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Tim Kowalczyk, Curt Hammerly, Sean Roberts | Episode 549
Sean Roberts
Curt Hammerly
Tim Kowalczyk, Curt Hammerly, and Sean Roberts have all been on the show in the past with their own episodes. Today they have all teamed up to discuss the various approaches to selling pottery through galleries, online, or events. With their backgrounds and approaches, Tim, Curt, and Sean have their own track records that they draw from for this conversation.
Tim Kowalczyk
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Forrest Middelton | Episode 548
Forrest Middelton is back on The Potters Cast! You may remember Forrest as the source of the amazing tool, The Studio Sander. You may also remember Forrest as an amazing artist that creates functional wares and his amazing tiles. Forrest has now written a book on tile making. If you are looking for a step-by-step guide, Forrest’s book has it, but it is much more. It also dives into the history of tiles, design, and installation.
So you’ve made your beautiful bowl that the whole world is surely going to be knocking down the doors to try to buy. But, how do you come up with a price that doesn’t leave any money on the table once sold, and avoid a price that is both too high or too low that ends up leaving the unsold bowl on the table? Forrest and I discuss the process of how to come up with a price that both moves your work and properly rewards your efforts and creativity. To listen in to this conversation click HERE.
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Roxanna Dourthe | Episode 547
Roxanna Dourthe is a Caribbean born artist who has settled in Sabiñan, Spain. Not content with any one medium, Roxanna is involved in printmaking, experimenting pottery, tile making, and ceramic murals. Roxanna is a never-ending student.
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Leigh Anne Thompson | Episode 546
Leigh Anne Thompson and her fiancé, Steven, are full-time potters traveling around the US selling their work at renaissance festivals as well as online. They have multiple studios and spend a good part of the year living on the road, making pots, and homeschooling their son Ocean. They put just as much creativity into growing their business as they do their pots, always trying new ideas to keep it fresh. They have a line of gourmet coffee all with ceramic inspired names and sell specialty underglaze transfers for other potters to use in their work. They take pride in “Living the dream” and are supporters of other makers finding their way to “artpreneurship” as well.
How difficult is it to protect your work from people that steel your idea and make it their own? Leigh Anne gives us some insights into the experiences she had with her work and how people have taken her ideas. She also explains how she now responds and feels about idea appropriation. Because we live in such a digitally available world, this becomes a topic that we will all have to face and how we can respond… and how to respond in a way that brings peace and happiness to your own life. To listen in to this conversation, click HERE.
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Nancy Gardner | Episode 545
Nancy Gardner received a BFA in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia 1980 and MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1984. After that Nancy taught for 3 years in Dayton Ohio. When Nancy and her future husband decided to get married, she moved to Chicago where they started Nancy Gardner Ceramics, a line of highly decorative, somewhat functional ceramics. They raised 2 boys, rehabbed some buildings and sent a lot of pots out into the world. They lived happily ever after and remain there to this very day.
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Sam Lopez | Episode 544
Sam Lopez is a potter living and working in San Diego, California. Sam teaches ceramics as an adjunct instructor at Riverside City College and makes pots in his home studio.
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Avi Farber | Episode 543
Avi Farber is a wood-fire ceramic artist and documentary photographer based in Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A. Avi studied philosophy at Bates College, ME, Digital Media Production at the Maine Media Workshops, and Spanish at the Universidad de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. Working in clay, Avi creates installations, sculptures, and functional wares that explore natural processes. Avi’s work is raw and refined, subtle and gestural. Drawn to the moments that break through the distractions of daily life, Avi documents the unbridled power of wildfires. A firsthand witness to climate change, Avi makes photographs and ceramics works that offer a bridge to the natural landscapes, a connection that has been lost by many as we distance ourselves from the ecosystems we rely on. Avi’s photos and video reveal a strong sense of place as seen from a quite observer. Avi’s ceramic work has been exhibited internationally, and his documentary photography of wildfires has been recognized by National Geographic magazine.
One thing that a lot of sellers forget to consider is that not only is it important what you sell, but it is also important how to sell. Avi breaks the mold and decided to sell out of a classic metal 1948 Spartan Trailer. In this conversation Avi talks through the ideas behind making a funky sales outlet and it’s pros and cons. To listen in to this extra conversation, click HERE.