In Today's uncertain investment environment, ceramics offers an investment opportunity that can easily be scaled to size. The raw materials for manufacturing ceramics are found in the United States. Unlike many of the high tech investments favored by government programs, ceramics does not depend upon rare earth minerals sourced in China.

A small ceramic production studio offers mindful and engaging work, drawing upon self reliant and often instinctual skills combined with scientific discipline and analysis which is similarly characteristic of farming and cooking. These are skills that can be learned inexpensively through self motivation. They do not necessarily require years of "trained" academic study. The science of ceramics can be learned in books. The "degree" of authority are successful glazes, bodies, and ceramic designs.

A small ceramic slip casting studio can be set up in low income areas where the cost of real estate is affordable and provide employment for the local community. It can be owned independently or collectively. Mutually beneficial networks can be developed among a group of sovereign studios- a challenging goal but not impossible. A ceramic slip casting studio can be combined with a retail gallery and perfect for "destination shopping". A successfull ceramic studio can then become a "draw" for a community which can then support other types of businesses.

Throughout our history, Andersen Studio has trained our employees in the skills of the ceramic craft., as has the small cluster industryof ceramic studios that has grown on and around Boothbay Peninsula in Maine. A ceramic production studio can start small and grow larger, which works flexibly with today's uncertain business environment. A time of slow growth can be used to develop skills and new designs and glazes . The work itself is it's own reward. there is allways something new to learn, making ceramics a healthy and involving work process which promotes physical , mental, and spiritual well being - a natural definition of meaningful work.

Andersen Studio clientele started collecting our work in the 1950's and passed the collection on to following generations. The historical Andersen Studio grass roots collectible movement translates easily into contemporary social media marketing

Throughout Andersen Design's history, we have been committed to crafting our line in the United States. We continue to be committed to this goal. As a viable marketing entity, we can provide work for independent production studio's. Andersen Studio has designed a large and extensive line of ceramic functional forms and wildlife sculpture since 1952. Our style is symbolic of American individualism. It is an identifiable style which is marketable in a manner similar to that of fashion design houses, which begin with an individual designer who develops the brand and that brand is continued by a new generation of designers of complimentary talent and vision.

Andersen Studio has developed a multi-layered line of products since 1952. All of the products have retained their marketability in the decades that followed . We have a line of wild life sculpture and a line of functional designs. We have a series of mugs , which have never been introduced to the larger market. There are endless creative and marketing possibilities in a successful line of slip-cast ceramic designs.

Ceramic Birds     Ceramic Animals     Ceramic Marine Life     Ceramic vases and Functional Forms     Ceramic Mugs    and more to come.

Andersen Studio was established with the intent to create a hand made object affordable to the middle classes but through out our history our line has been sold in higher price point markets and art galleries. The essental business model of Andersen Sudio- Andersen Design is unusally flexible and has the adaptability to different marketing circumstances and environments like a bicycle in a traffic jam.

Click to read more about Andersen studio's history and vision for the future. Please note that this still remains a vision- and is not a plan- for the plan to materialize there needs to be the emergence of a team of interesting parties of varying skills and abilities.

AFTER NOTE:

It has been discussed among us that we need a good board of directors.

This is my simple vison of the areas of expertise that we need in a board of directors.

MacKenzie’s Ideal Board of Directors

Business Management

Ceramic Chemistry

Production management

Exporting

Marketing

Legal

Financing

Product Design and Development

        If you have expertise in any of the above areas and the interest in being on our board of directors,

        please contact Elise at eand40@gmail.com and Mackenzie at mackenzie@andersenstudio.com