The Maker's Playbook
A podcast where we talk all about what it's really like to make a living from the things you make. Featuring candid interviews with other ceramicists and makers, as well as helpful business tips to make your side-hustle into a life-giving, viable business.
The Maker's Playbook
Latest Episodes
Ep 722: Bursts, Not Balance (Finding Your Own Creative Rhythm) with Shalya Marsh
Many makers treat consistency as the goal and cyclical creative rhythms as something to fix — but Shalya Marsh, of Shalya Marsh Studios, has built a three-decade career on making, unmaking, and remaking herself: sculptor to potter, employee to ...
Ep 721: The Art of Being Recognizable with Jessie of Inkpot Creative
You already know what it feels like to open a cupboard, see a mug, and know exactly who made it before you ever check for a signature. That's the instinct artists have always had. So why does the word "branding" make so many of us tune out? Jes...
Ep 720: Starting a Pottery Business Backwards (And Why It Worked) with Robin Corradino
As makers, we're told to define our ideal audience and nail our strategy before we ever start — but what if the real strategy reveals itself only after you've already begun? Robin Corradino of Rob Ceramics joins to unpack how she built a thrivi...
Ep 719: Creative Blocks, Career Pivots, and Letting Go with Christina Orthwein
Most of us have been told (or have told ourselves one way or another) that building a successful creative business means picking a lane and staying in it. But what happens when the lane you've built starts to feel more like a cage, and the work...
Ep 718: When Demand Meets Boundaries with Debi Stoliar of Curiosibee Ceramics
Many of us assume that when demand for our work finally arrives, we're supposed to rise to meet all of it — that suddenly the rules of supply and demand apply to us the same way they apply to everyone else. What if deliberately not scaling up i...
