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Wheel Talk

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!

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
101 minutes
Episodes
324
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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#200 - Tradesies & artist collabs

#200 - Tradesies & artist collabs

Ryan shares a scary situation that happened to him recently before Ryan & Becca answer a few listener questions. On today's episode, the questions relate to trading with other artists, a sticky situa…

01:56:26  |   Sat 27 May 2023
#199 - Beyond the tool reviews with Hope Limyansky-Smith

#199 - Beyond the tool reviews with Hope Limyansky-Smith

Ryan and Becca are happy to have Hope Limyansky-Smith on the podcast to talk about a range of topics including: teaching in a high school setting, managing social media as an educator, production of …

03:28:43  |   Sat 20 May 2023
#198 - Should you offer free shipping?

#198 - Should you offer free shipping?

Ryan & Becca compare the pros & cons of offering "free" shipping for your online shop. Becca prefers offering free shipping and Ryan prefers adding shipping charges at the end, making for an interest…

02:03:34  |   Sat 13 May 2023
Bonus - Shooting the sh** Part I

Bonus - Shooting the sh** Part I

Ryan & Becca are trying out a shoot the sh!t episode just for fun. We cover family, paying taxes, online orders, plumbing issues, alternative firing methods, and fidget stones. Enjoy and let us know …

01:51:30  |   Wed 10 May 2023
#197 - Adding new styles to your product line

#197 - Adding new styles to your product line

Ryan & Becca discuss a question that came in related to finding a consistent style, but having interest in experimenting with new designs. We cover the potential drawbacks & positives to introducing …

02:12:10  |   Sat 06 May 2023
#196 - All about fidget stones!!

#196 - All about fidget stones!!

Ryan & Becca answer a couple listener questions before getting into an in-depth discussion about pricing small items like Becca's fidget stones. Her fidget stones are a bit different because they req…

01:56:27  |   Sat 29 Apr 2023
#195 - NCECA 2023 recap

#195 - NCECA 2023 recap

Ryan & Becca are joined by Erica, Ryan's studio assistant, to chat all about their experiences during NCECA 2023 in Cincinnati, OH. Thanks for all the great companies & folks we met and reconnected w…

02:29:07  |   Sat 22 Apr 2023
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#194 - "Learning Through Collaboration" at NCECA 2023

Ryan & Becca are joined by Lindsey & Donte, co-hosts of The Mud Peddlers Podcast, to discuss the topic of "Learning Through Collaboration" live at the NCECA 2023 clay conference hosted in Cincinnati,…

01:06:52  |   Sat 15 Apr 2023
#193 - Pricing with confidence

#193 - Pricing with confidence

Ryan & Becca answer a couple listener questions specific to pricing your work depending on the medium you’re selling in & confidence in yourself. Topics include pricing to sell to a local restaurant …

01:37:47  |   Sat 08 Apr 2023
#192 - Managing a wholesale business with Andrew Fegler from That's So Andrew

#192 - Managing a wholesale business with Andrew Fegler from That's So Andrew

Ryan and Becca welcome back Andrew from That's So Andrew to talk in depth about his stationary business, which is very focused on wholesale. We get into building a catalog, setting your terms, sellin…

02:33:17  |   Sat 01 Apr 2023
#191 - Pricing for your worth or your market

#191 - Pricing for your worth or your market

Ryan & Becca answer a couple listener questions today about specific business situations you may find yourself in at some point. One involves pricing your work based on your local market vs pricing h…

01:28:14  |   Sat 25 Mar 2023
#190 - What’s up with Instagram Subscriptions with Brooke Thivierge from BAT’s Ceramics

#190 - What’s up with Instagram Subscriptions with Brooke Thivierge from BAT’s Ceramics

Ryan and Becca are joined by Brooke Thivierge from BAT’s Ceramics & fellow podcast host of the Batty Bitches Podcast. They discuss how she started dabbling in Instagram Subscriptions recently, how sh…

02:21:06  |   Sat 18 Mar 2023
#189 - Running a massive community studio with Ben Clark from Queen City Clay

#189 - Running a massive community studio with Ben Clark from Queen City Clay

Ryan is joined by Ben Clark today inside of Queen City Clay, one of the largest community studios in the United States. Ben is the President and co-owner of Queen City Clay and covers a range of topi…

02:08:29  |   Sat 11 Mar 2023
#188 - Answering your tax questions with Jamie Boyack from Aloha Friday CPA

#188 - Answering your tax questions with Jamie Boyack from Aloha Friday CPA

Ryan & Becca are joined today by Jamie Boyack, a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) from Aloha Friday CPA. She answers so many of our tax questions ranging from the differences between sole prop…

02:13:00  |   Sat 04 Mar 2023
#187 - Teaching, online restocks, & family with Jodie Rozycki from Mudslinging Pottery

#187 - Teaching, online restocks, & family with Jodie Rozycki from Mudslinging Pottery

Ryan & Becca have a great chat today with Jodie Rozycki from Mudslinging Pottery. We chat about teaching in a community studio, her making process, how she handles online restocks, commission orders,…

02:12:57  |   Sat 25 Feb 2023
#186 - Learning to fire your kilns

#186 - Learning to fire your kilns

Ryan & Becca talk about kilns today after getting a listener question recently. They go into how and where they learned to fire their kilns initially, from manual kiln sitter kilns to ones with elect…

01:39:51  |   Sat 18 Feb 2023
#185 - Adjusting to van life

#185 - Adjusting to van life

Becca runs this episode solo to chat about adjusting to van life since the beginning of the year. She covers how she got the van, process to make it livable, adjusting the business to the new set-up,…
01:05:51  |   Sat 11 Feb 2023
#184 - Growing through experimentation

#184 - Growing through experimentation

Ryan and Becca recap their experience at Clay Con West before getting into the topic of the day. The focus of today's episode is figuring out how we can expand outside of our comfort zone to grow our…
02:01:18  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
#183 -

#183 - "Selling at Art Fairs" at Clay Con West

Becca and Ryan recently presented at Clay Con West, an annual clay conference hosted in St. George, Utah, to share some tips and tricks about selling at art shows. They share what has worked & not wo…

01:39:20  |   Sat 28 Jan 2023
#182 - Working through self doubt

#182 - Working through self doubt

Ryan and Becca are looking ahead to Clay Con West before answering a variety of listener questions. The primary topic of the day related to working through having self doubt as a beginner potter. We …

01:26:43  |   Sat 21 Jan 2023
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