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The Potters Cast

She Got Into Pottery Through Buttons | Rebecca Graves Prowse | Episode 1091

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Careers, Visual Arts, Business, Arts

4.9590 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca Graves Prowse, founder of Gravesco Pottery, traded her 20-year corporate retail career for a pottery wheel in 2010. From her Indianapolis studio, she crafts modern, functional ceramics that blend classic design with handmade character. Her background in retail design influences her aesthetic, creating pieces that enhance daily rituals and become cherished heirlooms for collectors nationwide.

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0:00.0

This is the Potter's cast.

0:01.9

Hey!

0:02.6

This is the podcast home of the Potter's Mastermind, a community of Potters dedicated to grow their business.

0:08.6

We're picking up where the art degree ends.

0:11.3

I'm your host, Paul Blaze.

0:14.2

Welcome to episode number 1091 of the Potter's cast. So stoked that we are hanging out together today. We are on the

0:26.6

eve of Christmas, people around the world celebrating that today. And I hope that for those of you

0:33.3

that are into Christmas or the idea of family and friends and all that getting together.

0:41.4

I hope you have an amazing Christmas these next couple of days.

0:44.9

And so, yeah.

0:45.9

Well, I'm excited to be able to bring to you Rebecca Graves to you.

0:50.4

She got into pottery through buttons.

0:57.7

Yeah, I'm talking about buttons that like you button your shirt and you have buttons on there.

1:02.7

That's what got Rebecca into ceramics.

1:05.9

And when she did get into ceramics, I had, I know she didn't have any idea it was going to turn into what she

1:12.6

ended up making, which was some amazing business that she has been running since she got the thing going.

1:22.6

And yeah, it's kind of a crazy, cool story.

1:26.1

And she makes beautiful work, too. So I'm really stoked to be able to just share her story. She's one of these people that I thought I've had in the show before, but no, this is the first. So I'm super stoked to be able to bring Rebecca Graves to you. So let's jump into this conversation that I had with Rebecca Graves right after this word from our sponsor.

1:46.7

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2:02.4

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2:07.9

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2:11.1

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