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average of a potter's income hobbyist?

updated sat 7 dec 02

 

Bob Pulley on fri 6 dec 02


Everybody has to find his or her own combination, full time with
poverty, full time with good marketing, teaching, well employed spouse,
big inheritance, etc. There was once a show in Indiana called "Making
It". Turns out many of those who were "making it" had spouses who were
making it better. Also I have never liked the term "hobbyist" applied
to my
work. I have always felt hobbyist implies a certain frivolity and
frittering away of time in an enjoyable but less meaningful part of
one's life than say a job. I work too hard at it, I take it too
seriously. My clay work is as deeply a part of my spiritual life as any
other part of my life.
Bob