you don't have to wait until someday
A 6-month mentorship for moms who want to build a real handmade pottery business — alongside their kids, not after them.
join the founding member waitlistfounding member price: $1,500 — the lowest it will ever be
does this sound familiar
"I'll start when they're in school. When things calm down. When I have more time."
You've been saying some version of this for a while. Maybe years. The dream of making something with your hands — something that's yours, that contributes to your family, that feels like more than a hobby — keeps getting moved to the next season.
But the next season looks a lot like this one. And the one before it.
The waiting isn't the problem. The belief that you need different circumstances than the ones you have — that's the problem.
I built White Hearth Pottery in two hours a day, with small children underfoot, in a studio in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. Not because I had ideal circumstances. Because I stopped waiting for them.
the unhurried way
"You build it in the hours you already have. Slowly. Intentionally. From a place of overflow rather than depletion."
This is not a hustle program. There are no 4am wake-up calls, no productivity hacks, no advice to nap when the baby naps so you can grind the other half.
The Unhurried Potter is built on the belief that a sustainable creative business grows from the same place a well-tended home does — from intention, from rhythm, from choosing quality over volume in everything you make and everything you do.
introducing
a 6-month mentorship for moms building a handmade business
in the margins of motherhood
founding member price
$1,500
or 3 payments of $525 · price rises to $1,800 for cohort two
join the waitlistwhat's included
01
The full 9-module pottery business course — equipment, clay bodies, glazing, firing, pricing, photography, and listings. Everything to go from "I want to do this" to "I have a real shop."
02
The philosophy that holds everything together. Four audio lessons on building from overflow, not depletion. This isn't a productivity system — it's the reason the business stays sustainable.
03
One per month over six months. Small group. Real questions, real feedback on your work, your pricing, your stuck points. These are the calls where the course becomes personal.
04
Six months of access to the private Skool community — other moms building slowly alongside you. No hustle culture. No comparison. Just makers encouraging each other forward.
the transformation
before
Waiting for the right season
Scattered, unsure where to start
Treating pottery as a hobby, not a business
Pricing from guesswork and guilt
Building alone, in isolation
Someday is always just out of reach
after
A working business built in your real hours
Your first pieces listed, your first sales made
Pricing set with confidence and intention
A rhythm that fits alongside your kids
A community of makers who understand
You stopped waiting
In six months, you'll have a real pottery business — one that fits your life, not one that swallows it.
this is for you if
You might be a complete beginner with clay, or someone who's been making for years but never figured out the business side. What you have is the desire. What you're missing is the structure, the permission, and someone who's actually done it this way.
founding member waitlist
I'm not opening doors yet — but when I do, founding members will be first to know and first to lock in the $1,500 rate. No commitment required to join the waitlist.
email me "I'm in"or DM @whitehearthpottery on Instagram
a note from talia
I'm Talia. I make handmade ceramics by hand in a studio in Bluemont, Virginia — cone 6, food-safe, built to be used every single day. I'm also a stay-at-home mom, which means my work happens in the hours between small voices finding me.
White Hearth started the same way The Unhurried Potter does — with a belief that a meaningful creative business doesn't require a different life than the one you're already living. It requires intention, rhythm, and the willingness to start before you feel ready.
I created this mentorship because I kept getting the same message: I want to do what you do. Can you show me how?
This is my answer.
— Talia