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.

Here it is, episode number 1,244 of the Potter's cast.

I want to just say a thank you to those of you who are encouraging me that have taken the time over on the show notes page where there is that little link that you

can click. I said in the last episode that I'm going to be teaching some classes.

This is going to be for a, like a first time thing for me.

I've done classes in terms of, like, teaching friends.

I've taught some one-off classes, you know, like some date nights and some classes about, you know, like take a first spin, those type of things where

I'm just letting people get their toe in the water, as they say.

And so now I'm about to teach a class where it's going to be a four-week session.

And to be honest, I'm a little bit intimidated.

I was sitting in the studio yesterday.

And my friend Frank Eager, Clay God on Instagram, was teaching the beginning class. It's a six-week course for Clayworks.

And he's such a great teacher. And I got to tell you, I started

to sweat. I was going, oh no, what am I doing? Because Frank is just so brilliant. He's so smart.

He walks around, he knows exactly what he's talking about. He tells people what they're doing

what they could do differently.

And it really is kind of astounding the things that he can teach people.

And so I feel, one, I am a rookie trying to teach other people, but a rookie for sure at teaching ceramics. And so, yeah, I was really intimidated. I'm very

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