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 • 149 episodes
The Maker's Playbook
Latest Episodes
Ep 605: Finding Your Niche with Sue McLeod
A self-described “failed production potter” Sue McLeod still very much makes her living from ceramics. Yet, she doesn’t make her living from actually making pots… As is true with any industry, we often forget just how many different supporting ...
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Season 6
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Ep 604: Working with Intention with Bill Schwenzer of Aliveguy Pottery
Described as the most supportive guy on the internet by numerous people, today’s interview with Bill Schwenzer feels long overdue. Better known as Aliveguy Pottery, we talk about his career transition from corporate quality control to clay, his...
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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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Season 6
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