Developing A Ceramics Business

Adjust yourself to the ceramics process through the growing business of pottery stores.

Developing a ceramics business.

You may have found a wonderful creative outlet but business is business so craft an intelligent plan and execute. Kaolin calefactors mission is to design and construct the finest dishware pottery. Small freestanding ceramics stores have opened up all over the united states to help hobbyists customize pottery and earthen wares. In this excerpt from the september 2016 issue of ceramics monthly kris vagner shares the lessons sutter and samantha stremmel learned when.

If you are starting your ceramic business you need to take location marketing design and storage into consideration. Make sure if you are not a business person that you have good advisors on issues of money. Our services will exceed the expectations of our. To develop a sustainable start up business that leverages a hobby into a business.

So today i am sharing some advice from a couple who took on this challenge and now have a thriving ceramic business. Additionally if zoning permits the studio can also act as a retail outlet or factory direct sales outlet. When we adhere to this maxim everything else will fall into place. Whether you re an industrial ceramics supplier or a clay artist one of the biggest costs for your business will be energy.

During her junior year of college courtney on a whim took an introductory course on ceramics and developed a love for clay. She s been in the business for over 50 years and probably has over 50 000 molds as well as glazes paints 2 kilns etc. There s too much to list but it s unlike anything i ve ever seen. When she graduated courtney was a full time ceramics apprentice under donna polseno and richard hensley but she also worked in fundraising at a nonprofit for her day job courtney loved working on ceramics and after eight years in the nonprofit world she decided to.

Also consider developing an e commerce website for your ceramics or online storefront on an arts and crafts marketplace such as etsy or artfire. We exist to attract and maintain customers. These businesses often provide full access to their customers as a way to educate the public on ceramics. I m trying to help a friend sell her ceramics business she was running out of her 2 500 sq ft basement.

While many potters tend to shy away from digital technology managing an online shop is a cost effective way to dramatically extend your reach and boost the sales of your ceramics. A pottery business is ideally suited to being operated from a home based studio location. The process of turning the raw goods of ceramics into forced durable pieces takes a lot of water and time but it also takes a lot of heat.