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Whether your pottery is for sale, in a show or just on display, the more attractive you can make the arrangement, the better off you will be.
They will look a lot more interesting and important if you give them each a pedestal and use varying heights of the pedestals in the grouping, as it will give the display more character.
Here are a few inexpensive and easy tips on how to show off your beautiful pottery pieces.
All you need are pieces of 2 x 4 scrap lumber, some fabric, and hot glue.
You can get 2 x 4 mill ends from a sawmill for nothing sometimes, that is where I get mine.
To make a single pedestal, cut three equal lengths of 2 x 4's and hot glue them together on the 4 inch surfaces.
Now, if you are making an eight inch high pedestal, cut three eight inch pieces of 2 x 4, stand them on end and hot glue the 4 x 8 surfaces together.
This will give you a solid block 8 inches tall.
Use some fabric to wrap the block.
Cut a fabric square slightly larger than your top surface, pull it tight over the top and corners, and hot glue it to the sides.
Turn the pedestal over and do the same on the bottom.
Cut your final piece one inch taller than your block, and one inch wider than the circumference of the block.
Fold all the edges over a half inch and iron them flat.
Wrap this piece around the whole block, and hot glue it down.
You can use neutral colors so the pedestals will match well with a variety of pieces of pottery or you may want to use fabrics that show off a particular piece of pottery by bringing out a certain color.
A lot of times, I will just cut the fabric larger than my pedestal and just drape it over the pedestal and kinda pool the material at the bottom.
If you have pottery pieces to set below the pedestals, set them where the material is pooled and it will give the whole arrangement a neat effect.
I like it better because it looks more free flowing and no sharp edges.
For larger pedestals you can use four pieces of 2 x 6 lumber.
One hint about cutting the lumber, remember that the saw blade has thickness.
If you draw a line eight inches from the end of the board, saw on the far side of the line.
If you don't, your total length will be slightly less than eight inches.
If you aren't consistent with this your boards could end up different lengths and your pottery would be kinda tippy sitting on top of them.
You surely don't want your pottery to fall and break.
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