Last month's eBay Giving Works auction of the Giant Calla Lily Vase ended with a winning bid of $2025, raising $1000 for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+). A big "thank-you" to the winning bidder and to everyone who placed a bid!
Fall Exhibits on Display Now
Featured Artist: John Raymond
Pottery Introduced in 2001
A Bountiful Harvest
When you visit our gallery, we invite you to come downstairs and visit the exhibit and demo area.
Welcome to the October issue of News &Notes. Thank you for allowing us to keep you up-to-date on our latest news, events, and promotions. Please feel free to call us toll-free (1-888-704-POTS) or email us (info@ephraimpottery.com) whenever we may be of assistance.
Halloween comes to Quick Clicks
Special limited edition bat vase available through October 26
Trick or Treat! On All Hallows' Eve, a brown bat swoops down to a spooky dead tree under a glowing harvest moon. This very special limited edition vase is now available to order on the Quick Clicks section of our online store. The ordering deadline is 5:00 p.m. CDT on October 26. This vase is approximately 11" tall and the price is $248 (+ $25 shipping and handling). Please allow at least 2 weeks for your order to be shipped. Click here to go to Quick Clicks for more details or to order this piece.
If you need help setting up an account in our online store, please let us know. We'll be glad to guide you through the process and answer any questions.
Order your holiday ornaments now
Collection to retire on December 30th
Ornament styles are, from left: Snowy Blueberry $79, Narcissus Bud $59, Fiddlehead Spindle $89, Garland of Berries $79, and Acorn $69.
Ephraim Pottery's line of ornaments, which was introduced in 2009, will be retired at noon on Friday, December 30th. The 5 styles available are pictured here. For more details, including available colors and shipping charges, please go to the following page on our website, accessible only through this link: https://ephraimpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ornaments.pdf.
Online ordering is not available for ornaments. To place your order, please call our office at 1-888-704-POTS (7687) Monday-Friday 9-5 CT and we will be happy to help you. Since ornaments are going to be made to order, it may take up to 6 weeks for us to ship your ornament order. If you'd like your ornaments to arrive in time for the holidays, you will want to place your order in the next two weeks or so.
12th annual Fest will include an exciting mix of traditional and new events
You are cordially invited to our 12th Annual Holiday Pottery Fest. This year's event will be held in our hometown of Lake Mills (WI) on December 2nd-3rd. In addition to our traditional Saturday morning sale of experimental and Winter Holiday Series pieces, we will again have a sale of experimental ornaments and miniatures on
Collectors enjoy the Saturday morning brunch and experimentals sale preview at the 2010 Holiday Pottery Fest.
Friday evening. The Friday evening pizza party was so well-received last year that we will be doing that again this year, along with our traditional and ever-popular Saturday morning brunch buffet.
We will be holding a workshop at the Ephraim studio again this year, and we're excited to announce that it will be a THROW Your Own Pot workshop on Friday afternoon! Other changes include no Friday evening preview and a different start time on Saturday. Download the full schedule
Of course, there will be other exciting and fun changes and new twists, but we're keeping those secret. The Ephraim elves have already been hard at work on pieces for the Fest that we hope will WOW you. We hope you'll be able to join us!
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