Making A Living With Ceramics

Learning to make bowls helped me learn to be patient even when i messed up six attempts in a row or didn t even come close to getting the clay right.

Making a living with ceramics.

Making a living selling pottery is actually easier than you think. Personalized ceramics can make you good money but you have to be good enough to just make the one piece not making several to make sure that one will come out okay. In this post ceramic artist diana fayt shares her trials tribulations and triumphs of making a living as a potter. This is the start of a series about how i ve created innovative pathways that have allowed me to make a living as a full time potter and small business owner.

Most of the potters on etsy that are making a good living are offering personalized and custom work along with made to order items which must look like the picture. Immediately after graduating college in 2010 i took out a small business loan to launch a pottery business. But do realize you re going to make. We decided that if you could make this many bowls in 3 minutes every day for 12 hours a day 365 days a year you could acutally make a living as a potter.

It also tauget me to be confident. If you re going to make money with pottery as a viable living wholesaling is a wonderful option but it comes with the downside that you re going to make a bunch of things you don t want to for the most part. In today s post we have gathered some great advice from four successful potters that might just help you when making your plan. Brett kern creates playful pop art sculptures that will make you do a double take.

Gain experience by working for senior potters. To kern this collection of childhood inspired art serves as a sort of time capsule. Inspired by inflatable toys his ceramic pieces come complete with shiny surfaces seams and meticulously crafted creases. Design a business plan.

Here is a step by step guide that will help you make a living selling pottery. The secret to making a living as a potter i was out at john hartom s throwing some empty bowls for his yearly fundraiser and recorded this little throwing session. I learned to make ceramic bowls on a potter s wheel in school. This can get boring and if you re in it for the creative fun this might not be for you.

I spoke about the term traditional ceramics which will be the focus of this post it refers to ceramic products that are produced from unrefined clay and combinations of refined clay and powdered or granulated. Motivate yourself and build confidence in your capabilities. Jennifer poellot harnetty editor.