Wheel Talk

Ryan and Becca answer a question about selling at someone's first legit show and getting prepared for it by pricing their work appropriately. Pricing, booth set-up, confidence in your work, and how to interact with your customers are all important to think about before your first show but are greatly improved with repetition and experience. Good luck out there for those of your selling this summer. Thanks @aitchpots for the question!

Resources
Trust Me podcast
The Mud Peddlers podcast - episode #49
The Great Pottery Throw Down
The Clay Challenge
Backyard Craft Show - come visit us in-person

Listener Questions
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Ryan & Becca come to you for a quick bonus episode to talk about our custom Wheel Talk mugs that will be available for preorder starting on June 1st. The preorder runs from June 1-15 and all orders will arrive 6-8 weeks later. Our friend Chris Burch from @potterybychrisburch in Colorado Springs, Colorado is making our custom 2022 mug with a Wheel Talk logo decal on one side and small 2022 decal on the opposite side. The mugs are all wheel thrown with agateware and super high quality!

Those folks who support us on Patreon will get an exclusive coupon code before the preorder opens and also entered in for a drawing to win one of the mugs just by being a patron. Join our Patreon by June 15th to get the exclusive deal & entered into the giveaway. Your mug purchase supports multiple potters, including ourselves, Chris Burch who made the mugs, and Isaac Shue who printed the decals. Thanks for the support everyone!

Photos of the mugs will be shared on our Instagram and will be for sale on our website at https://www.wheeltalkpotcast.com/.

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Ryan and Becca have a friendly chat with Aleatha Aiken-Sherrer from Aleathabean to shoot the breeze and learn more about one of our favorite listeners. They discuss a number of topics today, from transitioning to full time pottery, finding a fun show locally, favorite cake flavors, the Buddy Show, shipping within Canada versus the USA, Becca has a new pen pal, wholesale orders, using gold luster/lustre, sharing a business with your partner, and plenty more. Thanks for joining us Aleatha and for the continued support by asking us so many good questions!

Listen early on to find a way to get a free Becca Shitty Cup.

-----Find more about Aleatha's business below-----
Instagram - @aleathabean
Website - https://aleathabean.etsy.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aleathabean/

Resources
Kingston Holiday Market https://www.instagram.com/kingstonholidaymarket/
Tucker's Mid Smooth Stone clay https://tuckerspotteryeshop.com/product/mid-smooth-stone
Pickle & Myrrh https://www.instagram.com/pickleandmyrrh/
Episode #31 with Josh & Kari Heim https://wheeltalk.buzzsprout.com/539026/3151387-31-pottery-flowers-and-family-with-joshua-and-kari-heim

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Ryan and Becca go off on a few tangents on today's episode before getting into a couple questions about glazing techniques when applying multiple glazes to your pots and how to transition from brushing glazes to dipping glazes. Thanks for the questions!

Resources
Indianapolis Clay Studio Crawl
glazy.org
Amaco product update
Batty Bitches Podcast
Brickyard Podcast Network
Sounds Like a Cult
Backyard Craft Show - come visit us in-person

Listener Questions
On this episode:
- I need to catch up on my episode, but I really wanna know whether you two are miracle whip or mayonnaise people. There is a wrong answer. @lindermanpottery
- Do you know if there is any science or reason behind. having each coat of glaze dry completely between layers? I understand each layer should be applied when the shine is gone but to have it dry COMPLETELY so that it's not even cold takes a very long time. If I'm in a rush I will use my heat gun between layers to speed up the process. But I'm not sure if this is negatively affecting my results. Love to hear your input. @seraphinaceramics
- I’m finding glaze combos I like but if I ever wanted to make a batch of like 50 cups, brushing that shit would be an outlandish amount of work. Can you make clone recipes of bottled name brand glazes for dipping ? @blacktoothpottery

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Ryan and Becca go into developing their own styles, evolving their practices, and progressing their businesses over time. Progress can be made little by little or huge shifts in a short period of time. However you develop your own style, enjoy the process along the way and hopefully you have success in finding an audience for it if you rely on this for your small business.

Resources
Sounds Like a Cult podcast
@blackrainbowpottery
@dannymeisinger
@daedal_goods
@renee_lopresti
@kate.schroeder.ceramics
@hammerlyceramics

Listener Questions
On this episode:
- How do you handle family, and close friends requesting pieces that you are sharing on social media right before an update. I work In such Small batches and although I am so honored and grateful that they want my work I just would rather list and sell everything fairly off my website. I also spend a lot of time marketing my pieces before a restock and I feel like if I show it will be available, it should be. It can be a bit overwhelming keeping track and organizing the side hustles. I feel like a jerk on a high horse telling them that though. I also feel the need to offer a discount. Most of my family and friends are on FB so I have started to not even read any messages until after my update. However, some follow my Instagram and always seem to reach out. Most have already purchased something with a discount and I can’t afford to keep giving the discounts when I have so much time involved. This is the shit I lose sleep over 😆. anonymous
- In what ways do you advance your practice? Reading books about technique, watching folks on instagram, going to art shows, or just trying new shapes or glazes? @narwhalandcrow
- Question for Becca: What was your process in switching to the fancy cups? Did you have it as an idea before you started? Were your paintings your inspiration for the line/dotwork? @narwhalandcrow
- How have y’all settled into or changed up the style of products you make? The people I get excited about following create work unlike anyone else and I wonder how artists get there. Y’all talk to a lot of artists so I wonder what knowledge you’ve acquired and can share with listeners. @blacktoothpottery
- What are your favorite things to listen to when alone in your studios? @drbadoro

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Ryan and Becca talk about scheduling their studio time effectively.  Becca works in a production pottery studio by day so schedules are crucial for staying productive and getting work down by the end of the week. Ryan has to balance his making on the side and continue to meet his commitments he's made for the pottery business. Enjoy today's discussion and we hope you get some insights to make your making process more efficient.

Resources
Sam Hitchman
David Gibson
@blackrainbowpottery

Listener Questions
On this episode:
- Hi again guys! I was wondering if you could talk about production flow for the studio/production potter? Do you set specific quotas for weeks or months, or follow a schedule to keep yourself organized? Id like to keep all parts of the process in motion, and create a nice rhythm in my making, but it feels so unorganized sometimes. Have either of you ever found a general schedule to keep all the parts of your pottery business flowing? Or do we just forever bounce around based on priority? Thanks!! @lv.pottery

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Ryan and Becca answer a number of listener questions related to small business scenarios. We cover topics ranging from  wholesale orders, handling repeat buyers online, selling your work at a local business, and market saturation of your work locally. Thanks to everyone for your questions!

Resources
Episode #27 with Amanda Schwartz from Doghouse Pottery
What is a resale certificate?

What would you do if...
you glazed a whole batch of commission mugs & only single dipped them instead of double dipping them and the glaze was ugly AF?

Listener Questions
Thanks to @howarthhill.maine, @nathancrawfordpottery, @mudslinging_pottery, & @beardedpottery for the questions on today's episode.

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Ryan and Becca share some thoughts about how to prepare your small business with the threat of uncertainty in the economy. Some folks have already been experiencing some of the uncertainty over the past couple of years with supply chain limitations and economic stressors. We hope this gets you thinking ahead to keep your business in a good spot in case of an economic downturn that's outside of your control. Enjoy this different episode today and hope it's not all doom & gloom.

Resources
Bloomberg article
Amaco products

Listener Questions
On this episode:
- Ok Pottery Gurus… what do you do in situations like this? I did a craft market this weekend. It was all fine and good on Saturday until a woman walked up to my booth, picked up one of my carved and detailed mugs and said, “Oh that’s cute.” then turned it over to see the $36 dollar price, looked me straight in the eye and said “it’s not THAT cute”, put it down and walked away. I was left standing there dumbstruck and unable to process what to even say. I know there are rude people and I’ve had a lot of people say stupid things but know that they think they mean well. Not this bitch. It was so pointed and just mean. I know my worth, I don’t have any doubts about my prices, I have lots of happy customers that return often but man did she get under my skin. What would you have said to her? Do I just let people like that get away with their comments or do I say something to them to let them know they are being a dick. You two are the best and I value your opinion so I thought I’d ask. @zonazonazona

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Ryan and Becca answer a question about owning and managing a business as someone with ADHD or anxiety. We hope this conversation is relatable for a number of our listeners who run their own business or are thinking about it. Thanks for the question @alexa.michelle.pottery!

Resources
Giffin Grip Mini
@thatssoandrew_
Context Switching

Listener Questions
On this episode:
- What are your thoughts on self-disclosing on a pottery specific Instagram? Specifically, I identify as queer (that's OK to share) and I'm struggling with whether or not that's something I should include on my business profile? I am proud to be starting a queer-owned small business but am also hesistant to pidgeon hole myself. My gut instinct is screw the people that don't want my queer goods! But, is this maybe something more appropriate for a personal profile? No perfect answer, I'm sure, but would love to hear you guys think through it - could apply more generally just with extent of sharing personal details, etc. Thank you! Your podcast has been so instrumental in the leap towards selling my pots 🙏🙏🙏 @blackrainbowpottery

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Ryan and Becca sit down with Liz Cohen from Liz Cohen Ceramics to chat about building a new home studio as a full time studio potter. They discuss a number of topics today, from transitioning to full time pottery, learning slipcasting, managing wholesale orders, finding & managing a studio assistant, body care in the studio, and plenty more. Thanks for joining us Liz!

-----Find more about Liz’s business below-----
Instagram - @lizcohenceramics
Website - https://lizcohenceramics.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LizCohenCeramics/
The Potters Cast - Episode 663

Resources
Tuff Shed https://www.tuffshed.com/
Liz’s scoliosis post https://www.instagram.com/p/CVGQffxA9Wi/
Heidi from @bellajoypottery
Mayco Stroke & Coat Glazes https://www.maycocolors.com/color/fired/stroke-coat/
Clay King diamond sanding pads http://www.clay-king.com/pottery_tools/diamondcore-tools.html
Wheel Talk episode #89 - Do you need help in your studio?
Bee-Cut Video Editor app
InShot Video Editor app
Hyperlapse app
“Selling work that you don’t like” post

Listener Questions
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