Making A Living With Ceramics

So if you are thinking of taking the plunge to full time pottery read on for some expert advice on developing successful pottery careers.

Making a living with ceramics.

Here is a step by step guide that will help you make a living selling pottery. In this post ceramic artist diana fayt shares her trials tribulations and triumphs of making a living as a potter. Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. 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.

Ceramics can be defined as a class of inorganic nonmetallic solids that are subjected to high temperatures for manufacturing use. 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. 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. This can get boring and if you re in it for the creative fun this might not be for you.

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. Brett kern creates playful pop art sculptures that will make you do a double take. Motivate yourself and build confidence in your capabilities. It also tauget me to be confident.

To kern this collection of childhood inspired art serves as a sort of time capsule. Making a living selling pottery is actually easier than you think. But do realize you re going to make. Gain experience by working for senior potters.

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. Immediately after graduating college in 2010 i took out a small business loan to launch a pottery business. Design a business plan.

Inspired by inflatable toys his ceramic pieces come complete with shiny surfaces seams and meticulously crafted creases. 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.