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Ryan shares a scary situation that happened to him recently before Ryan & Becca answer a few listener questions. On today's episode, the questions relate to trading with other artists, a sticky situation for a pottery teacher, and working with other artists on collaborations. Thanks for listening and enjoy! Listener Questions On this episode: - How do you approach other artists about trades? Trading is talked about often and I’m curious. Not that I feel like I want to trade, I just think I’d be too embarrassed to ask if I ever did want to @thistlemoorpottery - I’m a freelancer and I teach pottery for a few hours every week in a local studio in the city next to mine. I’m a contractor who works on commission basis per student with them . I also have an online business. The studio is asking me to sign a non compete that does not allow me to take up any opportunity that they think it’s competition to them (this is the exact wording) it also does not allow me to work with anyone else within 20 miles of the location for one year , basically they are restraining my employability. Is this even possible for studios to ask for non. Competes with their contractors ? Obviously I refused and waiting to hear their response. It will mostly be termination of contract . I live 10 miles away from the studio in another city and I’m a part of the city’s art group. I don’t want to miss out on opportunities that my city may bring into existence in future. @isanceramics - First of all I want to tell you that I love your podcast and look forward to the weekly drops. I am going to collab with an artist who will paint on mugs or I’ll have a custom overglaze made with her designs. I have no idea how to compensate her and wondering if you have any advice. @pottery_by_brendalee Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan and Becca are happy to have Hope Limyansky-Smith on the podcast to talk about a range of topics including: teaching in a high school setting, managing social media as an educator, production of her own work, analyzing Meta Verified, and plenty of laughs along the way. We thank Hope for her time and we anticipate you will enjoy the conversation as well. -----Find more about Hope's business below----- Instagram - @limyanskystudios Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/LimyanskyStudios Website - https://www.limyanskystudios.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@LimyanskyStudios Clay King Discount Code - "Hope5" for $5 off $50 or "Hope10" for $10 off $100 at https://www.clay-king.com/ Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca compare the pros & cons of offering "free" shipping for your online shop. Becca prefers offering free shipping and Ryan prefers adding shipping charges at the end, making for an interesting debate. Let us know your thoughts and how you approach this question. Listener Questions On this episode: - When setting up your booth, is an outside L or inside L better for bringing people in? Does it matter? @thistlemoorpottery - How do y'all feel about being put directly next to another potter at a mixed art show? I personally would prefer that there is some space between each medium, so people's minds are directly comparing artists work. -anonymous - I’m struggling between free shipping (built into price), or additional shipping and handling fees. Which is preferable to buyers?? @kerripainterart Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca are trying out a shoot the sh!t episode just for fun. We cover family, paying taxes, online orders, plumbing issues, alternative firing methods, and fidget stones. Enjoy and let us know whether we should keep doing these or not. Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca discuss a question that came in related to finding a consistent style, but having interest in experimenting with new designs. We cover the potential drawbacks & positives to introducing new designs, how to avoid surprising your customers, and the timeline you could consider as you experiment. We've both changed up our styles over time, some more drastic than others, but it's ultimately good for the longevity of your enjoyment of the craft to keep yourself interested as you progress. Listener Questions On this episode: - Are you guys “sock, sock, shoe, shoe” or “sock, shoe, sock, shoe”? @kerripainterart - Do you ever see someone’s social media pages be just so terrible even though their work is amazing? Do you ever reach out to offer advice even though they’re already trying so hard? -anonymous - I wanted to know what both of your opinions are on sticking to a specific style while making your work. I have been working on refining my own style but still find myself branching out and playing with new designs. Some other makers I have chatted with told me that you may lose a customer base if you don’t stick to your specific designs, especially as you generate a larger following. I know that y’all previously discussed developing a style, but once you hone in a style do either of you feel “stuck” or that you may not get as many sales if you try something new? How do you balance making new work but also satisfying your current audience and their expectations of you? @nws_ceramics Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca answer a couple listener questions before getting into an in-depth discussion about pricing small items like Becca's fidget stones. Her fidget stones are a bit different because they require many hours of rock tumbling to smooth them, but doesn't require more effort for her necessarily. They also get into other factors that help you determine your price on an item and how to market them effectively. Resources Quark Wheel Shimpo Aspire Wheel Speedball Artista Wheel Listener Questions On this episode: - I am wondering what you guys what recommend for a portable wheel. I heard Becca talking about her on the clay con podcast, and I’m pretty sure I saw that Ryan has one as well? Would love y’all’s insight! Thanks for all you guys do to make this info accessible @upbeat.studios - Curious to know how Becca’s fire box is working out for her now that it’s been a bit. Could a firebox be a good workaround solution for a potter who doesn’t have convenient access to a full-size kiln? Getting desperate and tired of driving 84 miles round trip to fire at a local store. I only make food safe cups/mugs/small bowls/spoon rests. @mostly_mugs Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca are joined by Erica, Ryan's studio assistant, to chat all about their experiences during NCECA 2023 in Cincinnati, OH. Thanks for all the great companies & folks we met and reconnected with during the entire week! It was such a great experience and we can't wait for next year! Catch us at Clay Con West 2024 in St. George, Utah in January as well. -----Find more about Erica below----- Instagram - @erica_irene_k and @close_enough_kilroy Resources Potters of Color 2.0 podcast @potters_of_color_podcast Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca are joined by Lindsey & Donte, co-hosts of The Mud Peddlers Podcast, to discuss the topic of "Learning Through Collaboration" live at the NCECA 2023 clay conference hosted in Cincinnati, OH. We hope you enjoy the discussion as the four of us have varied perspectives on what collaboration means to us as makers, small business owners, friends, and individuals. Thanks to Ben Carter (Tales of the Red Clay Rambler) who graciously invited us to participate in the first year of the podcast room panel discussions at NCECA. I hope we can continue it at future NCECA conferences. Also, thanks to everyone who came to our talk in-person and asked questions live. Enjoy and we hope to see you at a future conference! -----All the things about Lindsey and Donte----- The Mud Peddlers: Ceramic Art Behind the Scene‪s podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mud-peddlers-ceramic-art-behind-the-scenes/id1523600736 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2l1brWtrFuscNktFkbq4hI Lindsey M. Dillon Instagram - @lindseymdillon Website - https://www.lindseymdillon.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/lindseymdillon Donte from Earth Nation Ceramics YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/EarthNationCeramics Website - https://www.earthnationceramics.com/ Instagram - @earth_nation_ceramics Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Earthnationceramics Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca answer a couple listener questions specific to pricing your work depending on the medium you’re selling in & confidence in yourself. Topics include pricing to sell to a local restaurant or pricing at local shows. Your prices don’t have to be set in stone, so be open to changing them when you think it’s needed. Listener Questions On this episode: - Do you think the majority of Instagram popular potters fire oxidation rather than reduction? @seuzens - How do you guys handle pricing for larger orders in comparison to wholesale? For example, an order for 30-50 mugs for a restaurant to use. It’s not wholesale, but that large of an order seems like it would warrant a discount from standard retail price. What do you guys do? @thepotterymason - Ryan, I am a small ceramics maker. Have you covered "pricing" and working side by side with makers/ceramicists/etc (not necessarily all together)? I've just started and shown at holiday fairs, ceramic arts shows, makers fairs, and I've found the vendors can be very different and pricing can be so different. For instance, selling a mug at a holiday show at $25-40 might be the norm, and then a maker fair it might be $40-70, and then a ceramic art fair might be different. I ask because I showed recently and have had lower prices in the past $25-35 mugs and vendors didn't like that at all - a few even came up to complain to me. Obviously, there's a touch of imposter syndrome and I need to value my work at a higher rate. @bruce.leong Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan and Becca welcome back Andrew from That's So Andrew to talk in depth about his stationary business, which is very focused on wholesale. We get into building a catalog, setting your terms, selling at big trade shows, benefits of selling on Faire, efficiencies in packing large orders, and tons more. Thanks to Andrew for joining us once again since his last chat with us back in 2020. Episode #59 - Hustling Online with Andrew Fegler from That's So Andrew -----Find more about Andrew's business below----- Instagram - @thatssoandrew_ Website - https://thatssoandrew.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thatssoandrew/ Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/354630515003382/ Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca answer a couple listener questions today about specific business situations you may find yourself in at some point. One involves pricing your work based on your local market vs pricing higher based on what your time is worth now. The other involves a sticky situation where you may have doubts about a potential partnership with a local business who wants to carry your products. Listener Questions On this episode: - My sister and I started a ceramic business about a year and a half ago. Love the podcast and know you talk a ton about pricing. More specifically, we want to put more work into pieces that we know our market (mostly local), can’t bear yet. Should we price them lower and hope they can, over time and popularity, they can increase in price? Or price them for what our time is worth now? We understand as a new business that we don’t have a strong following or reputation, and that we may have to “grind” for a while. Mia @the_justuscollective - I was recently contacted by a local business that makes and sells loose teas, and they asked me to make about 10 mugs for them to sell on their website and at vendor markets. I love working with local small businesses, I love tea, and I’d love to do more small commissions for local businesses, so it seemed like a sure thing. But… my husband (who is in the food biz and knows about these things) is concerned that this tea biz is not properly licensed to sell a consumable product, and also makes some claims on their website about healing properties of their products. He thinks that I should not be affiliated with them, in case this becomes a legal issue for them. And it could also reflect poorly on him in his business. So here’s my question (sorry so long): What do you think? Have you ever said no to a commission because it was someone you thought could damage your business reputation? What would you do? -Anonymous Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan and Becca are joined by Brooke Thivierge from BAT’s Ceramics & fellow podcast host of the Batty Bitches Podcast. They discuss how she started dabbling in Instagram Subscriptions recently, how she decided on which platform to host this exclusive content, and more about her work and business, plus lots of laughs along the way. Check out her amazing painting skills using underglazes and support her podcast Batty Bitches if you’d like to hear fun & casual conversations between friends. Thanks to Brooke for joining us! -----Find more about Brooke’s business below----- Website - https://www.batsceramics.com/, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/battybitches Instagram - @batsceramics, @battybitches_podcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brookebatsceramics Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan is joined by Ben Clark today inside of Queen City Clay, one of the largest community studios in the United States. Ben is the President and co-owner of Queen City Clay and covers a range of topics to help you get a glimpse into managing staff, programs to offer, retail needs, the importance of education, NCECA 2023 in Cincinnati, and much more. If you're looking for a place to build and grow your ceramics business or wanting to start or push your community studio to the next level, you should get some great takeaways from today's conversation. You even get a sense of what it's like being in a communal space with the background noises throughout (train horns, sinks running, doors opening, etc). We hope you enjoy today's conversation. Resources Where you can find us for NCECA 2023 -----Find more about Queen City Clay below----- Website - https://www.queencityclay.com/ Instagram - @queencityclay Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/QueenCityClay Ben Clark's Instagram - @bcpottery Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca are joined today by Jamie Boyack, a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) from Aloha Friday CPA. She answers so many of our tax questions ranging from the differences between sole proprietor/single person LLC/S corp, how to effectively keep track of expenses/income, collecting & remitting sales taxes, how to handle cash, common reasons small businesses struggle, what are costs of goods sold, & many more to list. Ryan & Becca learned quite a few things from this chat and we know you will as well. Please use our discussion as a start point for learning and ask your own accountant questions to ensure you're doing what is correct for your own business. Reach out to Jamie with any accounting services you may need help with and let her know your biggest takeaway from our discussion today. Resources TaxJar - What creates sales tax nexus in every state SBA - State tax department resources Aloha Friday CPA - Entrepreneur Virtual Experience (coming soon) Where you can find us for NCECA 2023 -----Find more about Jamie's business below----- Website - https://www.alohafridaycpa.com/ Instagram - @jamie_boyack Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/alohafridaycpa/ Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca have a great chat today with Jodie Rozycki from Mudslinging Pottery. We chat about teaching in a community studio, her making process, how she handles online restocks, commission orders, balancing family time with teenagers, and answer some random "listener" questions. Thanks to Jodie for joining us today to chat. Where you can find us for NCECA 2023 -----Find more about Jodie’s business below----- Instagram - @mudslinging_pottery Website - https://mudslingingpottery.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mudslingingpottery/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mudslingingpottery Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan & Becca talk about kilns today after getting a listener question recently. They go into how and where they learned to fire their kilns initially, from manual kiln sitter kilns to ones with electronic controllers. There are lots of places to find resources today with the depth of knowledge on YouTube, Facebook forums, online publications, and plenty of other places. We hope you enjoy the convo and learn something, even if you're a seasoned veteran to firing kilns. Resources Firing in an Electric Kiln - Big Ceramic Store 10 Basics of Firing an Electric Kiln - Ceramic Arts Network Becca's Bisque Firing Schedule What would you do if... your glaze runs off of your pot and fuses the entire thing to the kiln shelf with/without kiln wash? Listener Questions On this episode: - As a beginner, what are some self learning sources to learn the workings of a kiln to fire at home? @earthbound.me Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Becca runs this episode solo to chat about adjusting to van life since the beginning of the year. She covers how she got the van, process to make it livable, adjusting the business to the new set-up, and future plans. It’s a little different one today, but we hope you enjoy it. Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Join Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan and Becca recap their experience at Clay Con West before getting into the topic of the day. The focus of today's episode is figuring out how we can expand outside of our comfort zone to grow our work and business. Selling at Clay Con West recently sparked this conversation and thought experiment that we hope you enjoy. We also touch on how these different lines of work can appeal to different customers. We have a BIG announcement on today's episode as well! We have a new sponsor for Wheel Talk, L&L Kilns, and can't wait to grow our partnership throughout the year. Resources https://clayconwest.com/ For Flux Sake Podcast What would you do if... your clay froze in the studio this winter? Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Sponsors - L&L Kilns The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Join Becca’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/superpotlady Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Becca and Ryan recently presented at Clay Con West, an annual clay conference hosted in St. George, Utah, to share some tips and tricks about selling at art shows. They share what has worked & not worked as well for them over the years and answer lots of questions from the audience in here as well. We'd love to see you at NCECA coming up this March in Cincinnati, OH or a future Clay Con West. Resources: https://clayconwest.com/ See the presentation slides: https://www.wheeltalkpotcast.com/s/stories/clay-con-west-2023-2 Most relevant episodes for selling at shows: 3, 8, 45, 49, 86, 87, 88*, 99, 104, 110, 121, 130, 148, 168*, 169, 171* (* interviews) - Interested in Ryan's Bookkeeping Workshop? Message him on Instagram @rdceramics or email him ryandurbinceramics@gmail.com. - Join us at NCECA 2023 in Cincinnati, OH during March 15-18, 2023 Listener Questions Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Support Becca’s Patreon https://patreon.com/superpotlady if you want to get better and more efficient in your making process, plus she knows her shit! Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show

Ryan and Becca are looking ahead to Clay Con West before answering a variety of listener questions. The primary topic of the day related to working through having self doubt as a beginner potter. We all go through this at some point over the years, and still to this day even after we have a "successful" business. We touch on art shows a bit as well and what makes for a good sales day at them. Resources - Interested in Ryan's Bookkeeping Workshop? Message him on Instagram @rdceramics or email him ryandurbinceramics@gmail.com. - Join us at NCECA 2023 in Cincinnati, OH during March 15-18, 2023 Listener Questions On this episode: - Any advice for starting a podcast? @Jane.orme.pottery - How many months out are you researching when booking shows? @pilatespotter - How do you work through self doubt as a beginner potter? When you want to sell but… @earthbound.me - When you say you have a good art fair, what does that really mean? -anonymous Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com. Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast Support Becca’s Patreon https://patreon.com/superpotlady if you want to get better and more efficient in your making process, plus she knows her shit! Follow us on Instagram: @wheeltalkpodcast @rdceramics @5linespottery Visit our website: www.wheeltalkpotcast.com Wheel Talk YouTube Channel Support the show