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, my dear friends, welcome to episode number 1,195 of the Potter's cast.

Now, here's something that I hear kind of often from people, you know, about, about their work.

And the question is like, you know, like, how do I make work that feels like it belongs together?

You know, not just a bunch of nice pots, but rather a collection that kind of speaks with

one another or with one voice.

And that's what we ended up doing today is I spent some time with Ruthie Schultz, who is an incredible potter. I love her work.

I'm so excited to be able to bring her to you because we jumped into that part of the conversation,

or I should say that conversation about making work that has a collection that is cohesive

with each other. So I'm talking to Ruthie Schultz about this,

someone whose work feels unmistakably hers, yet is never rigid, it's never stuck, but it just

kind of goes together. So we dig into what it means to build that cohesive body of work.

So it really is one of those conversations that's very practical.

It's got some philosophical elements to it.

And it might just change the way you look at pots or the pots that you're making currently.

So, yeah, I'm really stoked to be able to share this conversation with you. So let's jump into this conversation I had with

Ruthie Schultz right after this word from our sponsor. Every time you buy a new carving tool for

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