A Renaissance Maker | Leigh Anne Thompson | Episode 546

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Business, Careers, Arts, Visual Arts

4.9 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Leigh Anne Thompson and her fiancé, Steven, are full-time potters traveling around the US selling their work at renaissance festivals as well as online. They have multiple studios and spend a good part of the year living on the road, making pots, and homeschooling their son Ocean. They put just as much creativity into growing their business as they do their pots, always trying new ideas to keep it fresh. They have a line of gourmet coffee all with ceramic inspired names and sell specialty underglaze transfers for other potters to use in their work. They take pride in "Living the dream" and are supporters of other makers finding their way to "artpreneurship" as well.

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0:00.0	This is the Potter's Cast.
0:01.9	A podcast home for Potters Everywhere.
0:05.4	It's a community of Potters dedicated to grow their business.
0:08.8	We're picking up where the art degree ends.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Paul Blaze.
0:14.1	Hey, this is episode number 546 of the Potterscast.
0:17.8	Welcome to the show.
0:19.1	We've got a really cool conversation coming up for you today
0:22.5	with Lee Ann Thompson. And she is a Renaissance maker and she is an amazing potter. And today we're
0:31.4	going to give the story behind Alon Pottery, which, you know, you may know her on Instagram as Alon Pottery. In fact,
0:40.1	I always got that wrong when I was, you know, when I was first, you know, following her and
0:44.7	looking at what she did. I always thought it was Ellen Pottery, which is, I got corrected. I got
0:51.1	corrected by her in this that it's's a lawn pottery. And anyhow,
0:57.6	she's just got a great story. Now, I want you to know, I was also excited because I had her come
1:06.5	onto the potter's cast and, you know, just scheduled her randomly. And it just so happened that she'd
1:13.6	also been randomly selected to be in the new podcast boldly, which you can totally look up.
1:21.6	In fact, there's another podcast called Clay is a four-letter word. And then there's another one
1:27.2	coming out soon that I'm pretty excited about.
1:29.9	Anyhow, there's just like a plethora of us coming up through the ranks.
1:33.2	I'm pretty excited about the podcasting world right now because we are getting some attention for ceramics.
1:40.8	But anyhow, she was recently on that, too. In fact, I think she was the first episode of
1:47.2	Boldly. And so some of her story, I interviewed her and then I listened to her on that podcast.
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