The Maker's Playbook

Rebecca Ickes Carra
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The Maker's Playbook

A podcast where we talk all about what it's really like to make a living from the things you make. Featuring candid interviews with other ceramicists and makers, as well as helpful business tips to make your side-hustle into a life-giving, viable business.

  1. 15 NOV

    Ep 603: Receiving Delayed Attention with Stanley Tong

    I reached out to chat with Stanley after seeing his “Thoughts and Prayers” series - a powerful body of work creating strong visuals on the actual effects of a bullet striking a form. A series, he actually made more than a year ago. And yet, only recently and quite suddenly, has gotten quite a lot of recognition. We talk about how the series came about and what’s happened in the year since, as well as the time he’s taking to figure out the next steps, instead of letting the internet push him i...

    1 h y 10 min

  2. 8 NOV

    Ep 602: The Catharsis of Supporting Others with Tim Clark

    If you weren’t learning how to carve intricate designs in sourdough bread in 2020, odds are, you might have been learning how to make pottery. And while this is true for today’s guest, Tim Clark, that wasn’t all. Tim also was learning how to make pottery and navigate the rest of life after a spontaneous tear of the retina left him half blind. There seems to be quite the thru line for many of us finding pottery as a therapeutic thing, but Tim has taken this one step farther, in starting the Bl...

    1 h y 25 min

  3. 1 NOV

    Ep 601: Staying Okay (even when your business isn’t) with Clare Barboza of Poppy Bee Surfaces

    How do you stay okay even when it doesn't feel like your business isn't going well? Because while we might feel pulled to log the long hours and push ourselves to "work harder" to "grind it out," in reality, we can't really come up with new, interesting, creative solutions when we're exhausted or stressed or frankly, freaking out. As foolish as it might feel to get up and go for a walk instead of "being productive" it might also be exactly that walk that brings you a clever idea to turn thing...

    1 h y 17 min

  4. 25 OCT

    {Replay} Ep 206: Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work

    We're quickly approaching the holiday season and makers around the world are hustling to get their listings online and take advantage of increased sales during this time of year. But what if your sales aren't going as planned? What if you haven't sold as much as you'd hoped? What if you haven't sold ANYTHING? What does it all mean? On this solo episode of the podcast, I'm talking about 2 words that get a bad reputation in the arts - sales & marketing. Looking for help to increase you...

    42 min

  5. 18 OCT

    {Replay} Ep 116: Real life vs. Instagram with Sophia McEvoy

    Do you ever think about what happened BEFORE the Instagram photos? Or BEFORE your favorite potter hit 25 thousand followers? Off and on, many people will talk about the real-life vs. Instagram life, and there are plenty of hilarious memes floating around the internet about them, but I’d wager a bet that while many of us (myself included) are scrolling through IG, we are never actively reminding ourselves of what that maker’s life looked like before that photo… The years of saving money, ...

    55 min

  6. 11 OCT

    {Replay} Ep 217: The Social Responsibility of Businesses (and side-hustles)

    Our work as artists can feel disconnected with the immediate needs of the world. On this week’s solo episode, I’m peeling back the curtain on how I process that for myself. Alongside my originally planned episode of discussing a few of the various business models you can choose in order to create a business that serves your life and not the other way around. Listen to The Launch series by clicking here.If you're looking for a group of welcoming and supportive colleagues, fellow makers who sim...

    44 min

  7. 4 OCT

    {Replay} Ep 123: Alex Matisse of Eastfork Pottery on the Importance of Vision

    How do you go from a farm with a woodfire kiln and two potters to an industrial warehouse that already feels too small? Vision. And a bit of luck. At least, that's what worked for Alex Matisse, founder of the one and only Eastfork Pottery. On this episode, Alex shares insights into the pros and cons of growing such a large, successful business and how taking the time to get clear on a vision is the lynchpin of it all.At the time of this replay, Asheville, North Carolina (where Eastfork Potter...

    54 min

  8. 27 SEPT

    {Replay} Ep 125: Mental Health & Finding Your Community with Katie Meili

    We’re taking a quick season break but in the meantime, enjoy this chat from way back in Season 1 that I had with Katie Meili. We chat about the difficulties of mental health and how it feels when life takes unexpected turns that throw you off a path everyone else around you is on, the silver linings that brought us to clay, and the importance of having a community that supports and pushes us as artists.Additional Resources since this episode first aired:Listen to the follow-up conversation I ...

    1 h y 18 min
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A podcast where we talk all about what it's really like to make a living from the things you make. Featuring candid interviews with other ceramicists and makers, as well as helpful business tips to make your side-hustle into a life-giving, viable business.

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  • Creador
    Rebecca Ickes Carra
  • Años de actividad
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodios
    147
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