Present Day Art Pottery Manufacturers Website

Although many of the great art pottery manufacturers closed their doors years ago, there are some remaining companies that still produce quality pottery pieces today.  The website Art Pottery Manufacturers and Collectors is a great resource for pottery enthusiasts who are interested in finding these active potteries.  Visitors will find links to over 30 different comtemporary pottery companies. 

In addition to the company links, this website provides a comprehensive list of collectors’ groups and museums dedicated to American pottery and ceramics.  There is also a calendar of upcoming events that are held in locations across the country.  Collectors who have events or information to add to the website are encouraged to contact the site's owner Joe Ragosta.

Greg Myroth - Just Art Pottery

Showcase Your Pottery, Art, or Antique Collection

There is a new, free website, Squirl, which provides collectors an on line venue to showcase, inventory, or catalog their collectibles, art, and antiques of any kind and quantity.  The website is following the latest popular Internet trend of social networking websites.  Squirl offers many templates for different categories of antiques and collectibles and you can make your collection on the site private.  You can also do batch uploading of images.

There are features in place to allow messaging and commenting which can help you make connections and stay in contact with like-minded collectors.  It will be interesting to see if this site takes off and becomes a storehouse for collectors to inventory that art pottery or arts and crafts collection. 

Greg Myroth - Collecting Way Too Many Pots!

Shipping Service

This is definitely one of those "why didn't I think of this ideas" I can't help but share.  The October 2006 issue of Business 2.0 had a short write up on a new, one-stop, free shipping site RedRoller.com.  The site will allow customers to compare shipping services by price, carrier, or delivery time.  After comparing carriers you are able to print labels and ship items entirely through the Red Roller website.  In order to make sure the site is update on the latest shipping rates, Red Roller is directly connected to DHL, FedEx, USPS.  For some reason, UPS is not included in the offering at this point. 

Sounds like a great option for arts and crafts furniture buyers and sellers or frequent shippers of art pottery or anything else for that matter.

Greg Myroth - Shipping Lots of Pots