Dinnerware set

My dinnerware set includes a dinner plates, luncheon plates, mugs, small bowls, salad/serving bowl, soup/salad sized bowls, large platter, sugar bowl, salt&pepper shakers, cream pitcher, small covered casserole, medium covered casserole--I think I've covered it. I probably should add a butter dish and a flat baking dish and maybe some goblets or tumblers, but I ran out of steam on that particular project.

Good luck--it's a big undertaking, but it's so enjoyable to set a table with all your own pottery!

Deb R.

Diego, If I were to buy a setting, I think you've got it all mentioned, but if I were to buy a set of dishes I would want a sugar bowl and creamer. A gravy dispenser, in my opinion, would only be included if you made a huge set, like 8 or more place settings. Just my opinion and I never set the table to eat, so you might want to read on. :-) Gaye, who props a tv tray on her lap

Hahahaha Gaye. I use my belly. Hmmmmm. You just gave me an idea for my next bowl design. :O

Seriously, thank you for the ideas. Just looking forward to the next holiday season for gifts that I'm sure will end up in the thrift store or garage sale by my family and friends. I'll just have fun making them and appreciate what goes into their creation. And I promise not to quite my day job.

Diego

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But Gaye: Is it a hand made CERAMIC(!) tv tray? Easy to do in slab, of course, even thin. Maybe glazed in Cushing #72? :>) Wayne Seidl who normally dines on KMart dishes because he hasn't the time to throw a set...yet

I've seen some of your work, Diego. If people take them to thrift stores then shame on them!

Now there's an idea! LOL!

Thank you Gaye. But I have a long way to go to catch up to you.

Diego

The customer decides all this, some times its place setting for 4 , 3 pieces. some times its for 15, 6 pieces. My customers enjoy meeting with me and "designing their set. E

If you want to serve dinner, you don't need a sugar bowl and creamer (who needs sugar and cream for dinner?), you need serving platters, serving bowls, gravy dispenser, of course large plates, small plates, salad bowls, maybe soupbowls, some more serving bowls. just think about Thanksgiving at home, what is on the table. Sugar bowls and creamer go with a coffee or teaset, coffee pot, teapot, coffee cups, saucers,dessert plates, sugar bowl, creamer and a serving dish or two for cakes and such. The coffee and teaset doesn't have to match the dinnerset, since it is served after the main meal, maybe even in a different room?

Monika

-- Monika Schleidt snipped-for-privacy@schleidt.org

See, I'd go with the sugar, creamer, coffee and tea set as part of the dinner set, along with the serving pieces you mentioned (plus butter dish and salt&pepper shakers). That gives you the option of having a breakfast or luncheon with coffee or tea served along with the food. Most of the dinnerware sets I've seen have these pieces included, and I decided to include them in my own set. Maybe different countries do different things?

Deb R.

Hi Diego I know I'm a little late responding to this but I haven't been around for a while. Hello all.

I make dinner ware sets from time to time and have always put them together according to the needs of the customer ordering the set. Sometimes I will suggest pieces to include if the buyer seems to need a nudge but usually they have a pretty good idea of what they want. With the free flowing casual nature of my work people are not so attached to formal table presentation although I know of one collector who sets her table with her finest sterling and my cave woman pots. One collector had to have a dozen chargers to under set her formal settings and had me come to her formal dining room to show me how the tables would be set and in what setting they would be used. not that this could have an effect on the designs,but it was fun to see the deKoonings on the walls.

A good selection would be; dinner plates,salad or desert plates, a pasta or soup bowl, a desert bowl, tumbler, goblet or mug, large serving bowl suitable for 6-8 to have pasta and some smaller serving bowls , and a pitcher, perhaps a teapot. That would be the basics. Go from there depending on how formal your work is and the needs of the customer.

I make only handbuilt things and have quite a few designs (florals and things) . I find a good number of people wanting dinner ware sets like to mix and match the designs. Good luck in your adventure

Nancy Jane

Hi Diego, I have been selling dinnerware for 19 years now. This is what I do. I try to stock all the dinnerware items I make, and price it all by the piece. No discouts for quantity. I price my place reasonable to lure them in for the set. This way people can have immediate gratification(no wait for orders) and can choose what they want. Lots of people are buying a few place settings at a time and filling in as they can afford. This has opened up the market to many more sales to people who may not be able to afford it all at once. I have three size plates: dinner, lunch(or salad) and bread & butter/dessert. I make 3 size bowls for eating, small for ice cream or rice, medium for soup or salad, larger for one meal pasta or salad meal. Then I have goblets and mugs. The serving pieces are many and varied and all the dinnerware customers keep coming back for more serving pieces. I have not had much luck selling creamers and sugar bowls or gravy boats. I make them when asked. I have 2 sizes of serving bowls and much more. see it at: artsprescott.com and click on Hannah Hunter to see. I am very successful and happy to share. I use a slab roller, wheel and 2 different size extruders. Have fun. Hannah Hunter

Very nice Hannah. I see how you have used a fairly uniform glazing pattern and mix of color. So, one could mix and match. Great work.

Thank you to all of you for your input. I've got the salad plates and dinner plates done. Made some tumblers last night. Now I've got a design in mind for mugs and goblets. I was only making eight of each but a fellow potter suggested making nine, one to sacrifice to the "kiln goddesses". :)

Diego

Hi Hannah

I make my individual pieces available all the time also and find that works very well. But I will as I've mentioned take orders on a set. NJ