Ep. 037 - Returning Earth to the Hand through Clay with Sinclaire Marie

On this episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by functional potter, educator, and Atmospheric Artist-in-Residence at Queen City Clay, Sinclaire Marie.A visual artist turned ceramicist, Sinclaire’s practice centers atmospheric firing (wood, soda, raku), functional forms, and a tactile language of texture, intention, and use. Based at Queen City Clay in Norwood, one of the country’s largest community clay studios, she has found both space and support to expand her practice through teaching, residencies, and community firings.In this conversation, Sinclaire talks about the information a pot carries—throwing lines, flashing, ash, weight, rim, glaze traces—and why she leaves the marks of process visible as a kind of memory. She discusses integrating cedar (a Diné practice of cleansing and balance) by rolling its pattern into clay, and how listening to fire changes what pots become. Along the way: community wood-firings, the barter/trade ethos, teaching as a welcoming space, and the ongoing discipline of showing up to the studio.Sinclaire and her work can be found at: https://sinclairemarie.com/Learn more about Queen City Clay at: https://www.queencityclay.com/–Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon: patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissionsFollow on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissionsNewsletter (new!): looseleaftransmissions.beehiiv.com/subscribe–music/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions — Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.