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. Hey, hey, hey, welcome to episode number 1,169 of the potters cast.

So happy that we are doing this together.

We've got a big week in front of us right now.

We are doing all we can to get ready for the grand opening this Friday night, the 17th.

So we're super busy trying to get all the stuff done. And I'm just telling you right now, we're running out of daylight every day, so to speak. Just not enough hours in the day. So we're doing what we can. So we have our eyes on the prize and we're just saying that's the main thing, get that done. And so we just keep pushing forward to that.

But if you're in the Portland, Vancouver area, we'd love to see you Friday night.

So, yeah, maybe mark your calendar.

What?

Calendar.

Yeah, market.

Market grand opening in Vancouver, Washington at Clayworks.

So we've got a phenomenal conversation today. This guest of ours is

Celeste zone. And, you know, coincidentally, she just happened to have opened a studio of her own,

you know, a year ago. And so this is a year into her journey of opening a studio. And it's timely for me.

And I know that for a lot of you, you've been thinking about doing something similar to that.

And so, yeah, let's hear the progress that Celestazone has had in the year, right after this word from our sponsor.

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