The Ceramics Companion

Episodes

1. 36

   36. The Garden is Everything with Anna Kruse

   Topics Include: Anna Kruse IG Everson Museum Garth Johnson Rosenfield Collection Kent State University Ceramics SUNY New Paltz Brian Czibesz Anat Shiftan Cory Brown Sarah Conti Oliver Sacks The River of Consciousness Kirk Mangus Howl by Allen Ginsburg Tamagochi James Turrell Yage Wang Hieronymus...

   Aug 27, 2026

   1 hr 17 min
2. 35

   35. Pivoting to Beauty with Derek Weisberg

   Topics Include: Derek Weisberg IG The History of Ceramics Podcast Stephen De Staebler Robert Arneson Peter Voulkos Katrina Van Male California College of Arts and Crafts Viola Frey Charles Fisk Arthur Gonzalez John Toki Leslie Ceramics John DeFazio Nathan Lynch Heddy Ernst Ron Nagle Harrell...

   Jul 23, 2026

   1 hr 17 min
3. 34

   34. Goodbye EPK with Gustav Hamilton

   Topics Include: Gustav Hamilton IG Stroke and Coat/Wonderglaze Shimpo Wheels Lockerbie Pottery Wheel Rebecca Manson Jeff Close The Ceramics Podcast Julia Galloway Tre Hill Beth Lo Anders Hamilton EPK Katie Coughlin Wilkinson County, GA Keith Simpson Gerstley Borate Custer Feldspar Wilco Kaolin…

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   Jun 25, 2026

   1 hr 9 min
4. 33

   33. Rebuilding with Melissa Weiss

   Melissa Weiss Insta BCAT NADA Ceramics John Britt East Fork Potters Alex Matisse Bailey Pottery Sonoma Ceramics Residency Bascom Center Linda Arbuckle Maggie Boyd Gasworks

   May 28, 2026

   1 hr 20 min
5. 32

   32. Tend with Joe Ferrari

   Topics Include: Tend Greenpoint Handmade and More Franca Michiko Shimada AVD Ceramics Shoppe Object Renegade Craft Fair New York Handcrafted Berg’s Potter IG

   May 4, 2026

   1 hr 11 min
6. 31

   31. Start Throwing Pots with Nia Estelle

   Nia Estelle IG Cranbrook Academy of Art Ian McDonald Renegade Craft Fair Clayspace Artshack A.I.R. Vallauris

   Apr 16, 2026

   1 hr 13 min
7. 30

   30. Putting Yourself Out There with Aaron Wilcox

   Aaron Wilcox IG Setsuya Kotani Raku The Linda Lindas Cameron Art Museum Terry Schupbach-Gordon The Arts Council

   Mar 17, 2026

   1 hr 4 min
8. 29

   29. Earning Stripes with Raja Maupin

   Topics Include: Raja Maupin The Hyperpot by Glenn Adamson Hadrian Mendoza Toshiko Takaezu Isamu Noguci Museum The Armory Show Cibone O’te Kintsugi Lichen Ghetto Gastro The Spirit of Intimacy

   Feb 23, 2026

   59 min
9. 28

   28. The New Romantic with Nathalyn Nunoo

   Nathalyn Nunoo Toshiko Takaesu

   Jan 22, 2026

   1 hr 12 min
10. 27

    27. Draw and Build With Kevin Snipes

    Kevin Snipes IG

    Dec 24, 2025

    55 min
11. 26

    26. Changing the Narrative with Katie Coughlin

    Topics Include: Katie Coughlin IG Ovington Pottery Hamada Martin Puryear Joshiah McElheny Haakon Lenzi Ann Hamilton Mattress Factory Above Board Ceramics Ron Meyers Carson Culp Leach Pottery BKLYN CLAY Rebecca Solnit quote

    Dec 11, 2025

    1 hr 19 min
12. 25

    25. Glazed, Please with John Britt

    Episode Notes: John Britt IG Ron Nagel John Chamberlain Takuro Kuwata Crystalline glaze Adelaide Alsop Robineau Scarab Vase Custer Feldspar Ron Roy Oribe Furuta Oribe Penland School of Crafts Shino glaze Hagi glaze Oil spot glazes Rookwood Pottery Beatrice Wood Galena Cristina Cordova Beth…

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    Oct 22, 2025

    1 hr 9 min
13. 24

    24. Something About Working Small with Jomar Rodriguez

    Topics Include: Jomar Rodriguez This to That Spotted Shino PC7 Franklin Graulau Cristina Cordova Sergei Isupov Greenwich House Pottery Choplet Sculpture Space Derek Weisberg Jesse Li David Altmejd Ron Nagle Eun-Ha Paek Jessica Stoller So Good They Can’t ignore You Jomar’s Substack

    Jun 17, 2025

    1 hr 10 min
14. 23

    23. in Studio with Katie James

    Good Connection Katie’s Instagram Episode Notes: Deborah Needleman Myrna Minnis Choplet Bobby Croze Sabri Ben-Achour Brick House Amelia Black Aliza Simons Henry Street Studio Melissa Weiss

    May 15, 2025

    1 hr 7 min
15. 22

    22. Functional Object as Sculpture with Nicki Green

    Topics Include: IG Nicki’s Website Sharif Farrag Graham Marks Justine Koons Jesse Hamerman The Ceramics Podcast Alfred University Anina Major Robert Gober :Linda Sikora

    Mar 27, 2025

    1 hr 15 min
16. 21

    21. See it Through with Wren Macdonald

    Wren Macdonald IG Del Harrow University of Colordo Greenwich House Pottery BKLYN CLAY Warm White Glaze Recipe Iron Glaze Blue Moon Glaze Pete Pinell Lamb Glaze (Cammi’s favorite)

    Mar 5, 2025

    57 min
17. 20

    20. Star Hits with Shane Gabier

    Topics Include: Shane Gabier Sight Unseen Takuro Kuwata New Order Podcast Memphis Design Ettore Sottsass School of the Art Institute of Chicago Creatures of the Wind Sculpture Space Spartan Shop The Strand Bookstore

    Feb 3, 2025

    1 hr 8 min
18. 19

    19. Processing Processes with Hae Won Sohn

    Hae Won Sohn IG College of Design at Kookmin University Sewon Min Cranbrook Academy of Art Anders Ruhwald Ian Mcdonald Jarre a la corde

    Jan 3, 2025

    1 hr 11 min
19. 18

    18. Following Klein Reid Around

    Topics Include: Klein Reid IG Donna Webb Kirk Mangus Eva Kwong Alfred University Cranbrook Academy of Art Russel Wright Hall China Sprig molds Tom Spelth Freddy Fredrickson Kiln Mackenzie Childs Christian Dior at the Met Issey Miake Pleats Eva Zeisel Biedermeier Furniture Dansk Herman Miller Room...

    Nov 22, 2024

    1 hr 20 min
20. 17

    17: Pottery Friends with Camille Beckles

    Topics Include: Camille Beckles @camilleatthewheel The Ceramics Podcast, Camille Beckles Sculpture Space NYC Clay Cohorts

    Oct 29, 2024

    58 min
21. 16

    16: Kartini Thomas Coming In Hot

    Topics Include: Kartini Thomas IG Center For Craft Cerf+ Beaux Arts Paris National School of Decorative Arts Traditional Chinese Lacquer Painting Rotten Island Maison & Objet Château Lagauzinie Ceramic Brussels

    Oct 10, 2024

    1 hr 1 min
22. 15

    15. Making Time and Tracking Materials with Del Harrow

    Topics Include: Del Harrow IG Ceramics Materials Atlas Sanam Emami Peter Sloterdijk Rose Schreiber Alex Demetriou

    Sep 25, 2024

    1 hr 7 min
23. 14

    14. What's in a Sculpture with Florencia Escudero and Michael Sims

    Topics Include: Florencia Escudero Michael Sims The Arcanum The White Road Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay Rachel Uffner Gallery Kristen Lorello Brooklyn Rail Onderdonk Ninth Street Women Kathe Kollowitz

    Sep 5, 2024

    1 hr 11 min
24. 13

    13. Analyzing About Ceramics with Ben Koditschek

    Topics Include: Ben Kodischek Value.Form No Ghosting/Community The Colour Room Showing Up Jacobin Magazine Art Shack Rise of the Clay Jock Theaster Gates Edmund de Waal Hyde Park Ceramics Bowl in Sagger Bernard Leach Hamada Mingei The Beauty of Everyday Things

    Aug 19, 2024

    1 hr 1 min
25. 12

    12: Business with Mary Gattorna of Weather Report

    Topics Include: Weather Report Ceramics IG Pink Door Frank Stella La Mano Mike Jabbur School of the Art Institute of Chicago Greenwich House Pottery Urban Glass Sculpture Space NYC Northern Clay Center Renegade Craft Fair

    Jul 29, 2024

    1 hr 12 min
26. 11

    11: Honoring Your Inner Child with Day Briérre

    Day Briérre IG Topics include: Ninth Street Women Hyperallergic Article Greenwich House Pottery Lenora Carrington Remedios Varo Amanda Salov Lillstreet Art Center

    Jul 12, 2024

    1 hr
27. 10

    10: Making is Thinking with Christopher Salas

    SAIC Michigan State Kentsuke Yamada NCECA Penland School of Craft Tom and Maggie Yascheck Northern Clay Center Center for Craft The Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship MIN NICE Minnesota New Institute for Ceramic Education Cranbrook The Ceramic Material Atlas Pocoapoco The Rest is History: The Fall...

    Jun 18, 2024

    1 hr 1 min
28. 9

    09: From a Place of Heart with Etty Anderson

    Topics Include: Choplet Do Clay Moon Do Bang Nerikomi NASCAD Vegan Secret Supper Tiny Pots

    Jun 4, 2024

    1 hr 2 min
29. 8

    08: NCECA Growing a Thriving Community

    Topics Include: NCECA Art 180 Western Carolina State Ceramics Florida State University Ceramics Empty Bowls Socially Engaged Craft Collevtive

    May 20, 2024

    59 min
30. 7

    07: Sculpture vs. Vessel with Ellen Robinson

    Topics Include: Bill Jensen Lahn Peter Lane R and Company Katie Stout Rogan Gregory Michele Varian Elena Mahno New York Self Employment Program Newtown Creek Murders

    May 16, 2024

    58 min
31. 6

    06: Gatekeeping with Christian Moses

    Christian Moses SSENSE Museum of Art and Design Gatekeeping Reddit

    May 2, 2024

    55 min
32. 5

    05: What Makes a Person with Camila Lim-Hing

    Here’Topics Include: Studio TM Here’s the link to the shipwreck discoveries!

    Apr 17, 2024

    1 hr 5 min
33. 4

    04: Kiln Luck with Adam Shiverdecker

    Adam Shiverdecker is an artist and educator living in Oakland and teaching at San Jose State University. You can follow him on IG. Name dropping topics include: Greenwich House Pottery Aesthetics of Everyday Objects: The Cup Yves Tanguy Wilfredo Lam Ron Nagle Marguerite Wildenhain Rudy Autio...

    Apr 4, 2024

    56 min
34. 3

    03: Drawing with Alyssa Block

    Alyssa Block is an artist from Southern California and sort of living in New York City. Check out her Time to Draw Deck from Chronicle Books and her IG Topics Include: Tony Hepburn Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Funk Ceramics Richard Diebenkorn Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

    Mar 28, 2024

    56 min
35. 2

    02: Mastery with Ben Carter

    Topics Include: Outliers by Malcom Gladwell Ben Carter Linda Arbuckle Bernard Leach The Pottery Workshop - Shanghai Lisa Stinson Ron Meyers Red Clay Rambler- Michael Simon Jennifer Ling Datchuk Peter Pincus Baltimore Clay Works Kirk Mangus Persian Lusterware Brickyard Network Tales of a Red Clay...

    Mar 9, 2024

    1 hr 3 min
36. 1

    01: Welcome

    Check out my website at cammiclimaco.com. Music by John Stanesco and thanks to Jen Waverek for setting the type and Justine Stokes for being a great listener.

    Mar 7, 2024

    14 min