Pottery for Sale

Throw and glaze mugs and bowls good enough to sell.

Start with How to Center Clay — A Beginner's Guide (17 min, Florian Gadsby), then How to Make Pottery Chucks and Chums — A Beginner's Guide (23 min, Florian Gadsby). All 20 lessons in Pottery for Sale are free. No degree. A local studio membership to start. A starter kit costs about $455. Handmade mugs commonly sell for $30 to $60.

To start: No degree. A local studio membership to start. Earning: Handmade mugs commonly sell for $30 to $60.

  1. Throwing on the wheel

    Centering to finished forms.

  2. Glazing and firing

    Make it beautiful and safe.

  3. Make it well enough to sell

    Consistent quality, honest pricing for your time and materials, and photos that sell.

  4. Sell it

    List on Etsy and marketplaces, post where buyers look, and try a local market.

  5. Build your own shop

    Your own store, shipping and packaging, and being found on Google.