025 - Stephen Salter: Honing Craft, Building Business, and Making Pottery Work

Mar 19

How do you turn a creative passion into a sustainable business? In this episode, we sit down with Stephen Salter of Salter Pottery to explore his journey from college student to full-time ceramicist and studio owner. Stephen shares how a chance introduction to pottery sparked an unexpected career, the lessons he learned through apprenticeships and mentorships, and the realities of building a business as a craftsman. From his early days selling too soon to finding his stride in the Oak Cliff creative community, we dive into the challenges of scaling handmade work, the balance between artistry and entrepreneurship, and how persistence (and a lot of clay) helped him carve out his place in the Dallas pottery scene.