Tim Carlburg, Carlburg Pottery
Tim Carlburg of Carlburg Pottery got a BS in Art Education from UW-Madison, served as an M1 Abrams tank commander on active duty with the military and took a continuing ed. class on ceramics to keep his teaching license current. He moved to Montana and worked for three years as an outdoor educator and guide with at-risk youth. Then he took a job at a local pottery before deciding to open his own studio and combine two of his passions, ceramics and beer, and began creating hand thrown custom beer growlers. His art garnered rave reviews but as each piece was meticulously hand made and hand “painted” or stenciled with underglazes, the amount of time to make a single growler often went beyond a full day’s work.
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Tim did an internet search trying to find a solution to his production bottleneck. Eventually he found Enduring Images and another competitor and decided to visit both at an NCECA conference. Having seen the equipment and processes first hand, Tim finally decided that a digital ceramic print system was exactly what he needed to take his business to the next level, and ultimately chose the Enduring Images system because of its ease of use (and required no spray on / roll on cover coat applications), and its multiple color toner set options. Once the system was purchased, like most customers, Tim flew to Colorado and spent a day with the Enduring Images staff training on the equipment and meeting their team.
Years later, Tim still has the ability to create and offer his clients one-of-a-kind logo work, in any quantity that reproduces the same each and every time. Tim found that his production increased exponentially, and he had the ability to offer his customers a better quality product at a fraction of the time and cost.
Tim says he recommends the EI Ceramic Print System on a regular basis and incorporates a decal application portion into the workshops he teaches. Because there are no foul smelling aerosols involved, Tim has a small space dedicated to the printer in his home office and creates the unique logos and artwork required for his growlers right from his desk at home. Tim happily reports that over the years he has never had an equipment issue (other than literally burning out his first laminator due to the amount of work he was putting through it), but never a problem with his printer, the decals or the toner. Any time he has ever had a question he knew that EI was just a phone call away.
