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Jul 31 2018

Find Your Flow To Make the Most of Your Time in the Pottery Studio

Find Your Flow To Make the Most of Your Time in the Pottery Studio

This is the 5th article in the series Make The Most of Your Time in the Pottery Studio. Have you ever been “in the zone” or “in a groove” or just plain working at max efficiency? Sometimes you hear how athletes are “in the zone” and performing at their best level. Does that just happen? […]

Written by Brandon Schwartz · Categorized: Improve · Tagged: batching, efficiency, flow, muscle memory, studio

Jun 13 2018

Having a Plan Makes the Most of My Time In the Pottery Studio

Having a Plan Makes the Most of My Time In the Pottery Studio

Why Do I Need a Plan? Sometimes, even when I have everything organized, have the right tools, and there are no other distractions… I still don’t get much accomplished. This usually happens when I don’t have a plan for my studio time.

Written by Brandon Schwartz · Categorized: Improve · Tagged: efficiency, making pots, planning, production, schedule, studio, time management

May 31 2018

Use The Best Tool For the Job in the Pottery Studio

Use The Best Tool For the Job in the Pottery Studio

This is post number 3 in our series: Make the Most of Your Time in the Pottery Studio. You wouldn’t try to clean a mansion with a toothbrush or harvest a field with a pair of scissors. In the same way, you don’t want to spend a bunch of extra time doing something because you’re […]

Written by Brandon Schwartz · Categorized: Improve · Tagged: efficiency, making pots, pottery tools, production, studio

Apr 24 2018

Minimize Distractions to Be More Efficient in the Pottery Studio

Minimize Distractions to Be More Efficient in the Pottery Studio

We decided earlier that we all want to be more efficient in the pottery studio. Here we will take a look our second step to make the most of our time: minimizing distractions. (If you missed it, you can read about the first step: Staying Organized.) For most of us, it is pretty obvious that […]

Written by Brandon Schwartz · Categorized: Improve · Tagged: distractions, efficiency, studio, time management

Apr 07 2018

How Organization Makes the Most of My Time in the Pottery Studio

How Organization Makes the Most of My Time in the Pottery Studio

Raise your hand if you want to be more productive in the pottery studio… Okay, most of us? In this article we will see how a little organization can do just that. It is the first part of the series “Make the Most of Your Time in the Pottery Studio.”

Written by Brandon Schwartz · Categorized: Improve · Tagged: efficiency, making pots, organization, production, studio, time management

Mar 18 2018

Make the Most of Your Time in the Pottery Studio

Make the Most of Your Time in the Pottery Studio

Are you always looking for extra time to work with clay? Between, my day job, spending time with my family, taking care of the business, and trying to get just enough sleep to stay functional, I used to feel like I never had enough time to make pots. But what if I told you that […]

Written by Brandon Schwartz · Categorized: Improve · Tagged: efficiency, making pots, production, studio, time management, working

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