All Episodes

Ep 719: Creative Blocks, Career Pivots, and Letting Go with Christina Orthwein

Ep 718: When Demand Meets Boundaries with Debi Stoliar of Curiosibee Ceramics

Ep 717: "Where are They Now?" with Camille Beckles of Camille at the Wheel

Ep 716: Taking My Own Advice

Ep 715: Get Specific, Create Demand with Taylor Friese of Maker Bakery

Ep 714: How to Make Confident Business Decisions in Your Art Business (or side-hustle)

Ep 713: “Overnight Success” with Aaron Raymond of Redacted Ceramics

Ep 712: Monetizing Our Hobbies with Matt Robinson

Ep 711: Part Two - "Where are they now?" Two Years Later with Hope Limyansky

Ep 710: "Where are they now?" Two Years Later with Hope Limyansky

Ep 709: The Truth About Growing Your Creative Business in 2026

Ep 708: Craft as Community - 75 years of Haystack

Ep 707: Scaling a Pottery Business with Sarah Wolf (Part Two!)

Ep 706: Scaling a Pottery Business with Sarah Wolf (Part One!)

Ep 705: Choosing Vs. Reacting - How will you navigate Firing Season?

Ep 704: Searching for Your Voice with Becky Meneely

Ep 703: Technical Foundations, Art Fair Realities, and Sustainable Pricing with Olivia Avery

Ep 702: How Personal Inspiration Built a Business with Danielle Williams of Strong Roots Pottery

Ep 701: Creating Educated Buyers with Jamar Diggs

Ep 628: Where are They Now - Two Years In with Yvonne Rausch (Part Two)

Ep 627: Where are They Now - Two Years In with Yvonne Rausch (Part One)

Ep 626: The Art of Adapting with Jena McNerney

Ep 625: Iterating for a Target Audience with Will Donovan (Part Two!)

Ep 624: Iterating for a Target Audience with Will Donovan

Ep 623: Side Sauntering with Melisa of MWY Pottery

Ep 622: When 90% of Your Revenue Comes from Pottery Alone with Heidi Fahrenbacher

Ep 621: Can You Make a Living from a $45 Mug?

Ep 620: Protecting Your Artistic Voice with Martha Grover

Ep 619: Building a Creative Practice Across Continents with Eva Champagne

Ep 618: A Journey to Gallery Ownership with AnnMarie Cooper of Good Earth Gallery

Ep 617: Part Two with Amy Roadman

Ep 616: The Slow Growth Community Studio with Amy Roadman (Part 1)

Ep 615: The Importance of Mentorship with Lisa Orr

Ep 614: The Aligned Potter with Elizabeth Schlatter

Ep 613: Where Are They Now with Kara Leigh Ford

Ep 612: Being Your Own Boss with Amy Brummond of Pine Zen Potter

Ep 611: When Things Need to Change with Megan Sward

Ep 610: Business is... Boring?

Ep 609: Where are They Now? - Restarting through Trauma with Sarah Wells Rolland

Ep 608: The $20 Mug with Isaac Shue

EP 607: Financial Systems with Seanin Rosario

Ep 606: Not your usual year end recap {The Launch}

Ep 605: Finding Your Niche with Sue McLeod

Ep 604: Working with Intention with Bill Schwenzer of Aliveguy Pottery

Ep 603: Receiving Delayed Attention with Stanley Tong

Ep 602: The Catharsis of Supporting Others with Tim Clark

Ep 601: Staying Okay (even when your business isn’t) with Clare Barboza of Poppy Bee Surfaces

{Replay} Ep 206: Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work

{Replay} Ep 116: Real life vs. Instagram with Sophia McEvoy

{Replay} Ep 217: The Social Responsibility of Businesses (and side-hustles)

{Replay} Ep 123: Alex Matisse of Eastfork Pottery on the Importance of Vision

{Replay} Ep 125: Mental Health & Finding Your Community with Katie Meili

Ep 525: When Plans Change with Xioma Ortiz

Ep 524: Adjusting to Full Time with Rhianon Vichta

Ep 523: Immaterial with The Met

Ep 522: The Case for Curiosity {The Launch}

Ep 521: Becoming an Artist with Isaac Scott

Ep 520: Embracing the Side-Hustle with Nicole Bernard of NB Makes

Ep 519: The Reset Button with Henrik Van Ryzin

Ep 518: The Economics of Clay with John R Hamilton

Ep 517: Being a Pottery Educator with Ian Childers

Ep 516: The Cara App - The App for Artists?

Ep 515: Stepping Outside Our Comfort Zone with Dave Conrey

Ep 514 - Defining Your Own Success with Joy Hanford

Ep 513: Moving Abroad as a Ceramicist with Joy Hanford

Ep 512: Working with Retailers with Steve Tubbs

Ep 511: Starting a Community Studio with Lindsay Langsdale

Ep 510: Live at NCECA - Building Relationships with Collectors with Louise Rosenfield & Peter Beseacker

Ep 509: Etsy vs. Your Own Website {The Launch}

Ep 508: Instagram Real Talk with Allie Mason

Ep 507: The Assault on Creativity with Connie Cole

Ep 506: Business FOMO (and NCECA)

Ep 505: Creating Environmentally Friendly Pottery with Yuliya Makliuk of Here & Now Pottery

Ep: 504 - Setting Boundaries & Vetting Educators Online with Hope Limyansky-Smith

Ep 503: Instagram: The Good, The Bad & The Weird with Hope Limyansky-Smith

EP 502: Waiting until the Time is Right with Victoria Brook

Ep 501: Things that Want to Happen with Rebecca Harvey of the Archie Bray

{Best of 2023} Ep 327: "Blooming late," Academia & Imposter Syndrome with Page Kelly

{Best of 2023} Ep 401: Making a Living with Danny Meisinger

{Best of 2023} Ep: 332 - Building a Viable Business in NYC with Sarah Hussaini of Not Work Related (Part 1!)

{Best of 2023} Ep: 326 - The Business of Pottery with Rebecca Graves-Prowse

Ep 423: Starts & Stops {The Launch Series}

Ep 422: Debunking the Hustle with Gerald Brown

Ep 421: Defining Your Goals with Jono Pandolfi

Ep 420: Starting with Relationships with Makeda Smith of Sio Ceramics

Ep 419: Finding Your Momentum {The Launch}

Ep 418 : The Ability to Change Audiences with Maya Rumsey

Ep 417: What is the REAL Job? with Cara Steinbuchel of Cara Mae Skincare

Ep 416: The Importance of Storytelling with Naomi Clement

EP 415: How Clay can Hold Ideas with Kristina Batiste

Ep 414: Unfair Advantages {The Launch}

Ep 413: Part Two with The Dault's

Ep 412: Ruthlessly Eliminating Hurry with The Daults

Ep 411: In-Person Markets as Customer Research with Yvonne Rausch

Ep 410: Farmers Markets vs. Art Fairs

Ep 409: Battling Scarcity with Tzipporah Schvarcz

Ep 408: The 4-Day Work Week with Julie Cloutier

Ep 407: The Launch - Reflecting on Our First Market

Ep 406: Introducing The Launch (a real-time series on starting our ceramics business)

Ep: 405 - The Efficiency of Commissions with Micah Schedler

Ep: 404 - Using Your Background knowledge with Larissa Warren of Rat Bag Studios

Ep: 403 - Being a Part of a Lineage with Gloria Han

Ep: 402 - The Business of Clay (Part Two!)

Ep 401: Making a Living with Danny Meisinger

[REPLAY] - How you can still organically grow on Instagram with Jackie Wright

[REPLAY] - Falling into a Life of Ceramics with John Britt

[REPLAY] - Burnout and the search for balance with Nicole Dacey

[REPLAY] - On Being a Business Owner with Curt Hammerly

Ep 335: Live at NCECA - The Business of Clay with The Potter's Cast

Ep: 334 - Creating out of Chaos with Kim Ferguson of Khaos Creates

Ep: 333 - Part Two with Sarah Hussaini from Not Work Related

Ep:332 - Building a Viable Business in NYC with Sarah Hussaini of Not Work Related (Part 1!)

Ep: 331 - Changing with the Times with Katherine Mahoney

Ep: 330 - Working with Galleries with Sarah Chenoweth Davis

Ep: 329 - Trusting the Process with Virgil Ortiz

Ep: 328 - Intentional Practice with Yair Abraham

Ep: 327 - “Blooming late,” Academia, & Imposter Syndrome with Page Kelly

Ep: 326- The Business of Pottery with Rebecca Graves-Prowse

Ep: 325 - Finding New Routines with Alex Olson

Ep: 324 - Building Ceramicon with Elisabeth Young

Ep: 323 - Living, Learning and Making Abroad with Ido Ferber

Ep: 322 - Are You Spamming Your Email List? with Rebecca Ickes Carra

Ep: 321 - Pursuing Creativity Slowly with Horacio Casillas

Ep: 320 - Making Connections with Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy

Ep: 319 - Figuring Out What Works for You with Andrew Linderman

Ep: 318 - Values-Based Pricing with Rebecca Ickes Carra

Ep: 317 - How having a Full-time Job allows Cory Brown to be an Artist

Ep: 316 - Starting Before it’s Perfect with Juliette Davin

Ep: 315 - Slow Growth with Ricky Blanding

Ep: 314 - When Plans Change with Ben Carter

Ep: 313 - The Myth of Growth with Rebecca Ickes Carra

Ep: 312 - On Reflective Learning with Tom Kemp

Ep: 311 - Choosing NOT to Grow with Becca Otis

Ep: 310 - How a Big Goal Determines Everyday Decisions with Sam Lopez

Ep: 309 - How you can STILL organically grow on Instagram in 2022 with Jackie Wright

Ep: 308 - Following your own inspiration with Kate Schroeder

Ep: 307 - Repetitive Practice as the Key to Success with Rich Brown

Ep: 306 - Falling into a Life of Ceramics with John Britt

Ep: 305 - A Virtual Home for Makers with Rebecca Ickes Carra

Ep: 304 - Building a Communal Space with Kenny Sing of Turn Studio

Ep: 303 - Making Space for Our Personal Lives as a Full-time Maker with Lucy Fagella

Ep: 302 - Committing to a Goal and Sticking to it with Delvin Goode

Ep: 301 - A Lifelong Pursuit of Learning with Adam Field

Ep: 217 - The Social Responsibility of Businesses (and different business models to pursue)

Ep: 216 - Building and Growing Our Communities with Phi Le of Illuminated Clay

Ep: 215 - On Burnout and the Search for Balance with Nicole Dacey

Ep: 214 - Having a Non-Negotiable with Mike Tavares

Ep: 213 - Taking Big Risks with Leila of Tierra Madera Ceramics

Ep: 212 - Growing as an Artist through Community Support with the Village Potters

Ep: 211 - The Importance of a Consistent Photography Style

Ep: 210 - Creating an Efficient Photography System

Ep: 209 - Being a Business Owner with Curt Hammerly

Ep: 208 - The Perks of Disparate Life Experiences with Kisha Reed of Peaks Candles

Ep: 207 - Crafting a Life that Works for You with Bryan Hopkins

Ep: 206 - Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work

Ep: 205 - Succeeding by Specializing with Matt Katz

Ep: 204 - Building a Commissions-based Business with David T Kim

Ep: 203 - Life after the Great Pottery Thrown Down with Rosa Wiland Holmes

Ep: 202 - On Crafting a Business to Suit Your Life with Greta Michelle

Ep: 201 - How to Sustain going Full-time with Sunshine Cobb

[REPLAY] - Kara Leigh Ford and the Realities of Full-Time Entrepreneurship

[REPLAY] - Sandy Lockwood and Finding Your Own Style

[REPLAY] - Camille at the Wheel and Crafting a Brand Story

[REPLAY] - Simon Levin and Making First, Selling Second

Ep: 127 - How I Do It All”

Ep: 126 - On the Importance of Experimenting with Tamara Bryan

Ep: 125 - Mental Health & Finding Your Community with Katie Meili

Ep: 124 - On Trusting Yourself with Sherród Faulks of Deep Black Designs

Ep: 123 - The Importance of a Vision with Alex Matisse of Eastfork Pottery

Ep: 122 - Building a Brand Experience with Angela Venarchik

Ep: 121 - 4th and Final week of the Photography Extravaganza!

Ep: 120 - Photography Extravaganza Week 3

Ep: 119 - Photography Extravaganza Week 2

Ep: 118 - Week 1 of the Photography Extravaganza!

Ep: 117 - Playing the Long Game with Ryan Durbin

Ep: 116 - Instagram vs. Real life with Sophia McEvoy

Ep: 115 - How to go full-time

Ep: 114 - Dwight White

Ep: 113 - Rachel Russell

Ep: 112 - Soula of Golden Ratio Clayworks

Ep: 111 - Tom Corneill

Ep: 110 - Diana Adams of Sample Haus

Ep: 109 - Kate McElwee

Ep: 108 - Simon Levin

Ep: 107 - On Making Decisions for Ourselves

Ep: 106 - Sandy Lockwood

Ep: 105 - Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair

Ep: 104 - Stephen Phillips

Ep: 103 - Kara Leigh Ford

Ep: 102 - Camille at the Wheel

Ep: 101 - An Introduction to the Maker's Playbook