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Ryan Durbin (@rdceramics) & Becca Otis (@5linespottery) share their experiences as potters, makers, small business owners, and creatives. Becca is a full time studio potter, while Ryan is a full time website developer and part time potter. We'd love to share our ups and downs along the way as we build our skills as makers and small business owners in an honest, informal manner. We hope to bring you helpful tips we've learned over the years, learn from each other, and share expertise from a number of guests with you also. Please join us for some Wheel Talk!

Adapting Your Work and Business Over Time with Liz Cohen

129 hours 45 mins; March 21, 2026

Making the Most of NCECA—Without Breaking the Bank (Replay)

104 hours 22 mins; March 14, 2026

We’re Back: Studio & Business Updates

85 hours 44 mins; March 07, 2026

#340 - A Reset for the Podcast

70 hours 54 mins; January 31, 2026

#339 - Chasing $15K in 4 months

66 hours 1 min; January 24, 2026

#338 - Building a Sustainable Creative Business with Megan Auman

101 hours 46 mins; January 17, 2026

#337 - Try It and See with Taylor Swilley

122 hours 48 mins; January 10, 2026

#336 - Looking Back to Move Forward

102 hours 47 mins; January 03, 2026

#335 - Is paid advertisement worth it? with Will Donovan from Donovan Pottery

143 hours 25 mins; December 27, 2025

#334 - Building Consistent Etsy Sales Without Driving Your Own Traffic

114 hours 48 mins; December 20, 2025

#333 - Chat GPT Still Has Questions. We Still Have Thoughts.

95 hours 51 mins; December 13, 2025

#332 - Chat GPT Has Questions. We Have Thoughts.

93 hours 52 mins; December 06, 2025

#331 - What Happens When Pottery Becomes the Day Job

89 hours 48 mins; November 29, 2025

#330 - Building a Creative Business from the Ground Up with Rachel Durbin

82 hours 43 mins; November 22, 2025

#329 - Let's Talk About Clay with Link Henderson from Kentucky Mudworks

125 hours 50 mins; November 15, 2025

#328 - Pottery Vacations & Exploring New Roles

75 hours 41 mins; November 08, 2025

#327 - Pricing your work effectively with Heidi Fahrenbacher from Bella Joy Pottery

184 hours 13 mins; November 01, 2025

#326 - Recommending Shows Without Setting Expectations

117 hours 52 mins; October 25, 2025

#325 - Planning Ahead for Seasonal Sales Lulls

70 hours 4 mins; October 18, 2025

#324 - When It’s Time to Scale Back (Or Walk Away): Part Two

124 hours 18 mins; October 11, 2025

#323 - When It’s Time to Scale Back (Or Walk Away): Part One

88 hours 4 mins; October 04, 2025

#322 - Pot Swap 2025 is coming!!

66 hours 9 mins; September 27, 2025

#321 - Finding Themes in Your Work & Overcoming Creative Doubt

92 hours 35 mins; September 20, 2025

#320 - How Do You Want to Be Remembered?

95 hours 43 mins; September 13, 2025

#319 - Boy in a China Shop with Taylor Swilley

105 hours 6 mins; September 06, 2025

#318 - Amazing Glaze: Food-Safe Recipes with Gabriel Kline & Bill Collins

80 hours 44 mins; August 30, 2025

#317 - A Big Studio Upgrade + How to Host a Pottery Pop-Up at NCECA

132 hours 0 mins; August 23, 2025

#316 - Decorating, Glazing & Sanding: Tools We Trust

94 hours 1 min; August 16, 2025

#315 - From Clay Prep to Trimming: Tools We Love

94 hours 53 mins; August 09, 2025

#314 - Making It Work When Sales Slow Down

90 hours 36 mins; August 02, 2025

#313 - Taking Creative Risks with Isaac Shue

142 hours 22 mins; July 26, 2025

#312 - Growing a Nonprofit Clay Community with Trevor Daugherty

122 hours 9 mins; July 19, 2025

#311 - Creativity vs. Exhaustion: Managing Burnout as Artists

155 hours 23 mins; July 12, 2025

#310 - Finding What Works (for Us) on Social Media

94 hours 48 mins; July 05, 2025

#309 - Wages, Worth, and Working for Yourself

100 hours 42 mins; June 28, 2025

#308 - Converting Followers Into Buyers

93 hours 16 mins; June 21, 2025

#307 - Building a Soda Kiln: Materials, Costs, and Lessons Learned

135 hours 39 mins; June 14, 2025

#306 - New Job, New Chapter: Navigating Change with Grace

125 hours 22 mins; June 07, 2025

#305 - Art & Fear with Taylor Swilley

143 hours 14 mins; May 31, 2025

#304 - How Much Is Too Much to Pay for a Booth?

109 hours 38 mins; May 24, 2025

#303 - Where the Time Goes—And What You’re Earning with Heidi Fahrenbacher

152 hours 26 mins; May 17, 2025

#302 - What to Make for Spring Shows

134 hours 16 mins; May 10, 2025

#301 - The Jigger and Jolly Journey with Jody Lewis of Good Wheel Ceramics

175 hours 39 mins; May 03, 2025

#300 - The Art of Teaching Workshops with Tzipporah Schvarcz from Sipor Ceramics

144 hours 26 mins; April 26, 2025

#299 - Making the Most of NCECA—Without Breaking the Bank

148 hours 57 mins; April 19, 2025

#298 - Show season strategy with Isaac Shue

163 hours 14 mins; April 12, 2025

#297 - Between Two Podcasts with Mike Griffin of Between Two Ewers

121 hours 4 mins; April 05, 2025

#296 - Beyond Social Media: Why Your Mailing List Matters with Heidi Fahrenbacher from Bella Joy Pottery

143 hours 33 mins; March 29, 2025

#295 - Craft Show Chaos: Managing the Busy Season

110 hours 33 mins; March 22, 2025

#294 - Mastering ceramic decals with Isaac Shue

138 hours 12 mins; March 15, 2025

#293 - Side hustle or full-time? Weighing the pros and cons

129 hours 44 mins; March 08, 2025

#292 - Q&A Part X

90 hours 21 mins; March 01, 2025

#291 - Profit First with Taylor Swilley

154 hours 25 mins; February 22, 2025

#290 - Building a ceramic collection, one mug at a time – with Layla Lynn, aka The Mug Maiden

127 hours 46 mins; February 15, 2025

#289 - The art & business of ceramic jewelry with Deanna Poelsma from Glazed & Confused Creations

150 hours 16 mins; February 08, 2025

#288 - Authentic growth & "The Essential Pottery Notebook" with Kara Leigh Ford

144 hours 9 mins; February 01, 2025

#287 - Making progress: From setting goals to staying inspired

140 hours 2 mins; January 25, 2025

#286 - Simple steps to organize your business finances

122 hours 7 mins; January 18, 2025

#285 - New year, new focus

153 hours 9 mins; January 11, 2025

#284 - Reflections on 2024: Business Wins and Challenges

151 hours 18 mins; January 04, 2025

#283 - Essentials for a small studio

119 hours 43 mins; December 28, 2024

#282 - Handling problematic customers & soda kiln visions

82 hours 39 mins; December 21, 2024

#281 - Teaching, digital art & craftsmanship with Bryan Wilkerson

138 hours 49 mins; December 14, 2024

#280 - What we're thankful for in the ceramics community

106 hours 58 mins; December 07, 2024

#279 - Worth it or not worth it

135 hours 28 mins; November 30, 2024

#278 - Hands-on tips for teaching short workshops

118 hours 41 mins; November 23, 2024

#277 - How do you feel about preorders?

126 hours 56 mins; November 16, 2024

#276 - Turning Ideas into Art: Steal Like an Artist with Taylor Swilley

103 hours 49 mins; November 09, 2024

#275 - Exploring Etsy HQ and brewing success at the Cincy Coffee Festival

91 hours 16 mins; November 02, 2024

#274 - Big city, small business with Sarah Hussaini from Not Work Related

141 hours 21 mins; October 26, 2024

#273 - Commissions, business startup tips, and Michiana Pottery Tour recap

112 hours 59 mins; October 19, 2024

#272 - Listener Q&A: Perfecting mystery boxes and kiln programs

112 hours 56 mins; October 12, 2024

#271 - Countdown to Pot Swap 2024: what’s new this year

78 hours 29 mins; October 05, 2024

#270 - Creating monumental installation art with Jackie Head

142 hours 54 mins; September 28, 2024

#269 - Workshops, sales, and solving glaze problems

89 hours 38 mins; September 21, 2024

#268 - Blending military life and ceramics with Delvin Goode from D Goode Art

149 hours 9 mins; September 14, 2024

#267 - Embracing a Creative Life: Big Magic with Taylor Swilley

140 hours 2 mins; September 07, 2024

#266 - Creating through health struggles with Aleatha Aiken-Sherrer from aleathabean (Pt 2)

98 hours 10 mins; August 31, 2024

#265 - Creating through health struggles with Aleatha Aiken-Sherrer from aleathabean (Pt 1)

84 hours 0 mins; August 24, 2024

#264 - Spaghetti brain or box brain?

128 hours 28 mins; August 17, 2024

#263 - Cohesion vs. creativity in your pottery

108 hours 39 mins; August 10, 2024

#262 - Lessons from The E-Myth Revisited

130 hours 18 mins; August 03, 2024

#261 - Virtual teaching milestones & new horizons with Tzipporah Schvarcz from Sipor Ceramics (Pt 2)

92 hours 6 mins; July 27, 2024

#260 - Virtual teaching milestones & new horizons with Tzipporah Schvarcz from Sipor Ceramics (Pt 1)

104 hours 37 mins; July 20, 2024

#259 - Q&A Part IX

107 hours 25 mins; July 13, 2024

#258 - A new start for Bluebird Clay with Jordan Kloppe (Pt 2)

83 hours 59 mins; July 06, 2024

#257 - A new start for Bluebird Clay with Jordan Kloppe (Pt 1)

82 hours 33 mins; June 29, 2024

#256 - Moving out of a studio

144 hours 37 mins; June 22, 2024

#255 - Adapting to uncertain times with Link Henderson from Kentucky Mudworks (Pt 2)

79 hours 30 mins; June 15, 2024

#254 - Adapting to uncertain times with Link Henderson from Kentucky Mudworks (Pt 1)

92 hours 12 mins; June 08, 2024

#253 - Becca's next challenge

127 hours 49 mins; June 01, 2024

#252 - Making pottery for restaurants with Bethany Kramer from Bethany Rose Pottery

114 hours 39 mins; May 25, 2024

#251 - What can you do when sales are slow?

115 hours 43 mins; May 18, 2024

#250 - Finding the right shows

83 hours 35 mins; May 11, 2024

#249 - Calculated risk-taking

130 hours 59 mins; May 04, 2024

#248 - Is your price right? with Isaac Shue and Heidi Fahrenbacher

143 hours 45 mins; April 27, 2024

#247 - "Resources for your business" at NCECA 2024

67 hours 17 mins; April 20, 2024

#246 - Let's talk preorders

91 hours 5 mins; April 13, 2024

#245 - Pricing your work pt 2 & presenting at NCECA with Heidi Fahrenbacher from Bella Joy Pottery

138 hours 42 mins; April 06, 2024

#244 - Road trip home from NCECA!

149 hours 0 mins; March 30, 2024

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