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. Welcome to episode number 726 of the Potter's cast, and I'm really

stoked to be able to bring back to you a former guest of the show that was on quite a while ago and is back on again.

His name is Tom Budzac, and I specifically was excited to be able to talk to Tom.

I invited him to come back on because he's doing something really cool,

is that he's working with his clay and doing it with his son.

And it was just, I just thought, you know, a lot of us kind of, you know,

if we are doing ceramics, there's so much fun to be able to share that love of ceramics

with our children or with people that we love.

And Tom just seemed to be doing it in a fun way.

So I wanted to get Tom's thoughts on this subject.

So we get a little bit of a catch-up about what's going on with him,

and then we get a little bit of an insight into the whole clay thing with his son. So let's jump

into this conversation I had with Tom Budzac right after this word from our sponsor. So when

you're doing slab work, what kind of tricks do you need to

be able to stop the warping? Well, over at GR pottery forms, they've got a whole section on their

website to talk about how you prevent warping. And he gives us a bunch of tips like use the

slab roller to compress the clay and use the rib to compress

the clay, add texture if necessary, and he goes on and on and on with point after point.

So if you need help with preventing warping, go check out GR potteryforms.com.

Tom Budzac, welcome to the Potter's cast.

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