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#257 Don't fall for this pottery trap
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On this episode I will be explaining the trap that a lot of potters fall into and why you should avoid this trap if you want to be making and selling the pottery that you want. Listen to this episode to learn more
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Introduction to Pottery Burnout
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Don't fall for this trap with your pottery. If you love pottery and want to take your skills to the next level, you're in the right place. Find your own pottery style right here on Shaping Your Pottery with Nick Torres. Let's get started. What is up, Shaping Nation? This is Nick Torres here.
Nick Torres' Mission and Introduction
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And on this episode of Shaping Your Pottery, we're going to be talking about a trap that leads people to having burnout with their pottery. For those that don't know me,
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My name is Nick Torres and I help potters like yourselves to discover their own unique voice by giving them tips and tricks to get there along the way.
The Sales Trap in Pottery Creation
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So the biggest trap that someone can fall into is making pottery just to sell. And this is the biggest trap in the world for pottery because maybe you've found something that you know is selling really, really well.
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But at the end of the day, you end up getting burnt out because you're making the same thing over and over and over and over again because you know that it is selling well and people are enjoying it as well. They're enjoying that work. Maybe you put so much time and effort into finding that one thing and people are enjoying it. And now you keep doing it because that's a smart thing to do, right? Is to keep doing the same thing over and over and over and over again. And that is a very smart thing.
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If it's not broke, why fix it?
Repetitive Production and Creative Risks
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But here is where the trap holds. And this is why it's a very big trap in pottery. If people start liking the thing that you're making and selling, and that is the only thing you are focusing on,
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You're going to get so burnt out because I'm pretty sure most of you right now don't have somebody that can help you make these things that know so well. I'm pretty sure most of you are on your own trying to sell your pottery or on your own in this pottery journey. And that is the trap right there. Because you don't have somebody else to help you make these things that you know so really, really well.
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you're going to get really, really burnt out. You're not going to make time to be able to play with the party, to make part of that you're truly passionate about again. So if you are doing party on your own and you have something that sells really well, that is a really, really big trap.
Keeping Creativity Alive with Design Changes
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My advice for this to avoid this trap is if you have found something that, you know, sells really well, make altercations to it every single month. So I'll give you an example.
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of my own sculptures. So my sculptures, I have a certain design with my character. So my very first design, I have a hood, and I have a cape, and I have a mask covering my face for my characters. And it has some other details too, but for the most part, those are the three main features in my very first design. So now my second design, what I did was,
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instead of making a completely new and different character because that is really really hard and that can be very hard for your own pottery as well if you're trying to make something completely new each time what you could do is keep one or two features from what you know is working and Keep doing that one or two things so in my next design I kept the hood and I kept the mask but now this time I made it look like a 1920s theme
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And what this allows you to do now is it keeps things fresh while still kind of almost having the same feel of your pottery. And you're going to be able to find out new things about your pottery to keep on evolving it even further.
Sustaining Growth through Personal Satisfaction
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Don't fall into that trap of just making pottery to sell. Make pottery for yourself first so you can keep going and growing your pottery and growing and growing and growing. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode and I'll see you guys in the next one.
Supporting the Podcast
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Hey thanks for listening to this episode of Shaping Your Pottery with Nick Torres. If you would like to support the podcast so I can continue making new and better episodes, go to shapingyourpottery.com forward slash donate to support the podcast. Anything is much appreciated and I hope you guys enjoy this episode and I'll see you guys in the next one.