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  • He Won A Potters Wheel… And He Does 3D Printing | Ike Lobel

    He Won A Potters Wheel… And He Does 3D Printing | Ike Lobel


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    Ike Lobel | Episode 1030

    Ike Lobel is a Ceramics major at Suny New Paltz. Ike’s work focuses on the use of 3D printing in ceramics and the potential results of it. Ike has been working with clay for the past 16 years, in this time Ike has developed his style focusing on high precision and creating results that respect both the history of ceramics but also technological advances.

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    Why 3D? What is the draw towards 3D?

    I think it is something born inside me but I was watching Youtubers from when I was six building things with 3D printers with plastic. I think it just left something inside me and having my two worlds combine in printing clay it was just meant to be.

    How  does 3D printing lend itself to more creativity?

    Well I have really bad handwriting. Most people cannot read it. And so being able to design something on a computer and then have it come into the real world is kind of magical and it’s nice that I do not have to worry about what my hands do and instead I can just worry about transmitting my brain to the computer and the 3D printer.

    Do you see the irony of you pursuing 3D printing and you won a potter’s wheel?

    Yeah, we’ve been thinking about this for awhile. My family is like, What are you doing with a potter’s wheel? I think it’s going to be co-ownership between me and my dad.

    How does taking a break from ceramics help you be a better ceramicist in the future?

    I think in school there is so much pressure for it to be graded and you are always trying to make work for your professors and that’s a lot of pressure and so I think taking a couple of years off and letting it reignite the love for ceramics could be amazing. And then I could start making ceramics for myself again instead of for a grade. I miss making mugs and stuff just so I could give them away.

     

    What is the first thing you are going to do when you graduate?

    I am graduating on the 19th and the first thing I am going to do as ironic as it sounds I am going to drive home and build a wheel. (laughter) I haven’t been home in five months so I am excited to go home and build that wheel.

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    Advanced 3D Printing with Grasshopper by  D. Diego Garcia Cuevas 

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  • Does Social Media Actually Work? | Tim See

    Does Social Media Actually Work? | Tim See


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    Tim See | Episode 1065

    Tim See began working in clay while an art student at Onondaga Community College and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics with Honors at Syracuse University in 2004. Tim’s work has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY, the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY, and, at Baltimore Clayworks in Maryland – as well as many other galleries and shows. The work has been recognized with awards every year since 2003. Social media has provided Tim many platforms to communicate with more than 11,000 potters nationally and internationally. Since 2007, Tim has produced 92 educational videos on pottery that have been viewed almost 2 million times and attracted more that 13,000 subscribers.

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    You said we have more choices now and we can be our own everything. What does that mean to be our own everything?

    So as a business owner and as a maker we have to wear all sorts of hats from marketing to quality control. And as a single owner of my own business I have to wear all those hats but I also get to wear all those hats.

    Does that mean one should enjoy that process or do we have to endure that process as a discipline of business?

    There are endurable things like taxes and the unwanted business parts that have to happen to be successful.

    You said we could pay people to do the non-art parts of our work. Do you think that is a viable approach to someone trying to get their business off the ground?

    So business off the ground, probably not, but the goal, at least my goal has been that I can outsource the things I don’t enjoy doing. The hours I spend doing my taxes, I could make more money doing my thing than I would have to pay for those taxes. It’s like mowing the lawn, would it be cheaper for me to pay the lawn mower guy than doing it myself? Three hours of work versus three hours of mowing the lawn. Making my work seems like a better use of my time.

    How has social media given you the control you need to run your business?

    My business started doing craft shows and doing craft shows I was dependent on weather, that was the biggest determining factor of whether it was going to be successful that weekend. If the weather stunk than I made no money and if I make no money than I have no control over my business. It doesn’t happening immediately but over time I now know what I need to do on social media and I now have control over the start to finish. The making, promoting, selling, shipping, all of that is now my responsibility which is a blessing and a curse.

    Are you still doing one sale a year?

    It is more so the way I operate this year. Typically, I was doing a beginner’s sale so people who have never bought something could have an opportunity to buy something without fighting everybody.

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    timseeceramics.com

    Instagram: @timseeclay





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