This is the Potter's cast.

A podcast home for potters everywhere.

It's a community of potters dedicated to grow their business.

We're picking up where the art degree ends.

I'm your host, Paul Blaze.

Hello and welcome to episode number 1,233.

A year ago, the community lost a great voice, which is John Neely, and he was, you know,

he was a potter, he was an educator, and probably more significantly, he was a mentor. And his

influence was definitely one that reached quite far.

And after doing the podcast for all these years we've been doing it,

it is incredible how many people have pointed to John Neely

as that significant person in their lives.

And so that generosity of sharing and shaping, literally

generations of makers, is really far-reaching. Well, this week, we have two guests coming on to

kind of do a tribute to John Neely. Now, when I say that,

I'm not saying these guys came on and we specifically spent the whole time talking about how

great John Neely is. We already know that John was a phenomenal person. These are their voices and their stories and their journey.

And part of that journey of getting to where they are

was because of John Neely's influence in their lives

and the relationship they had.

So we talk about John Neely, but also we really are talking about these people's lives and their journey,

and that's what, you know, like it's a standard episode would be like,

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