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.
Podcasting since 2020 • 147 episodes
The Maker's Playbook
Latest Episodes
Ep 603: Receiving Delayed Attention with Stanley Tong
I reached out to chat with Stanley after seeing his “Thoughts and Prayers” series - a powerful body of work creating strong visuals on the actual effects of a bullet striking a form. A series, he actually made more than a year ago. And yet, onl...
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Season 6
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Ep 602: The Catharsis of Supporting Others with Tim Clark
If you weren’t learning how to carve intricate designs in sourdough bread in 2020, odds are, you might have been learning how to make pottery. And while this is true for today’s guest, Tim Clark, that wasn’t all. Tim also was learning how to ma...
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Season 6
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Ep 601: Staying Okay (even when your business isn’t) with Clare Barboza of Poppy Bee Surfaces
How do you stay okay even when it doesn't feel like your business isn't going well? Because while we might feel pulled to log the long hours and push ourselves to "work harder" to "grind it out," in reality, we can't really come up with new, in...
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{Replay} Ep 206: Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work
We're quickly approaching the holiday season and makers around the world are hustling to get their listings online and take advantage of increased sales during this time of year. But what if your sales aren't going as planned? What if you haven...
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{Replay} Ep 116: Real life vs. Instagram with Sophia McEvoy
Do you ever think about what happened BEFORE the Instagram photos? Or BEFORE your favorite potter hit 25 thousand followers? Off and on, many people will talk about the real-life vs. Instagram life, and there are plenty of hilarious memes float...
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