Part-time Potters, Full Time Creativity
During the week we are mild mannered office coordinators, chefs, IT trainers, etc. We dream of the day when we can be just potters. Add the prevailing economic climate and things don't look too good. Enter the Covert Potters Association. It started on a drive back from Phoenix, AZ, after the 2009 National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference. Seven hours of driving and a lot of new information in our heads, gave us the incentive to take matters into our our hands. We could hold to the idea that the economy is bad and there's no reason to even try, or we could do something. Store sales are down and many stores are not buy new/untried stock. We decided to take our passion to the people and stage our own events that help us to, yes, sell our product, but also cultivate a relationship with the buying public.