Etsy Best Selling Ring Dishes

A behind the scenes look at how to make and glaze my number one best selling item in my Etsy pottery shop.
Glazes used in this video:
"Night": glazy.org/recipes/18705
(added black stain 5%)
credit: Tony Hansen
Floating Blue: glazy.org/recipes/10684
credit: Joe Thompson
Studio White: glazy.org/recipes/7973
credit: Mighty Mud Mixer
Dirty Snow: glazy.org/recipes/59413
From John Britt's Mid Range Glazes

[@benordung8780]

This is incredibly satisfying to watch. I know you are an extremely busy person but you need to offer one on one classes or something.

[@threelittlepotters]

I know I have a lot to learn on the video making front. It's really hard to film yourself with muddy hands.

[@triciac1019]

I was so surprised how fun it was to throw off the hump. Your ring bowls are beautiful!

[@threelittlepotters]

Thanks, and awesome that you tried it! I think it can be a time saver on some items.

[@coopart1]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Pottery is addictive so we gotta sell some stuff to keep us in clay !

[@threelittlepotters]

So true! Thanks for watching!

[@makershavenpottery]

Your videos are beautiful… and so are your ring dishes 💕

[@PerrinPottery]

Beautiful glazes. I haven’t been brave enough to mix my own glazes yet! This may give me the courage. Thanks for sharing!

[@threelittlepotters]

You should try it! It's just like when you're mixing one of those fancy cake recipes and they demand you use a scale to get the exact amount of flour. Tedious, but totally doable.

[@RJMPottery]

love those ring dishes, so cute

[@threelittlepotters]

Thank you! 🤗

[@ChillClay]

You are so good! What brand of pottery wheel do you use?

[@threelittlepotters]

I have two fairly inexpensive wheels.The one I throw on is the Shimp VL Lite and I love that wheel! The one I trim on is the starter wheel I got on amazon. It's not amazing, but it's still going strong after 3 years. After the first two weeks of throwing on it I ordered the Shimpo. There's a large difference between the $300 wheels and the $800 ones.

[@ChillClay]

@@threelittlepotters Thank you so much. 😊

[@keyt6017]

Are you making any money selling those dishes for 10$ with free shipping? I've sold 100 3d printed items for 10$ without free shipping and it was like 700$ after all expenses. Which is not that much considering time spent. In your case it should be even less than that cos shipping is not free for you and I assume you ship in a small box.

[@threelittlepotters]

What a timely question! I just uploaded a video in which I show my exact Etsy numbers for this year so far: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epOqp6xrh7x7ZpY In short, I make a little money... depends on your perspective.

[@genboomxer]

The algorithm just dropped your channel on me today. You're providing some very good tips that are definitely geared for the experienced potter. I have a few Hansen 20X5s on hand, and Joe's Floating Blue is probably my favorite. I haven't layered the 2 yet, but it's nice to know that they play well together on B-mix5. I notice you only brushed on a single layer of FB. Did you add a brushing medium or are you relying solely on high specific gravity? ⚱

[@threelittlepotters]

Hey, I am glad the algorithm threw me in your path! So the Gerstley Borate in the floating blue makes it naturally more like pudding at 150sg... I know I could deflocculate that to make it more of a dipping glaze... but since I know it needs to go on so thick, I tend to leave it in its natural pudding state. In the video, some of the water has evaporated from my bucket. I bet it's more like 160sg right now, but as you know, that one is a pain to test because of the viscosity. As far as brushing mediums... if you're referring to something like CMC gum... I only use that in Chun Seafoam.