S2E5: Appeasing The Kiln Gods- Firing Your Pottery

S3E9: Firing The Bill Moon Wood Kiln - Firing Your Pottery: It was a privilege to be there firing with the team at the Bill Moon kiln of Imagine Peace Pottery and learning the more advanced and planned firing techniques rather than simply having the goal of making temperature. Having a plan means thinking abo... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

35 min listen

S3E8: Customer Relationships - Building Your Pottery Business: Welcome to the latest episode of "The Pin Tool Podcast," where art meets entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Al Wayman, from Creek Road Pottery LLC, guiding you through the multifaceted world of pottery and business. Today, we're diving into Customer Re... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

29 min listen

S3E7: Pottery After Work- Creating Your Pottery: Welcome to the latest episode of "The Pin Tool Podcast," where art meets entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Al Wayman, from Creek Road Pottery LLC, guiding you through the multifaceted world of pottery and business. Today, we're diving into the idea of... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

24 min listen

S3E6: Channels - Building Your Pottery Business: Welcome to the latest episode of "The Pin Tool Podcast," where art meets entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Al Wayman, from Creek Road Pottery LLC, guiding you through the multifaceted world of pottery and business. Today, we're diving into the concept... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

38 min listen

S3E5: Revenue Streams - Building Your Pottery Business: Welcome to the latest episode of "The Pin Tool Podcast," where art meets entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Al Wayman, from Creek Road Pottery LLC, guiding you through the multifaceted world of pottery and business. Today, we're diving into the concept... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

36 min listen

S3E4: Value Propositions - Building Your Pottery Business: Welcome to the latest episode of "The Pin Tool Podcast," where art meets entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Al Wayman, from Creek Road Pottery LLC, guiding you through the multifaceted world of pottery and business. Today, we're diving into the concept... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

38 min listen

S3E3: Customer Segments - Building Your Pottery Business: Welcome to the latest episode of "The Pin Tool Podcast," where art meets entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Al Wayman, from Creek Road Pottery LLC, guiding you through the multifaceted world of pottery and business. Today, we're diving into the concept... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

31 min listen

S3E2: The Business Model Canvas - Building Your Pottery Business: Welcome to "The Pin Tool Podcast," hosted by Al Wayman, artist and owner of Creek Road Pottery LLC. This latest episode delves into the intricacies of the Business Model Canvas, a strategic tool essential for any artist who wants to become an entrepr... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

28 min listen

S3E1: Yearly Direction Setting - Selling Your Pottery: Welcome back to The Pin Tool Podcast, the show where we dive deep into the art of thriving in our personal and professional lives. I'm Al Wayman of Creek Road Pottery LLC, and in today's special episode, we're setting the stage for the year ahead. As... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

28 min listen

S2E16: A Thanksgiving Christmas and Elijah’s Chair: A Creek Road Pottery LLC update and a holiday story:"The heavy-loaded train slowed its speed as it entered the little sleepy town of Laceyville, Pennsylvania. Its loud horn echoed across the river, through the corn fields, and over the mountainside a... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

29 min listen

S2E15: What’s Your Hero’s Journey? - Selling Your Pottery: May you one day look out across the vast sea and have a glimpse of the smoke from the cooking fires rising from your homeland of your Ithaca. Or may you one day, after many wanderings and hardships, wake up on its shore surrounded by the many gifts y... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

32 min listen

S2E14: For Gere -The Potter and Robin Hood: While at the thrift shop I found the book ” The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles” from 1961 and for $5.00. The book is a collection of old time folk ballads from the Appalachian mountains. Haunting and yet amazing. The stories and poetry in the music ... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

11 min listen

S2E13: Thoughts On Design & Product Placement - Selling Your Pottery: In this episode, I talk about ways to underscore your style and set yourself apart from others in your own way by asking: "Who's it for?", "What's it for?", and "What change are you trying to make?".Books: The Practice: Shipping Creative Work. by Set... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

37 min listen

S2E12: Thoughts On Design & Creating Prototypes - Creating Your Pottery: In my opinion, bad art might be forms and elements that communicate poorly. In this episode, I talk about taking the work from a design in your sketchbook to creating a clay prototype of your form. I discuss what bad art might be and a few topics con... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

40 min listen

S2E11: Thoughts On Design & Idea Generation - Creating Your Pottery: How do you generate ideas while creating art? In this episode, you help me kiln sit as I fire an updraft and chat about design. I discuss some ways ideas for work might happen and the sources we might draw from to generate elements in our art. A list... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

23 min listen

S2E10: Thoughts On Design & Function: Creating Your Pottery: In today's world, we do not need to wait to be picked due to social media and the internet. We can pick ourselves. Many of the standards that were once used by gatekeepers to define what a good pot was may no longer be relevant. Or are they? Design, ... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

33 min listen

S2E9A: Live Mug Throw Chat by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

66 min listen

S2E9: Manually Fire Your Pots - Firing Your Pottery: Many people leave it up to luck, fate, or "Kiln gods" when firing out work. But once you get to know your kiln, you can use it to add a whole new layer of interest to your work by how you choose to fire it. Even when electric firing, using different... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

39 min listen

S2E8: Spending Time With Meaning - Creating Your Pottery: Many times we may feel anxiety about how we are spending our time. Either we feel we were not as productive as we would like to be or even when we are able to complete all the daily goals we gain anxiety by adding more things. In this episode I discu... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

34 min listen

S2E7: You Are Not Defined By Only Your Work - Creating Your Pottery: We fill many roles in our lives and community. Putting all effort into just one role may bankrupt the other vital roles that make us who we are. This, in turn, can have a negative effect on our work and our ability to create good work. In order to... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

33 min listen

S2E6: Taking Ownership- Creating Your Pottery: Many times we might like to leave it up to others to take ownership because it's easier and lets us off the hook. However, what others do and say for us may not be what's best for us or our work and life story. In this episode, I discuss the topic o... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

35 min listen

S2E4: Is It Time To Quit? - Creating Your Pottery: Overall, it was a fair and foul month, but like some say, “Done is better than perfect, and perfect is never perfect but only better “. Many times, you just need to keep showing up for yourself and others. Losing a whole buying community will take a ... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

28 min listen

S2E3: Collecting and Sprouting Seeds of Ideas - Creating Your Pottery: In this episode, we talk about idea generation; collecting, and the germination of creative seeds using the book "The Creative Act: A Way Of Being." by Rick Rubin Many times we might stall when we run out of ideas creatively. That's why it's import... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

21 min listen

S2E2: Adapting Artificial Intelligence To Your Art- Creating Your Pottery: In this episode, we talk about a few ways you could use Artificial Intelligence as a creation tool. With the rise of ChatGPT in search and the controversy and questions around AI-generated art, is it even possible to use it as a tool in creating our... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

29 min listen

S2E1: Ways to Avoid Existential Vacuum & Depression - Making Your Pottery: In this episode, I go over a few steps you can take to manage seasonal depression maybe and avoid an existential vacuum. We discuss Victor Frankel's ideas about Existential Vacuum in his book Man's Search For Meaning. I also cover the idea of the He... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

25 min listen

S1E12: Tips For Managing Custom Orders- Selling Your Pottery: Many times, makers prefer to avoid taking custom orders out of fear. In this episode, I talk about a few tips that can be done to manage custom orders better and make the experience and customer interaction more enjoyable. I hope everyone has a wond... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

27 min listen

S1E11: My Experience In A Direct Marketing Environment- Marketing Your Pottery: I had a situation where I needed to have pots at three different places on the same weekend. In one show, all direct marketing was required to sell, as very few, it seemed, came to buy pots. I felt out of place outside my Story base/ Permission bas... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

33 min listen

S1E10: Using A Treadle Wheel - Making Your Pottery: I made the trip from Laceyville, Pennsylvania to the beautiful upstate New York though the farm land with my father to pick up an old time treadle wheel. I found the treadle wheel on Facebook marketplace for a great price. I always wanted to try one,... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

30 min listen

S1E9: Tips For Holiday Show Prep - Selling Your Pottery: Things can get real busy, so this year I decided to start early to make things easier on myself. Here are a few things I plan to try while I am making work for the holiday season. #creekroadpottery #pottery #ceramics #handmade #smallbusiness by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

24 min listen

S1E8: Tips For Cutting Cost - Selling Your Pottery: Due to high inflation, selling work may be a bit challenging. In this episode, I offer some tips on cutting cost and a few ideas on how you might generate revenue to survive the hard times. You may need to be brave and try new things. For me perso... by The Pin Tool Podcast | Pottery | Ceramics | Small Business

27 min listen

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