All Episodes

568: Eric Rempe on developing infrastructure and curriculum for high schools

567: Jillian Mae Seversky and Josh Goering

566: Chelsea McMaster and Stephen Earp

565: Sam Briegel on the connection between the vessel and the body

564: More than a Maker: Mike Griffin

563: Erin Lambers on setting up a business for the long haul

562: Lisa Naples on embracing change in Grounded in Gold

561: Beth Lo and Julia Galloway on their approach to narrative

560: David Eichelberger on working with intention

559: Wayne Higby and Benjamin Evans on Alfred ceramic history

558: Aysha Peltz on stretching the boundaries of porcelain

557: Josh Copus on creative entrepreneurship

556: David MacDonald on the Pan-African aesthetics in his work

555: David MacDonald on the influence of the Civil Rights Movement

554: Susan Dewsnap on using wax resist in surface design

553: Rose Katz on her path from studio pottery to industry

552: Ruth Easterbrook on developing glaze color relationships

551: Julie Wiggins on improvisation and structured play

550: Gillan Doty on adjusting to new materials

550: Gillan Doty on adjusting to new materials

549: Nancy Servis on California clay

548: Kyle Triplett on blending physical and visual space

547: Jonathan Eberle on the life and legacy of Ed Eberle

546: Live from NCECA: Self Revelation and Art Making Now

545: Dallas Wooten on creating fluid surfaces

544: MaryMar Keenan on designing for the table

543: Derek Reeverts on symbolic figure sculpture

542: Lindsey and Donte from The Mud Peddlers

541: Nathan Murray on Color Theory

540: Kevin Clancy on Ceramics take over Wheeling

539: Brad Klem on China painting

538: Electric kiln 101 with Theo Uliano

537: PJ Anderson on smoke firing sculpture

536: Brian Nettles on recovering from Hurricane Katrina

535: Sarah Wells Rolland on recovering from Hurricane Helene

534: nicole gugliotti on saving for retirement

533: Michelle Im on the versatility of tin glaze

532: Greg Daly on painting with flame to create reduced lusters

531: Sunshine Cobb on the Archie Bray Residency

530: Priscilla Dobler Dzul and Corinna Cowles

529: Bill Wilkey on his soda-fired geometric forms

528: Malene Barnett on Crafted Kinship

527: Living with Student loans: Liz Noonan and Christian Bailey

526: Living with Student Loans: Cammi Climaco and Jen Mecca

525: Living with Student Loans: Betsy Mayotte on navigating the system

524: Celia Feldberg on drawing on clay

523: Christy Culp on art education in high schools

522: Camille Dungy on creativity and the Immaterial podcast

521: Christi Ruffin on the joy of collecting ceramics

520: Yoshi Fuji on his intricately carved pottery

519: Nom Ceramics on developing layered glaze surfaces

518: John Born on improvising within a vocabulary of form

517: Ashlyn Pope on integrating woven elements into ceramics

516: Rhonda Willers on embracing creative growth

515: Nick Lenker on sculpting his digital world into 3D

514: Lisa Orr on developing psychedelic low-fire glazes

513: Kathleen Clark on The White House China

512: Fund Drive: Live from NCECA with Lisa Giuliani and Brian Kakas

511: Fund Drive: Stephanie Seguin on tactile learning

510: Fund Drive: Judi Tavill on blending drawing with sculpture

509: Fund Drive: Brian Chen on the anatomy of his forms

508: Clay Roots: Exploring Ceramics Across the Black Diaspora with Malene Barnett, Lydia Thompson, Ashlyn Pope, and David Macdonald

507: Malene Barnett on blending design and studio art

506: Jane Bamford on using ceramics to support ecosystems

505: Cammie Staros on the power of precarity in sculpture

504: Jonathan Kaplan on investing in yourself

503: Lauren Sandler on the unseen narratives of material culture

502: Yuliya Makliuk on understanding the carbon footprint of ceramics

501: A collective approach to sustainability with Clay Matters

500: Celebrating 500 with a listener mailbag

499: Live from the New Clay Conference!

498: Didem Mert on the importance of play in creativity

497: Michael Middleton on collecting with special guest Rebecca Ickes Carra

496: Kyungmin Park on a multifaceted approach to the figure

495: Brad Schwieger on using subtractive methods to find form

494: Matt Katz on understanding ceramic chemistry

493: Kim Dickey on the power of ornamentation

492: Doug Peltzman on nourishing the kernel of a new idea

491: Naomi Dalglish and Michael Hunt on Endless Ground

490: Daugherty and Rothshank on starting a nonprofit

489: Dirk Staschke on uncanny realism

488: Jonathan Christensen Caballero on mining local histories for his work

487: Haakon Lenzi on marbleizing slip

486: Catherine White on monoprinting with wood ash

485: Bryan Hopkins on low-fire porcelain

484: Alex Thullen on iridescent luster glazes

483: Renata Cassiano on literature, portals, and intuition

482: Paul Andrew Wandless on a unified style across mediums

481: Amy Sanders and Gleidymar Rivera on making a living as an emerging artist

480: Lucy Fagella on embracing studio cycles

479: Glenn Barkley on his book Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms

478: Brickyard Network 2nd Anniversary with Michael Kline and Adrienne Eliades

477: Adam Chau on using A.I.

476: Frank James Fisher on establishing a visual language

475: Anika Major on her approach to painting the figure

474: Linda Sikora on teaching

473: Linda Sikora on the concepts of service, storage, and display

472: Sculptor Janina Myronova on building momentum in the studio

471: Maura Wright on her portrayal of beauty rituals in Midwest Sweat

470: Simphiwe Mbunyuza on developing potent references to Xhosa culture in his sculpture

469: Heidi Fahrenbacher on her formula for pricing

468: Rosti Eismont on blending a career in clay and graphic design

467: Fund Drive: Pete Pinnell on re-finding your voice

466: Fund Drive: Anat Shiftan on the human perception and distortion of nature

465: Fund Drive: Lauren Mabry on pushing the boundaries of glaze

464: Fund Drive: Sergei Isupov on his surrealistic sculptures

463: Meet the Parents: Courtney Martin and John Geci

462: Meet the Parents: Mallory Wetherell and Matt Ziemke

461: Rebecca Hutchinson on paper, clay, and Re-Generation

460: Sana Musasama on her art and activism

459: Live from NCECA with Galloway, Chénard, and Ochtli

458: Robert Harrison and Danielle O'Malley on the NCECA Green Task Force

457: Caroline Cheng on upcycling ceramic waste into environmental design

456: Courtney Martin on using resists to make complex glaze patterns

455: En Iwamura on his Neo-Jomon figures

454: Adero Willard on Clay Holds Water, Water Holds Memory

453: Wesley Brown on the monumentality of form

452: Kurt Anderson on the humor in his art and Rebecca Harvey on the Archie Bray residency

451: Joey Quiñones on the ways our past informs our present

450: Osa Atoe on connecting to one's self and others through clay

449: Lorna Meaden on the challenge of making complex functional forms

448: Dr. Kelli Morgan and Jennifer Zwilling on Figuring Space

447: Mary Savig on This Present Moment at the Renwick Gallery

446: Chotsani Elaine Dean and donald a clark on Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists

445: Dawn Candy on capturing energy in her surface design

444: Sam Lopez on making a life in southern California

443: Across the Globe with Mark Hewitt, Priscilla Mouritzen, Diego Valles, and Carla Martinez Vargas

442: Jackie Head on her Neo-Op art installations

441: Dan Finnegan on stretching beyond tradition

440: Isabelle Fish on advocating for craft

439: Patty Bilbro on making what you want to make

438: Julia Galloway on idea development and trends in ceramics

437: Kitty Shepherd on the nostalgic roots of her colorful slipware

436: Why wood fire with Joy Brown, Kate Waltman, John Neely, and Garth Johnson

435: Kathy King on the feminist themes in her graphic ceramics

434: Podcast extravaganza with Rebecca Ickes Carra from the Maker's Playbook

433: Steve Theberge on finding a meaningful context for your aesthetic

432: Takuro Shibata on developing local clays at STARworks ceramics

431: Alex Anderson on the dark glamour of L.A. and Clay in Color

430: In tribute: Anthony Merino and Alex Kraft on the 50 Women exhibition

429: Wild Clay Live!

428: Eric Botbyl on pinpointing the perfect time to alter clay forms

427: Celebrating 10 years of the Red Clay Rambler with Show Trivia

426: Celebrating 10 years of the Red Clay Rambler with Carole Epp and Britta Schroeder

425: 10 YR Fund Drive: Michael Sherrill on his flora-inspired sculptures

424: 10 YR Fund Drive: Kat and Roger on the roots of their modernist aesthetic

423: 10 YR Fund Drive: Keith Brymer Jones on Boy in a China Shop

422: In Tribute: Merran Esson on capturing the passing of time

421: More than a Maker: Michael McCarthy

420: More than a Maker: Sarah Petty

419: More than a Maker: John Doran

418: More than a Maker: Will Baker

417: More than a Maker: Mac McCusker

416: Mark Warren on ten years of Haand porcelain

415: Russell Wrankle on his sculpture and Shape Theory Collective

414: Chris Baskin and Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey on apprenticeship during Covid

413: Donna Polseno and Dara Hartman on the Women Working with Clay Symposium

412: Sunshine Cobb on The Beginner's Guide to Hand Building

411: Alessandro Gallo on his human-animal hybrids

410: Lynn Duryea on the 30th Anniversary of the Watershed Workshop for people with HIV/AIDS

409: A new era for the Moravian Tile Works

408: Sanam Emami on revealing and concealing in surface design

407: Dustin Yager on his tongue in cheek approach to ceramics

406: Meet the Parents – Lindsay Oesterritter and Jason Vulcan

405: Meet the Parents – Brian Jones and Melissa Weimer

404: Meet the Parents – Sara Truman and Naomi Mostkoff

403: Meet the Parents - Jen Allen and Shoji Satake

402: In Tribute: Bill Daley on the three-part nature of creativity

401: Clay Cohorts with Levin, Roswell, and Miller

400: Fall Fund Drive: Listener mailbag with Mel

399: Fall Fund Drive: Donte K. Hayes on objects as initiation

398: Fall Fund Drive: Gay Smith on developing surfaces for soda-fired porcelain

397: Fall Fund Drive: John Britt on problem solving in the glaze lab

396: Susan Feagin on collage in clay

395: Greg Payce on harnessing the negative space between objects to create images

394: Walter Ostrom on the questions that motivate his studio practice

393: In Tribute: Carter Gillies on the five stages of learning

392: Katrina Chaytor and Greg Payce live from the Ceramic Congress!

391: Seth Green on the influence of architecture and Justin Rothshank joins us to talk about the Indiana Clay Conference

390: Kathy King, Rose Katz, and Matt Katz on For Flux Sake

389: In Tribute: Michael Simon on intuition and finding purpose in making

388: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy on Clay in Color

387: Adam Chau on Trade Secret

386: Stephen Earp on interpreting 17th-century terracotta traditions

385: Daniel Gillberg on his career in paper conservation and clay

384: Doug Casebeer on how curiosity sustains an art practice

383: Renee LoPresti on her three-dimensional surface design

382: Accountability and social change with Craft Equity

381: In Tribute: Adam and Melissa Yungbluth on the St. Petersburg art scene

380: Sarah Pike on touching clay with clarity and intent

379: Channing and Leah Smithson on Vessel: Art as a Doorway

378: Canada Week: Brendan Tang on his Joss paper sculptures

377: Canada Week: Kaitlyn Brennan talks about ceramic education in Canada

376: Canada Week: Julie Moon on trusting the creative process

375: Canada Week: Magdolene Dykstra on her raw clay sculptures

374: Canada Week: Martina Lantin on her passion for terracotta

373: Amy Smith on essentializing the figure for visual impact

372: Adrienne Eliades on using a die cutter for pattern making

371: Janet Koplos on criticism and What Makes a Potter

370: Ryan Wilson Kelly on using humor as an entry point for narrative sculpture

369: Cassils on the body as both material and tool in performance art

368: Paul Greenhalgh on how ceramics shaped civilization

367: Juan Barroso on using pointillism to tell immigration stories

366: Wendy Gers on curatorial activism

365: Mark Shapiro on 19th-century potter Thomas Commeraw

364: Natalia Arbelaez on activating ceramics through performance

363: Brett Kern on drawing from pop culture nostalgia to create his sculptures

362: Masa Sasaki on making a living as a potter

361: In Tribute: Christine McHorse on her evolution from traditional Pueblo pottery to sculpture

360: Jessica Putnam Phillips on using art to personalize military experience

359. Mandy Kolahi on guiding an inclusive community studio through a pandemic

358. Larissa Warren on the Wild Women and Wild Clay of Tamborine Mountain

357: Jason Sandy on Mudlarking the Thames River

356: Deb Schwartzkopf on her book Creative Pottery

355: Kate Roberts on the ephemeral nature of her sculpture

354: George Rodriguez on sculpture, personal identity, and community building

353: Fall Fund Drive: Natania Hume on selling small batch wholesale through home stores

352: Fall Fund Drive: Marty Gross on the Mingei Film Archive

351: Fall Fund Drive: The Studio Potter goes digital as it approaches fifty years of storytelling

350: Fall Fund Drive: Bill Brouillard on our reverence for technology

349: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy on increasing the visibility of artists of color

348: Graham Taylor on heritage pottery and experimental archeology

347: Jennifer Ling Datchuk on understanding identity and womanhood

346: Bob Batchelor on the rise, fall and rebirth of Rookwood Pottery

345: Audra Doughty on adapting community-based education to the COVID era

344: Lindsay Montgomery on the subversive nature of her Maiolica ceramics

343: Celebrate Clay Week 2020 with Walter Ostrom on the conceptual potential of pottery

342: Ann Carrington on upcycling found objects to create sculpture

341: Jamie Bates Slone on using the figure to represent mental states

340: Sara Truman on building relationships and increasing student investment in a high school ceramic program

339: Sharif Bey on the power of art to sustain and connect communities

338: Guillermo Cuellar on Mingei and the challenge of restarting his pottery in a new country

337: Mike Cinelli on using color triads from comic books to create visual punch

336: Diana Benavidez on the art and politics of her piñatas

335: Christy S. Coleman on the role museums play in shaping public understanding of history

334: Betty Turbo on digital illustration and using humor to carry a message

333: Ashleigh Christelis on integrating self-care into a creative life

332: Mitchell Spain on addressing environmentalism through satirical imagery

331: Carleigh Queenth on the quest for porcelain in 18th-century Europe

330: Adam Chau on digital calligraphy and the paradox of the anonymous selfie

329: Dr. Melissa Weimer on Addiction Medicine

328: Thoughts on anti-racism and fighting white supremacy

327: Isaac Scott on black representation in public spaces and photographing protests

326: Spring Fund Drive: Andrei Taraschuk on the beautiful world of Art Bots

325: Spring Fund Drive: Tim Kowalczyk on his trompe l'oeil ceramics

324: Spring Fund Drive: Resources for artists in the COVID era with Carrie Cleveland from Cerf+

323: Justin Rothshank on low temperature soda firing

322: Kate Johnston on developing design rules to guide one's work in the studio

321: Tom Lauerman on rapid prototyping personal protective equipment for Penn State's MASC initiative

320: Jonathan Barnes on teaching art online and 3d printing medical protective equipment

319: Kerianne Quick and Adam John Manley on their zine Craft Desert

318: Kelly Schnorr on effective teaching methods for high school students

317: Brian Jones on refining your craft and staying present in the making process

316: Jordan Mcdonald on his love of Rosanjin and the Pots in Words project

315: Sam Harvey on the fundamentals of running a successful gallery

314: Louise Deroualle on using abstraction to convey emotion

313: Daniel Dallabrida on the intersection of grief, perseverance, and creativity

312: HP Bloomer talks about balancing risk taking and loss rate in studio production

311: Louise Cort on forty years of ceramic research and museum curation

310: Ryan Greenheck on generating financial opportunities through invitational group sales

309: Stephanie Kantor on how bathing culture inspires her sculpture

308: Fall Fund Drive: Peltz, Dehnert, and Vettoso on the history and impact of the Old Church Pottery Show

307: Fall Fund Drive: Michael Connelly on converting former industrial spaces into a creative hub in Philadelphia

306: Fall Fund Drive: James Whiting on creating a healthy studio environment and new music from The Painted Horses

305: Fall Fund Drive: Sandy Simon on how the internet changed the way pots are sold

304: Fall Fund Drive: Wayne Higby on his teaching career and the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum

303: Sam Chung on developing novel methods for altering porcelain

302: Sophie Aguilera Lester on her ceramic still lifes and Lindsay Oesterritter on Mastering Kilns and Firing

301: Naomi Clement on how finding her grandparents love letters spurred her interest in cursive text

300: Listener mailbag to celebrate our 300th episode!

299: Matt Ziemke on building engaging surfaces through multiple firings and Doug Peltzman on the Hudson Valley Pottery Tour

298: Mary Cale Wilson on using art to confront the inequities of history in the American South

297: Brooks Oliver on using 3d printing as a prototyping tool for slip cast vessels

296: Ann Shaner on teaching in public schools, the early days of the Archie Bray Foundation, and her marriage to David Shaner

295: Shalene Valenzuela on using slip cast domestic objects as a canvas for painting

294: Audry Deal-McEver and Jenn Cole compare the art fair circuit to selling in galleries

293: Danielle McDaniel on creating "The Clay Lady Way"

292: Josh Deweese on a life in clay in Montana

291: Mallory Wetherell on how parenting and politics have changed her studio practice

290: Chris Staley and Kyle Johns on the intersection of boredom, expectation and creativity

289: Joanna Powell on her recent show "Lay me in a hot bed and try not to drown"

288: Nick Danielson on using CAD to design templates for hand-built pots

287: Chip Clawson on casting architectural-scale concrete sculptures

286: Diane Charnov on shifting from political speech writing to art criticism

285: Chip Clawson on the history of the Archie Bray Foundation

284: Perry Haas on embracing the challenge of a new body of work

283: David Peters on working with Montana's raw ceramic materials

282: Steven Young Lee on his recent exhibition at the Portland Art Museum

281: Giselle Hicks on a personal search for beauty

280: Scott Barnim on his forty-year career in clay and his passion for reduced luster ceramics

279: Hamilton Potters Guild members talk about trends in ceramics and how the rising cost of housing affects potters

278: Paul Briggs on the intersection of spirituality, creativity and social justice

277: Kate Fisher talks with Mikey Walsh about being both an artist and a mother

276: Kate Fisher on motherhood, making and endurance sports

275: Live from CWU: Residency Reflections with Amanda Salov, Iva Haas, Seth Charles, and Amanda Bury

274: Stuart Gair, Kyle Johns, and Kelly Stevenson on pushing yourself to take aesthetic risks in the studio

273: Richard James, Kelsey Duncan and Iva Haas on how a creative practice can shift the maker's world view

272: Jessica Brandl, Yoonjee Kwak and Christina Erives on creating narrative art based on family history

271: Brenda Quinn on the blending of architecture and floral elements in her work

270: Matt Wedel on keeping up with the speed of his imagination

269: Linda Christianson on modern pyromantics

268: Learning to wood fire through apprenticeships and residencies with Dupont, Johnstone, Parady, Tagseth, and Wilson.

267: The state of wood firing education with John Neely, Matthew Blakely, Pascal Geoffroy, Sandy Lockwood, and Linda Lid

266: Applied aesthetics with Denny Gerwin, Linda Christianson, Shirobey Kobayashi, Trevor Dunn, and Neil Hoffman

265: Daniel Lafferty on intuitive kiln building and the squinch arch

264: Hideo Mabuchi on vital materiality and the science behind reduction cooled reds

263: Catherine White on the seeds of ideas

262: International wood firing extravaganza with Lindsay Oesterritter, Nancy Fuller, Robin Dupont, Zac Chalmers, Tristan Chambaud-Heraud, Shikamaru Takeshita, John Neely and Linda Lid

261: Scott Ross on ram casting solid clay sculpture

260: John Neely on the development of the Train Kiln

259: George McCauley on low temperature wood firing

258: Sandy Lockwood on collaborating with uncertainty

257: Josh Deweese on the history of wood firing in Montana

256: Mark Campden on making reduced luster ceramics

255: Ireland Week: Making a living in rural Ireland with Cork potters Sara Roberts, Charlie Mahon, and Darren Francis Cassidy

254: Ireland Week: Gallerist Mary Gallagher on the state of craft in Ireland

253: Ireland Week: Susan O'Byrne on the empathic potential of sculpting animals

252: Ireland Week: Gus Mabelson on Ireland's Ceramic Skills and Design Course

251: Ireland Week: Tina Byrne and Elaine Riordan on advocating for Irish ceramics

250: Ireland Week: Isobel Egan on building with paper-thin porcelain slabs

249: Darien A-Johnson on the computer glitch that changed his life

248: In Tribute: Warren Mackenzie on a lifetime in clay

247: Liz Zlot Summerfield on establishing work-life balance to encourage health and creativity

246: Marty Fielding on the influence of Frank Gehry and postmodern architecture on his ceramic vessels

245: Amy Sanders on using patinas over Terra Siggilata to create rich low fire surfaces

244: Ronan Peterson on the influence of comic books on his colorful work

243: Live from Nashville: Summerfield, Peterson, Sanders and Fielding on developing low fire ceramic surfaces

242: Linda Arbuckle's Terracotta Manifesto

241: New Zealand Week: Richard Stratton on the importance of technical research on aesthetic development

240: New Zealand Week: Nicole Kolig on harvesting local ceramic materials for sculpture

239: New Zealand Week: Cheryl Lucas on creativity as a counterpoint to cultural trauma

238: New Zealand Week: Tatyanna Meharry and Gwen Parsons on NZ's distance Learning program

237: New Zealand Week: Chris Weaver on twenty-five years of exploring the teapot form

236: New Zealand Week: Michael O'Donnell on the spiritual aspect of ecology

235: New Zealand Week: Duncan Shearer on experimental kiln firings

234: New Zealand Week: Greg Barron on building homemade ceramic equipment

233: Jack Troy, Carolanne Currier and Amy Burk on kiln design, creativity and the Strictly Functional Pottery National

232: Cynthia Bringle on educating your audience about the value of handmade

231: Australia Week: King Houndekpinkou on the influence of animism and ritual on his sculpture

230: Australia Week: Keith Brymer Jones on upscaling production and the Great Pottery Throw Down

229: Australia Week: Kelly Austin and Joey Burns on finding community and setting up a studio

228: Australia Week: Owen Rye on the shifting landscape of Australian ceramic education

227: Australia Week: Glenn Barkley on his philosophy of curation and transition to full time making

226: Daniel Johnston on making traditional pots for contemporary installations

225: Tip Toland on the empathetic potential of figure sculpture

224: John Gill on dyslexia and creativity

223: John Gill on teaching

222: Morean Center for Clay resident artists talk about creativity and community in St. Petersburg

221: Jan Richardson talks about scaling up production to build her business

220: Tracy Gamble on how a career in acting prepared her to be better teacher

219: Jerilyn Virden and Lindsay Rogers talk shop and Arrowmont Pentaculum wrap up

218: Jeweler Sarah Rachel Brown on her podcast Perceived Value

217: Brenda Quinn and Mike Gesiakowski on teaching in private secondary education

216: Steven Cheek on making vessels for the bourbon culture of Kentucky

215: Melissa Weiss on making pottery in a political era

214: Mark Errol on the growth of Plough Gallery

213: Figure sculptor Andrea Keys Connell on unpacking family history through making