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The Potters Cast

Inventory Like a Bank | Dan Finnegan | Episode 803

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Business, Careers, Arts, Visual Arts

4.9591 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Dan Finnegan has been making useful stoneware pottery in Fredericksburg Virginia since 1980.Dan trained in England at the Winchcombe Pottery and spends most summers working in England. Dan has trained more than a dozen assistants, founded Liberty Town Arts Workshop in Fredericksburg, and is the curator of "Pottery on the Hill" in Washington DC.

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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.

0:14.4

Hey, hey, and howdy.

0:16.6

Welcome to episode number 803 of the Potter's cast.

0:22.8

We are hanging out today because we both love pottery,

0:29.0

and this show is all about ceramics and the people who are into it.

0:33.8

So looking forward to talking about ceramics with our guests today and be able to share that

0:40.0

conversation with you.

0:42.0

We also like to focus a little bit about the business aspect of ceramics and what that

0:48.6

looks like.

0:50.1

And today is no exception because we're going to be talking to Dan Finnegan.

0:56.5

And he's been a, like a local potter for like over 40 years.

1:02.9

Man, that's a long time.

1:06.1

But beyond that, I love this, this perspective that he brings to the table of using inventory kind of like a bank,

1:18.4

you know, setting it up kind of like a bank account.

1:20.7

And I just thought that was so smart and intelligent to go about it like that.

1:26.7

And I hope that it helps you to kind of think about inventory for yourself in that way

1:32.8

that might be super freeing for you.

1:35.5

Yeah, that's my hope.

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