists collective, and sold for $40 per. All the proceeds go to a local women's shelter. He likely has some available for sale if anyone is interested. 

Ozzie_Isaac

CTMike said:

I reached out to my Aunt for an update on the firing and this was her reply:

If I recall she is going to ship them all to me then I will forward to everyone. 

As a teaser here are some photos of the load-in. Notice how almost all the pieces are monochromatic yet come out highly colored from the smoke, ash, etc from the firing. 

The soup bowls that are shown in the first photo (there were 200 in all) are donated by his artists collective, and sold for $40 per. All the proceeds go to a local women's shelter. He likely has some available for sale if anyone is interested. 

That is awesome!!  Thanks for sharing - put me in for two bowls if any are available. Love the cause.

lousubcap

@CTMike - clearly somewhere in your online accounts you exchanged TKA for the pedestrian version of your surgery.  
I'm still good for the 2 butter keepers requested this past May.
Holy Jumpin...
Cap

Gandolf

I’m still a definite for one. Thanks

CTMike

Ozzie_Isaac said:

That is awesome!!  Thanks for sharing - put me in for two bowls if any are available. Love the cause.

I'll reach out to my Aunt to see how many
bowls are available and report back. As a teaser here is a photo of some of the bowls I've purchased from him the past:

Botch

Very cool.  An artisan path that I’ve never been familiar with.  

caliking

Thanks for the update, Mike. Lots of cool pieces in this firing.

If possible, I'm still in for 3 butter keepers. But, I can wait if there aren't enough in this firing.

PS - a belated Happy Birthday to you!

CTMike

An update from my Aunt about the soup bowls for those interested:

CTMike

My Aunt gave me an update and half of the butter keepers have made it out of the kiln so far. 

Once the rest of the kiln gets unloaded she is going to send me more photos. I'm thinking it would be fair to let y'all select in order of how people signed up:

@caliking
@Legume
@fishlessman
@OhioEgger @caliking
@Ozzie_Isaac (x1) @caliking (x1)
@Elijah
@dbCooper
@Gandolf

Once I have photos of all of them I will post with numbers beside each piece and y'all can make your selections in the above order. 
 

caliking

Thanks for the update @CTMike. 

And, thanks again @OhioEgger , @Ozzie_Isaac for letting me have one of yours. Much appreciated. 

MaskedMarvel

Sorry to TC,  I was discussing this thread with a buddy here who plays music, tattoos, and does pottery. Super talented artist type. He’d never heard of a butter bell, and has just started doing stuff in his place…

He just showed up at the Suds and Duds with these for me. A mug like my usual favorite, but more sized for a coffee addict.. and his interpretation of a butter bell. Done in his house. 

Your families, your stories, and your friendships, spark inspiration and love beyond where you might imagine. Thank you. 

8-D

CTMike

So the butter keepers arrived today, unfortunately 2 of them didn't survive in the Anagama. So @dbCooper and @Gandolf - if you still want one my uncle is willing to fire them in his traditional electric kiln if you want them sooner, otherwise the next firing of Ahi-Kaa-Roa (name of the Anagama - means Long Ago Fire in Maori) is in November if you're willing to wait. If you want to wait till November you will be #1 and #2 in line assuming others will want to make a purchase. Please let me know. 

I took 2 photos of each, 180 degrees apart so you guys get an idea of what they look like. 
Here's #1:

#2:

#3:

#4:

#5:

#6:

#7:

Here is a note from my Uncle giving a little info about the firing:


So folks, please make your choices in the following order, letting me know which number you want:
@caliking
@Legume
@fishlessman
@OhioEgger 
@caliking
@Ozzie_Isaac
@caliking 
@Elijah

Also, I know that everyone was quoted $60, but I didn't expect my Uncle to ship everything to me and then have to reship. Once they are all packed up, I will get quotes from USPS.com and let everyone know. Please send me a PM with your addresses so I can estimate the shipping. 
Thanks all, greatly appreciate your participation in this, as does my Uncle. 

alaskanassasin

You are a saint @CTMike

Ozzie_Isaac

Thank you!  Looking forward to choosing 😊

caliking

Thanks for the update, Mike.

If possible, I opt for #4, #7, and #1.

CTMike

caliking said:

Thanks for the update, Mike.

If possible, I opt for #4, #7, and #1.

So your first choice is number 4. 

@legume gets the next choice, and so on down the line, in order by the date/time people messaged/PM’d me. 

dbCooper

@CTMike - Put me down for the November batch.  Thanks.

Legume

Well played @caliking, now I have the added pressure of choosing from a pool where I know you covet two of the remaining keepers. Choosing one could be seen as aggressive, or selfish, or unkind. Oh the pressure.

I choose #6 on its merits alone, and for the added fun of passing the pressure down the line.

They're all very cool @CTMike, your aunt and uncle seem like wonderful people, as do you.  I really appreciate the chance to participate.

I might be interested in a couple of bowls as well.

fishlessman

im partial to 7 since 4 was already taken. if this was a yankee swap i would trade it for 4