I’d love to start selling online but do not want to sell on Etsy (I used to sell on there over a decade ago). Has anyone found an affordable e-commerce website? Currently I use SquareSpace for my art education business, but it is expensive 😅

I'm usually a pretty private person. However, I feel like I'm among friends here, and among people who can understand my trepidation. You see, I'm about to have ACDF surgery. For the last couple of months I've been having pain, tingling and cramping in my hands and arms. Turns out I've got a couple of discs in my neck pressing on the spinal cord. So they are going to operate on the 16th. I've pretty much stopped doing pottery for the last couple of months because of this, and will not be able to lift or bend for a couple months after. I'm told that this surgery is over 90% effective permanently, but there's always some risk, so I'm a bit nervous. Anyway, I kind of wanted just to vent to someone other than those who live with me every day, and to people who understand what it would be like to not be able to make mud into art. I'm not looking for sympathy, just some encouragement to help me feel just a little braver about what lies ahead. Thanks to all of you for understanding!

Pottery friends how in the heck do you get plates off plates off bats without wiring thru. I am about to just start hand building them.

I know this is something we all do, but I am still so new to it… I get so socially anxious and awkward!! Please feel free to share some silly gifs to make me laugh 😅😅

Okay potters, let’s settle this once and for all! 😄 You can keep all your other favorite glazes — but when it comes to these two classics, you have to pick one: River Birch 🌿 or Winter Wood ❄️ No “both” and no “neither” — just pure, honest glaze preference! So… if you had to cast your vote, which one wins a permanent spot on your glaze shelf? 👀🎨 👉 Team River Birch or Team Winterwood?