How I designed mugs inspired by my personal space, from start to finish
I wanted to be challenged, to push past my usual routines and comfort zone, to learn new ways of thinking about ceramics, new ways of seeing and engaging with art. The first quarterly project was on personal space: make a piece inspired by your everyday environment.*
Trust the process, trust the routine.
It’s taken me many months since starting a one-woman pottery business to emotionally accept that only half my time is spent with the thing I left my corporate job for: clay. The other half is marketing and other computer-y, admin-y type things.
11 things I’m learning since launching a pottery business
Working with clay feels right, like I found the thing I’m meant to do. But I’m definitely not (patient enough? fastidous?) for hand building. Give me that wheel.