Podcasts by Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: A pottery and ceramic art podcast
Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast features weekly interviews with ceramic artists from around the world. Host Ben Carter talks with potters, sculptors, and designers about their creative practice. www.talesofaredclayrambler.com
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492: Doug Peltzman on nourishing the kernel of a new idea from 2023-12-07T11:42:49
Today on the show I welcome back Doug Peltzman. A few years ago he made a major shift in his studio practice, essentializing his approach to surface design to create a new aest...
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491: Naomi Dalglish and Michael Hunt on Endless Ground from 2023-11-30T18:48:27
Today on the show I welcome back Naomi Dalglish and Michael Hunt. In our interview we talk about the themes in their exhibition Endless Ground now on display at the Pe...
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490: Daugherty and Rothshank on starting a nonprofit from 2023-11-16T15:11:44
Today on the show I talk with Trevor Daugherty and Justin Rothshank, cofounders of the Northern Indiana Clay Alliance. The group has over sixty members and organizes a variety ...
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489: Dirk Staschke on uncanny realism from 2023-11-09T15:38:11
Today on the show I talk with Dirk Staschke. His recent work draws from Dutch Vanitas paintings, often incorporating ceramic frames that are portals into the inner world of the...
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488: Jonathan Christensen Caballero on mining local histories for his work from 2023-10-26T14:04:48
Today on the show I talk with Jonathan Christensen Caballero. He pays homage to local Latino histories through his mixed media sculptures. In our interview we talk about his in...
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487: Haakon Lenzi on marbleizing slip from 2023-10-18T14:57:52
Today on the show I talk with Haakon Lenzi. A life-long New Yorker, Haakon makes slipware pots from his studio in East Harlem. In our interview we talk about marbleizing slip o...
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486: Catherine White on monoprinting with wood ash from 2023-10-12T17:22:41
Today on the show I talk with Catherine White. Her wood fired vessels incorporate firing patterns from her anagama kiln and text from poetry that she monoprints with ash onto t...
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485: Bryan Hopkins on low-fire porcelain from 2023-10-03T20:01:21
Today on the show I talk with Bryan Hopkins. You probably know him from his exquisite porcelain vessels, but you might not have guessed some of those forms are made from low-fi...
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484: Alex Thullen on iridescent luster glazes from 2023-09-28T23:09:50
Today on the show I talk with Alex Thullen. In his role as ceramic materials engineer at Pewabic Pottery he maintains their line of glaz...
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483: Renata Cassiano on literature, portals, and intuition from 2023-09-21T21:28:05
Today on the show I talk with Renata Cassiano. Her ceramic sculptures are non-objective accumulations often dealing with ideas of connection and translation. In our interview w...
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482: Paul Andrew Wandless on a unified style across mediums from 2023-09-14T14:19:28
Today on the show I talk with Paul Andrew Wandless. His multidisciplinary career includes sculpture, print making, leather work, and ceramics. In our interview we talk about la...
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481: Amy Sanders and Gleidymar Rivera on making a living as an emerging artist from 2023-09-06T22:57:42
Today on the show I talk with Amy Sanders and Gleidymar Rivera. They...
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480: Lucy Fagella on embracing studio cycles from 2023-08-30T23:06:04
Today on the show I talk with Lucy Fagella. She makes a variety of functional pots from her Western Massachusetts studio, including pots for the kitchen and a line of memorial ...
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479: Glenn Barkley on his book Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms from 2023-08-25T19:44:25
Today on the show I talk with Glenn Barkley about his new book Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms. He chooses 113 objects in the collections of major Australian and New Zeala...
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478: Brickyard Network 2nd Anniversary with Michael Kline and Adrienne Eliades from 2023-08-17T14:27:46
Today on the show we have a special episode to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Brickyard Network. To raise money for the network, sixteen artists have donated w...
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477: Adam Chau on using A.I. from 2023-08-09T17:28:11
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with artist, curator, and podcaster Adam Chau. We talk about using artificial intelligence to gene...
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476: Frank James Fisher on establishing a visual language from 2023-08-03T15:35:27
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Frank James Fisher. His work in advertising as a graphic designer has influenced his use of t...
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475: Anika Major on her approach to painting the figure from 2023-07-29T17:12:20
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Seattle artist Anika Major. Her pottery features paintings of female figures created with sub...
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474: Linda Sikora on teaching from 2023-07-20T14:02:05
Today on the show we have part two of an interview with renowned ceramic artist and educator Linda Sikora. We talk about the philosophy of education at Alfred University, helpi...
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473: Linda Sikora on the concepts of service, storage, and display from 2023-07-14T15:00:42
Today on the show we have the first in a two-part interview with renowned ceramic artist and educator Linda Sikora. We talk about growing up in Canada, her path to being a pott...
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472: Sculptor Janina Myronova on building momentum in the studio from 2023-07-06T15:06:47
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the final installment of a mini-series featuring current artists-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation. In...
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471: Maura Wright on her portrayal of beauty rituals in Midwest Sweat from 2023-06-29T14:25:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Maura Wright. Her recent exhibition Midwest Sweat at the Jane Hartsook Gallery in NYC, takes ...
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470: Simphiwe Mbunyuza on developing potent references to Xhosa culture in his sculpture from 2023-06-23T21:36:10
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469: Heidi Fahrenbacher on her formula for pricing from 2023-06-16T16:45:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Heidi Fahrenbacher. She runs Bella Joy Pottery in Plainwell, MI making multiple lines of func...
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468: Rosti Eismont on blending a career in clay and graphic design from 2023-06-10T18:33:38
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Rosti Eismont. For decades he was an art director and graphic designer for major magazines, i...
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467: Fund Drive: Pete Pinnell on re-finding your voice from 2023-05-25T23:29:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Pete Pinnell. Pinnell is a long-time ceramic artist who has engaged the community through his...
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466: Fund Drive: Anat Shiftan on the human perception and distortion of nature from 2023-05-18T21:27:37
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Anat Shiftan. Her sculptures incorporate floral elements that are precariously arranged as a ...
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465: Fund Drive: Lauren Mabry on pushing the boundaries of glaze from 2023-05-11T19:40:39
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Philadelphia sculptor Lauren Mabry. Her minimalist sculptures are surfaced with vibrant glaze...
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464: Fund Drive: Sergei Isupov on his surrealistic sculptures from 2023-05-07T12:07:18
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sergei Isupov. Through his unique blend of figure sculpture and drawing he investigates the i...
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463: Meet the Parents: Courtney Martin and John Geci from 2023-04-21T21:49:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the sixth installment in a series of interviews about parenting. For the series I invite artist couples to talk...
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462: Meet the Parents: Mallory Wetherell and Matt Ziemke from 2023-04-13T20:12:50
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the fifth installment in a series of interviews about parenting. For the series I invited artist couples to tal...
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461: Rebecca Hutchinson on paper, clay, and Re-Generation from 2023-04-06T19:21:49
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Rebecca Hutchinson. Her 2022 installation...
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460: Sana Musasama on her art and activism from 2023-03-30T20:39:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sana Musasama. Spanning more than four de...
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459: Live from NCECA with Galloway, Chénard, and Ochtli from 2023-03-22T17:44:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion on Taking an environmental approa...
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458: Robert Harrison and Danielle O’Malley on the NCECA Green Task Force from 2023-03-13T16:29:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Robert Harrison and Danielle O’Malley. In...
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457: Caroline Cheng on upcycling ceramic waste into environmental design from 2023-03-08T20:53:22
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Caroline Cheng. A noted artist and curato...
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456: Courtney Martin on using resists to make complex glaze patterns from 2023-03-02T20:45:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Courtney Martin. She uses resists to crea...
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455: En Iwamura on his Neo-Jomon figures from 2023-02-23T21:53:14
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with En Iwamura. From his studio in Shigaraki,...
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454: Adero Willard on Clay Holds Water, Water Holds Memory from 2023-02-17T14:53:28
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Adero Willard. After many years as a stud...
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453: Wesley Brown on the monumentality of form from 2023-02-09T23:49:32
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Wesley Brown. He combines thrown forms wi...
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452: Kurt Anderson on the humor in his art and Rebecca Harvey on the Archie Bray residency from 2023-02-03T20:25:08
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kurt Anderson. His ceramics and paintings feature compositions of robots, animals, and human hybrids that are v...
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451: Joey Quiñones on the ways our past informs our present from 2023-01-26T21:20:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Joey Quiñones. They use fibers and ceramics in their mixed-media sculpture to highlight the domestic and cultur...
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450: Osa Atoe on connecting to one’s self and others through clay from 2023-01-20T15:45:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Osa Atoe. She transitioned to clay a decade ago after spending years as a musician playing in bands and documen...
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449: Lorna Meaden on the challenge of making complex functional forms from 2023-01-12T17:46:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Lorna Meaden. From her studio in Durango, CO Lorna makes functional pottery that is decorated with geometric pa...
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448: Dr. Kelli Morgan and Jennifer Zwilling on Figuring Space from 2023-01-06T14:21:57
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Dr. Kelli Morgan and Jennifer Zwilling. They co-curated Figuring Space, an exhibition featuring twelve contempo...
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447: Mary Savig on This Present Moment at the Renwick Gallery from 2022-12-22T14:41:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with curator Mary Savig. As the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery she is one of the...
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446: Chotsani Elaine Dean and donald a clark on Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists from 2022-12-16T21:11:10
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Chotsani Elaine Dean and donald a clark. They co-authored the new book Contemporary Black American Ceramic ...
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445: Dawn Candy on capturing energy in her surface design from 2022-12-10T00:10:18
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Dawn Candy. She often contrasts botanical motifs with geometric patterns to create depth and movement on the su...
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444: Sam Lopez on making a life in southern California from 2022-12-03T14:50:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast we have an interview with Sam Lopez. Based in San Diego, he makes porcelain pots that are decorated with blue and white patterns that me...
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443: Across the Globe with Mark Hewitt, Priscilla Mouritzen, Diego Valles, and Carla Martinez Vargas from 2022-11-22T14:31:16
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast we have a live episode that was taped as part of the Envision: Woodfire NC conference in May 2022. Mark Hewitt talks with Priscilla Mour...
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442: Jackie Head on her Neo-Op art installations from 2022-11-11T19:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Jackie Head. She creates Neo-Op Art installations that manipulate space through the interplay of color and undulating patter...
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441: Dan Finnegan on stretching beyond tradition from 2022-11-03T17:43:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Dan Finnegan. He has been making ceramics since the mid-1970’s and recently had a retrospective drawing from forty years of ...
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440: Isabelle Fish on advocating for craft from 2022-10-28T17:29:02
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Isabelle Fish. She is the founder of Rue Pigalle, an international community of women championing crafts and craftspeople. T...
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439: Patty Bilbro on making what you want to make from 2022-10-20T18:40:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Patty Bilbro. She received training through the professional crafts program at Haywood Community College in the early 1990’s...
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438: Julia Galloway on idea development and trends in ceramics from 2022-10-14T19:24:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast we revisit two interviews that feature Julia Galloway. First, we have an excerpt from our 2013 interview where we discuss her career, as...
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437: Kitty Shepherd on the nostalgic roots of her colorful slipware from 2022-10-06T21:08:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast we have an interview with British studio potter Kitty Shepherd. Her slipware vessels feature brightly colored images of pop culture. In ...
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436: Why wood fire with Joy Brown, Kate Waltman, John Neely, and Garth Johnson from 2022-09-30T14:07:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast we have a live episode that was taped as part of the Envision: Woodfire NC conference in May 2022. Guest host Garth Johnson talks with J...
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435: Kathy King on the feminist themes in her graphic ceramics from 2022-09-22T21:11:30
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with artist and educator Kathy King. Her graphic sgraffito-decorated ceramics often depict relationship dynamics and feminist the...
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434: Podcast extravaganza with Rebecca Ickes Carra from the Maker’s Playbook from 2022-09-16T16:52:49
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with photographer and podcast host Rebecca Ickes Carra. For more than a decade she has been a professional photographer focused o...
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433: Steve Theberge on finding a meaningful context for your aesthetic from 2022-09-08T22:07:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Massachusetts potter Steve Theberge. His functional pots are decorated with slips that are reduction cooled to create rich e...
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432: Takuro Shibata on developing local clays at STARworks ceramics from 2022-09-01T19:35:09
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Takuro Shibata, a working potter and Director of STARworks Ceramics in Star, NC. In our interview we talk about settling in ...
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431: Alex Anderson on the dark glamour of L.A. and Clay in Color from 2022-08-19T13:03
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Los Angeles-based artist Alex Anderson. In our interview we discuss the ideas behind his use of mirrors, the L.A. art scene,...
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430: In tribute: Anthony Merino and Alex Kraft on the 50 Women exhibition from 2022-08-18T13:20:40
Artist, writer, and critic Anthony Merino passed away last week. Today we feature a rebroadcast of our 2015 interview where we discuss the exhibition 50 Women: A Celebration of Women in Cera...
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429: Wild Clay Live! from 2022-08-12T12:45:26
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast we have a live episode that was taped as part of the Envision: Woodfire NC conference in May 2022. I’m joined by Steve Blankenbeker, Tak...
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428: Eric Botbyl on pinpointing the perfect time to alter clay forms from 2022-08-04T23:14:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Eric Botbyl. He is both a working potter and a gallery owner helping to promote the work of functional artists. In our inter...
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427: Celebrating 10 years of the Red Clay Rambler with Show Trivia from 2022-07-28T18:44:08
Part two of our 10th anniversary live episode includes a trivia section about the history of the show and past guests. I was joined by Carole Epp and Britta Schroeder, as well as a live audience...
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426: Celebrating 10 years of the Red Clay Rambler with Carole Epp and Britta Schroeder from 2022-07-28T17:47:44
Today on the podcast we have part one of a live episode to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show. I was joined by Carole Epp and Britta Schroeder, as well as a live audience on Zoom. Many t...
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425: 10 YR Fund Drive: Michael Sherrill on his flora-inspired sculptures from 2022-07-22T14:22:13
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Michael Sherrill, who creates mixed media sculptures that draw from the flora of Western North Carolina. In our interview we...
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424: 10 YR Fund Drive: Kat and Roger on the roots of their modernist aesthetic from 2022-07-14T00:06:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Kat Hutter and Roger Lee. The pair share a studio making stoneware pottery that is decorated with bright geometric designs. ...
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423: 10 YR Fund Drive: Keith Brymer Jones on Boy in a China Shop from 2022-07-07T14:14:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast we welcome back Keith Brymer Jones to talk about his new autobiography Boy in a China Shop. You might know him from his role as...
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422: In Tribute: Merran Esson on capturing the passing of time from 2022-06-23T22:36:25
Australian ceramic artist and educator Merran Esson passed away last week. This episode features a rebroadcast of our 2013 interview where we talk about learning to trust one's inner voice, capt...
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421: More than a Maker: Michael McCarthy from 2022-06-16T13:25:52
This week we wrap up our More than a Maker series with an interview with Michael McCarthy. He is a potter and instructor at the Austen Riggs Center, a residential psychiatric hospital a...
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420: More than a Maker: Sarah Petty from 2022-06-10T14:03:32
On this week’s edition of More than a Maker we talk to Sarah Petty. Both a trained artist and acupuncturist, I talk with Sarah about her path to creativity and the healing arts. In our ...
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419: More than a Maker: John Doran from 2022-06-03T19:56:06
On this week’s edition of More than a Maker we talk to John Doran. In our interview we talk about The Big Blue Sky Initiative, a multipart plan to address mental health in the state of ...
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418: More than a Maker: Will Baker from 2022-05-25T01:34:13
This week we continue our series More than a Maker with an interview featuring Bakersville, NC artist Will Baker. He is known for his beautiful atmospheric fired pottery, along with his...
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417: More than a Maker: Mac McCusker from 2022-05-19T14:30:40
This week on the podcast we start our series More than a Maker, which focuses on the intersection of mental health and creativity. In the first episode we have Mac McCusker, a ceramic a...
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416: Mark Warren on ten years of Haand porcelain from 2022-05-06T22:42:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Mark Warren. He is one of the cofounders of Haand, a porcelain tableware manufacturer in Burlington, NC. In our interview we...
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415: Russell Wrankle on his sculpture and Shape Theory Collective from 2022-04-28T22:12:20
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Russell Wrankle. He uses animal and human references to engage the existential tension between life and death. In our interv...
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414: Chris Baskin and Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey on apprenticeship during Covid from 2022-04-21T20:09:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Portland-based potters Chris Baskin and Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey. We talk about choosing a firing that fits your aesthetic, t...
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413: Donna Polseno and Dara Hartman on the Women Working with Clay Symposium from 2022-04-14T15:51:22
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Donna Polseno and Dara Hartman. Polseno is the founding director of the Women Working with Clay Symposium and Hartman now co...
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412: Sunshine Cobb on The Beginner’s Guide to Hand Building from 2022-04-08T20:00:40
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Sunshine Cobb about her new book, The Beginner’s Guide to Hand Building. We discuss redefining creativity to be mor...
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411: Alessandro Gallo on his human-animal hybrids from 2022-04-04T15:29:37
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with sculptor Alessandro Gallo. He uses idioms and humor as a foundation for his human-animal hybrids. In our interview, we talk ...
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410: Lynn Duryea on the 30th Anniversary of the Watershed Workshop for people with HIV/AIDS from 2022-03-25T18:37:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Lynn Duryea. Her minimalist sculptures are made from bent clay slabs, and are surfaced with layers of sprayed glaze giving t...
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409: A new era for the Moravian Tile Works from 2022-03-18T13:46:49
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with director Katia McGuirk and curator Vance Koehler about the Moravian Tile Works. The institution has gone through many iterat...
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408: Sanam Emami on revealing and concealing in surface design from 2022-03-11T01:26:50
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with Sanam Emami. Her ceramic vessels are decorated with lush repeating patterns layered over brushed slips. In our interview we ...
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407: Dustin Yager on his tongue in cheek approach to ceramics from 2022-03-05T15:37:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I talk with NYC based ceramic artist Dustin Yager. Through his Ceramics and Theory brand Dustin Yager creates porcelain pottery decorate...
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406: Meet the Parents – Lindsay Oesterritter and Jason Vulcan from 2022-02-25T00:53:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the fourth installment in a series of interviews about parenting. For the series I invited artist couples to talk with each other...
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405: Meet the Parents – Brian Jones and Melissa Weimer from 2022-02-17T16:35:42
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the third installment in a series of interviews about parenting. For the series I invited artist couples to talk with each other ...
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404: Meet the Parents – Sara Truman and Naomi Mostkoff from 2022-02-11T22:58:12
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the second installment in a series of interviews about parenting. For the series I invited artist couples to talk with each other...
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403: Meet the Parents - Jen Allen and Shoji Satake from 2022-02-05T16:00:21
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the first in a series of interviews about parenting. For the series I invited artist couples to talk with each other about findin...
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402: In Tribute: Bill Daley on the three-part nature of creativity from 2022-01-28T15:00:20
On today’s Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast, I have a tribute for Bill Daley who recently passed. Throughout his seventy-year career he created large scale terra cotta works that exp...
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401: Clay Cohorts with Levin, Roswell, and Miller from 2022-01-24T15:42:29
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Simon Levin, David Roswell, and Polina Miller. Levin created the Clay Cohorts program in 2021 to provide artist...
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400: Fall Fund Drive: Listener mailbag with Mel from 2021-12-16T16:22:27
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a listener mailbag for our 400th episode. My wife Melissa joins me as a guest host to talk about the resilient nature of artists ...
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399: Fall Fund Drive: Donte K. Hayes on objects as initiation from 2021-12-09T23:58:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Donte K. Hayes. After focusing on printmaking early in his career, Donte moved into ceramics in 2015 and contin...
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398: Fall Fund Drive: Gay Smith on developing surfaces for soda-fired porcelain from 2021-12-03T00:31:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Gay Smith. Her thrown and altered porcelain vessels range from everyday wares to elaborate candelabras and mult...
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397: Fall Fund Drive: John Britt on problem solving in the glaze lab from 2021-11-26T20:55:58
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with John Britt. A noted glaze chemist and author, Britt has been making ceramics for over thirty-five years. In our...
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396: Susan Feagin on collage in clay from 2021-11-18T23:47:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Susan Feagin. Her hand-built work is made from slabs of clay that are decorated with slip transfer, sgraffito, ...
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395: Greg Payce on harnessing the negative space between objects to create images from 2021-10-30T17:34:25
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Greg Payce. He often creates images that reference the human figure by shaping the negative space between his c...
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394: Walter Ostrom on the questions that motivate his studio practice from 2021-10-18T21:14:09
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Walter Ostrom. A retrospective book has recently been published filled with essays from colleagues and images o...
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393: In Tribute: Carter Gillies on the five stages of learning from 2021-10-01T15:56:59
Athens, GA area potter Carter Gillies passed away a few weeks ago. After discovering his blog in the early 2010’s I started to think of him as our potter philosopher. He wrote about both the eve...
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392: Katrina Chaytor and Greg Payce live from the Ceramic Congress! from 2021-09-24T15:08:44
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Katrina Chaytor and Greg Payce. We recorded this live in front of an online studio audience as a part of the Ma...
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391: Seth Green on the influence of architecture and Justin Rothshank joins us to talk about the Indiana Clay Conference from 2021-09-20T12:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Seth Green. The clean lines and expanding silhouettes of his functional pots show a love for metal working and ...
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390: Kathy King, Rose Katz, and Matt Katz on For Flux Sake from 2021-09-08T20:21:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kathy King, Rose Katz, and Matt Katz about their new podcast For Flux Sake. The podcast takes a lighthearted lo...
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389: In Tribute: Michael Simon on intuition and finding purpose in making from 2021-09-05T12:21:37
Earlier this week noted potter Michael Simon passed. Today’s episode is a re-airing of our 2014 interview where we talk about intuition, the influence of Michael's teacher Warren Mackenzie, and ...
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388: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy on Clay in Color from 2021-09-02T15:53:55
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy about her new podcast Clay in Color. The podcast highlights young artists of color wh...
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387: Adam Chau on Trade Secret from 2021-08-26T20:43:16
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Adam Chau about his new podcast Trade Secret. We talk about the concept for the show and play a clip from a fut...
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386: Stephen Earp on interpreting 17th-century terracotta traditions from 2021-08-20T14:46:32
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Stephen Earp. From his studio in NW Massachusetts Earp makes earthenware pots in the redware and Delft traditio...
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385: Daniel Gillberg on his career in paper conservation and clay from 2021-08-05T20:04:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Daniel Gillberg. His career in clay has paralleled a career in paper restoration. In our interview we talk abou...
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384: Doug Casebeer on how curiosity sustains an art practice from 2021-07-23T15:00:58
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Doug Casebeer. Throughout his long career in ceramics Doug has focused on utilitarian pottery, while also teach...
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383: Renee LoPresti on her three-dimensional surface design from 2021-07-16T11:37:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Renee LoPresti. From her studio in San Marcos, TX she makes vibrant pottery that is decorated with layered patt...
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382: Accountability and social change with Craft Equity from 2021-07-08T21:09:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an anonymized interview with one of the founding members of Craft Equity. The group has developed a platform for sharing stories ...
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381: In Tribute: Adam and Melissa Yungbluth on the St. Petersburg art scene from 2021-06-25T13:25:14
Earlier this month Adam Yungbluth passed away at his home in Morehead, KY. Adam was a generous teacher, husband, and maker, who was always ready to laugh or offer a tidbit of clay wisdom. Today’...
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380: Sarah Pike on touching clay with clarity and intent from 2021-06-18T21:35:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sarah Pike. Her hand-built teapots, vases, and mugs have a soft angularity reminiscent of the tin objects from ...
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379: Channing and Leah Smithson on Vessel: Art as a Doorway from 2021-06-12T16:39:42
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Channing and Leah Smithson. The LA-based couple are artists and co-hosts of the podcast Vessel: Art as a Do...
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378: Canada Week: Brendan Tang on his Joss paper sculptures from 2021-05-28T11:49:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brendan Tang. As a Gen X artist, he describes himself as being from the remix generation using the concept of h...
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377: Canada Week: Kaitlyn Brennan talks about ceramic education in Canada from 2021-05-27T20:25:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kaitlyn Brennan. Based in Merrickville, ON, she makes a line of terracotta pottery decorated with vibrant flora...
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376: Canada Week: Julie Moon on trusting the creative process from 2021-05-26T18:59:07
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Julie Moon. A multi-talented maker based in Toronto, Moon makes sculptural forms approaching the human body fro...
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375: Canada Week: Magdolene Dykstra on her raw clay sculptures from 2021-05-25T19:42:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Magdolene Dykstra. Her raw clay sculptures depict a shifting biosphere of cells morphing to fill the environmen...
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374: Canada Week: Martina Lantin on her passion for terracotta from 2021-05-24T18:18:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Martina Lantin. Over the past twenty years she has explored many facets of terracotta pottery, drawing from Ita...
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373: Amy Smith on essentializing the figure for visual impact from 2021-05-20T17:28:31
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Amy Smith. Her porcelain pots are decorated with female nudes delicately drawn with slip inlay. The translucent...
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372: Adrienne Eliades on using a die cutter for pattern making from 2021-05-15T00:57:45
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Adrienne Eliades. From her Vancouver, Washington studio she makes highly decorated functional pots that draw fr...
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371: Janet Koplos on criticism and What Makes a Potter from 2021-04-30T16:18:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Janet Koplos. A noted critic and writer, Janet has published over 2000 articles and essays since she started wr...
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370: Ryan Wilson Kelly on using humor as an entry point for narrative sculpture from 2021-04-23T14:24:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ryan Wilson Kelly. He works in both clay and papier-mache to make figure sculptures and vessels that are theatr...
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369: Cassils on the body as both material and tool in performance art from 2021-04-15T13:31:56
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Cassils. Their performance-based work often utilizes physical force and exertion as a metaphor for struggle and...
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368: Paul Greenhalgh on how ceramics shaped civilization from 2021-04-08T20:10:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with curator and scholar Paul Greenhalgh. His recently published book Ceramic Art and Civilisation establis...
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367: Juan Barroso on using pointillism to tell immigration stories from 2021-04-01T23:43:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Juan Barroso. His ceramic forms are decorated with finely painted pointillist images of family members and obje...
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366: Wendy Gers on curatorial activism from 2021-03-25T22:59:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with curator and scholar Wendy Gers. She has curated numerous international exhibitions including the First Cent...
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365: Mark Shapiro on 19th-century potter Thomas Commeraw from 2021-03-17T23:12:53
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mark Shapiro. He is a noted potter and author of ceramic history based in western Massachusetts. In this interv...
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364: Natalia Arbelaez on activating ceramics through performance from 2021-03-11T16:19:56
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Natalia Arbelaez. Her terracotta sculptures often involve figures interacting with one another or conveying emo...
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363: Brett Kern on drawing from pop culture nostalgia to create his sculptures from 2021-03-04T20:25:05
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brett Kern. His ceramic sculptures of dinosaurs and spacemen are tied to his love of collectable toys and pop c...
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362: Masa Sasaki on making a living as a potter from 2021-02-24T01:21:13
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Masa Sasaki. His functional pots are decorated with vibrant color schemes emphasizing motifs of deer, one-eyed ...
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361: In Tribute: Christine McHorse on her evolution from traditional Pueblo pottery to sculpture from 2021-02-21T14:10:57
Noted Navajo sculptor and ceramic artist Christine McHorse died earlier this week. She was born in 1948 in Morenci, Arizona and started working full-time in the arts after attending the Institut...
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360: Jessica Putnam Phillips on using art to personalize military experience from 2021-02-19T00:23:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jessica Putnam Phillips. Jessica creates objects that are decorated with depictions of women in combat situatio...
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359. Mandy Kolahi on guiding an inclusive community studio through a pandemic from 2021-02-11T20:13:31
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mandy Kolahi. She co-founded POT, a community studio in Los Angeles, to create a safe space for artists of colo...
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358. Larissa Warren on the Wild Women and Wild Clay of Tamborine Mountain from 2021-02-05T15:11:12
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Larissa Warren. She is based in Tamborine Mountain in southeast Queensland, Australia where she uses the Neriko...
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357: Jason Sandy on Mudlarking the Thames River from 2021-01-29T13:38:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jason Sandy. He is a modern-day mudlark searching the foreshore of the Thames River in London. In our interview...
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356: Deb Schwartzkopf on her book Creative Pottery from 2021-01-23T22:29:32
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Deb Schwartzkopf. She recently released a best-selling book on ceramics titled Creative Pottery. In our intervi...
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355: Kate Roberts on the ephemeral nature of her sculpture from 2021-01-14T15:42:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kate Roberts. Roberts often uses unfired clay to create sculptures of topiaries, gates, and landscapes that fee...
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354: George Rodriguez on sculpture, personal identity, and community building from 2021-01-08T15:11:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with George Rodriguez. He creates ceramic sculptures decorated with vibrant low relief patterns that explore themes ...
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353: Fall Fund Drive: Natania Hume on selling small batch wholesale through home stores from 2020-12-22T23:50:17
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Natania Hume. She is a potter and educator who splits time between teaching at a private school in Massachusett...
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352: Fall Fund Drive: Marty Gross on the Mingei Film Archive from 2020-12-17T23:30:18
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Marty Gross about the Mingei Film Archive. We talk about how a gift from Bernard Leach started him on a decades...
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351: Fall Fund Drive: The Studio Potter goes digital as it approaches fifty years of storytelling from 2020-12-10T23:12:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview about the Studio Potter with Jill Foote-Hutton and Jessica Detweiler. Established in 1972 the Studio Po...
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350: Fall Fund Drive: Bill Brouillard on our reverence for technology from 2020-11-28T14:25:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Bill Brouillard. He came to clay in the 1970’s and has had a variety of positions including being a resident ar...
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349: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy on increasing the visibility of artists of color from 2020-11-20T00:09:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy. She is a curator and writer focusing on the intersection of craft and contemporary a...
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348: Graham Taylor on heritage pottery and experimental archeology from 2020-11-12T18:09:53
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Graham Taylor. Taylor’s historical ceramic reproductions are featured in cultural institutions forming a gatewa...
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347: Jennifer Ling Datchuk on understanding identity and womanhood from 2020-11-05T15:43:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jennifer Ling Datchuk. She was raised in a bicultural household and makes sculpture, installation, and performa...
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346: Bob Batchelor on the rise, fall and rebirth of Rookwood Pottery from 2020-10-28T18:03:50
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with cultural historian Bob Batchelor. He has written on diverse subjects ranging from comic icon Stan Lee to prohib...
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345: Audra Doughty on adapting community-based education to the COVID era from 2020-10-22T18:13:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Audra Doughty. She has used her business Mud Queen Pottery to create a thriving community of ceramic enthusiast...
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344: Lindsay Montgomery on the subversive nature of her Maiolica ceramics from 2020-10-15T16:23:32
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Lindsay Montgomery. Her Italian inspired maiolica ceramics function as narrative paintings highlighting the soc...
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343: Celebrate Clay Week 2020 with Walter Ostrom on the conceptual potential of pottery from 2020-10-08T21:57:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Walter Ostrom. Originally recorded in the summer of 2015 this interview is being rebroadcast in celebration of ...
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342: Ann Carrington on upcycling found objects to create sculpture from 2020-10-01T17:12:27
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ann Carrington. Based in Margate, UK, Ann makes sculpture using tin cans, flatware, and other metal objects tha...
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341: Jamie Bates Slone on using the figure to represent mental states from 2020-09-18T13:13:26
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jamie Bates Slone. She draws from her own experience with mental illness to create figurative sculpture that ad...
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340: Sara Truman on building relationships and increasing student investment in a high school ceramic program from 2020-09-10T14:48:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sara Truman. After teaching in a variety of classroom environments she has been focused for the past seven year...
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339: Sharif Bey on the power of art to sustain and connect communities from 2020-09-04T12:35:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sharif Bey. Bey has extensive experience in ceramics/sculpture, art community programming, and art teacher trai...
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338: Guillermo Cuellar on Mingei and the challenge of restarting his pottery in a new country from 2020-08-26T14:25:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Guillermo Cuellar. In 1986 he established a pottery outside of Caracas, Venezuela, which he ran for sixteen yea...
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337: Mike Cinelli on using color triads from comic books to create visual punch from 2020-08-21T13:00:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mike Cinelli. He blends the aesthetics of sci-fi with Greek myths to create pottery with rich aged surfaces. In...
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336: Diana Benavidez on the art and politics of her piñatas from 2020-08-14T19:40:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Diana Benavidez, who builds piñatas that reflect her binational identity as an artist in the San Diego/Tijuana ...
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335: Christy S. Coleman on the role museums play in shaping public understanding of history from 2020-08-07T13:57:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with public historian and museum executive Christy S. Coleman. Her museum career started at seventeen portraying ens...
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334: Betty Turbo on digital illustration and using humor to carry a message from 2020-07-31T15:44:56
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Agnes Barton-Sabo, also known as Betty Turbo. Her humorous, vivid illustrations meld advertisements for food an...
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333: Ashleigh Christelis on integrating self-care into a creative life from 2020-07-23T18:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ashleigh Christelis. Based in Johannesburg, SA Christelis’s career includes a variety of ceramic bodies of work...
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332: Mitchell Spain on addressing environmentalism through satirical imagery from 2020-07-16T18:17:44
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mitchell Spain. Through meticulous craftsmanship he makes functional objects that appear to be rusted tin cans ...
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331: Carleigh Queenth on the quest for porcelain in 18th-century Europe from 2020-07-09T17:49:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Carleigh Queenth. Through her position as the specialist head of European ceramics and glass at the Christie’s ...
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330: Adam Chau on digital calligraphy and the paradox of the anonymous selfie from 2020-06-30T17:59:43
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Adam Chau. Blending the machinery of industry with an interest in handcraft, Adam has created a digital calligr...
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329: Dr. Melissa Weimer on Addiction Medicine from 2020-06-26T13:35:16
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Dr. Melissa Weimer. She has worked at local, state, and national levels to improve access to evidence-based tre...
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328: Thoughts on anti-racism and fighting white supremacy from 2020-06-22T20:24:51
On today’s episode, I talk about the need for the ceramic community, myself included, to be actively antiracist in our actions. As we make changes to create a more inclusive ceramic community fo...
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327: Isaac Scott on black representation in public spaces and photographing protests from 2020-06-15T13:10:18
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Isaac Scott. His ceramic vessels and sculpture draw from hip hop, pop culture, and politics, and are inspired b...
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326: Spring Fund Drive: Andrei Taraschuk on the beautiful world of Art Bots from 2020-05-21T22:42:38
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Andrei Taraschuk. Using computer skills from his day job as a software engineer, Taraschuk creates and manages ...
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325: Spring Fund Drive: Tim Kowalczyk on his trompe l'oeil ceramics from 2020-05-15T19:16:50
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Tim Kowalczyk. His trompe l’oeil ceramic vessels mimic cardboard, Styrofoam, and other normally disposable indu...
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324: Spring Fund Drive: Resources for artists in the COVID era with Carrie Cleveland from Cerf+ from 2020-05-06T23:38:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Carrie Cleveland. She works in disaster-preparedness education and outreach for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund...
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323: Justin Rothshank on low temperature soda firing from 2020-04-24T12:33:56
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Justin Rothshank. Working from his home studio in Goshen, IN Justin has been making functional pottery and expe...
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322: Kate Johnston on developing design rules to guide one’s work in the studio from 2020-04-17T17:33:30
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kate Johnston. She uses local materials to make highly decorated pots that are fired in a wood kiln outside of ...
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321: Tom Lauerman on rapid prototyping personal protective equipment for Penn State’s MASC initiative from 2020-04-08T22:06:21
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Tom Lauerman, an artist and educator who is working with a consortium of over 200 researchers to develop person...
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320: Jonathan Barnes on teaching art online and 3d printing medical protective equipment from 2020-04-05T23:04:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jonathan Barnes, who teaches ceramics, printmaking and art appreciation at the St. Pete College Clearwater camp...
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319: Kerianne Quick and Adam John Manley on their zine Craft Desert from 2020-03-24T13:06:05
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kerianne Quick and Adam John Manley. Both are makers with studio practices steeped in craft, as well as profess...
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318: Kelly Schnorr on effective teaching methods for high school students from 2020-03-12T16:47:02
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kelly Schnorr. She is an artist and educator based in the San Diego area where she teaches ceramics at Coronado...
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317: Brian Jones on refining your craft and staying present in the making process from 2020-03-06T15:22:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brian Jones. His functional work explores line, color and mark making in earthenware. In 2011 he started Th...
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316: Jordan Mcdonald on his love of Rosanjin and the Pots in Words project from 2020-02-29T00:36:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jordan McDonald. Raised in the suburbs of Toronto, Jordan now lives in West Philadelphia where he makes functio...
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315: Sam Harvey on the fundamentals of running a successful gallery from 2020-02-14T13:48:10
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sam Harvey. He came to Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley to take a workshop at Anderson Ranch in the mid 1990’s, w...
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314: Louise Deroualle on using abstraction to convey emotion from 2020-02-05T23:48:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Louise Deroualle. After an early interest in functional work, Louise has shifted to landscape-oriented wall wor...
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313: Daniel Dallabrida on the intersection of grief, perseverance, and creativity from 2020-01-30T00:42:31
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Daniel Dallabrida. After a long career in public relations Dallabrida turned to art as a form of visual storyte...
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312: HP Bloomer talks about balancing risk taking and loss rate in studio production from 2020-01-20T00:40:58
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with HP Bloomer. His functional ceramics are decorated with layers of pattern before being fired in atmospheric kiln...
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311: Louise Cort on forty years of ceramic research and museum curation from 2020-01-11T01:18:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Louise Cort. After traveling to Japan on an exchange program in high school, Louise developed a love for everyd...
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310: Ryan Greenheck on generating financial opportunities through invitational group sales from 2019-12-19T17:40:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ryan Greenheck. His functional ceramics are influenced by European slipware and Chinese porcelain traditions. H...
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309: Stephanie Kantor on how bathing culture inspires her sculpture from 2019-12-12T13:12:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Stephanie Kantor. In her most recent body of work Stephanie explores myths surrounding water through multiple s...
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308: Fall Fund Drive: Peltz, Dehnert, and Vettoso on the history and impact of the Old Church Pottery Show from 2019-11-26T22:57:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I speak with Aysha Peltz, Bruce Dehnert, and Lisa Vettoso, the organizers of the 45th annual Old Church Pottery Show. The event started ...
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307: Fall Fund Drive: Michael Connelly on converting former industrial spaces into a creative hub in Philadelphia from 2019-11-21T18:04:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Michael Connelly. In his Phoenixville, PA studio he makes functional pottery balancing highly engineered forms ...
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306: Fall Fund Drive: James Whiting on creating a healthy studio environment and new music from The Painted Horses from 2019-11-13T21:06:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with ceramic artist James Whiting. After living in Japan for many years he developed a love for ceramics that guided...
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305: Fall Fund Drive: Sandy Simon on how the internet changed the way pots are sold from 2019-11-07T00:00:17
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with potter and gallery owner Sandy Simon. She was a student of Warren MacKenzie’s at the University of Minnesota in...
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304: Fall Fund Drive: Wayne Higby on his teaching career and the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum from 2019-11-01T01:00:30
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Wayne Higby. He came to Alfred University as an associate professor of ceramics in 1973. He continues to teach ...
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303: Sam Chung on developing novel methods for altering porcelain from 2019-10-25T02:29:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sam Chung. In his recent porcelain vessels, Chung references Korean folk-art motifs in both form and surface. I...
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302: Sophie Aguilera Lester on her ceramic still lifes and Lindsay Oesterritter on Mastering Kilns and Firing from 2019-10-18T13:23:56
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sophie Aguilera Lester. Her ceramic sculpture is autobiographical in nature with a strong reference to historic...
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301: Naomi Clement on how finding her grandparents love letters spurred her interest in cursive text from 2019-10-10T18:38:09
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Naomi Clement. In her current body of work, she decorates functional pots with layers of abstracted text and lo...
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300: Listener mailbag to celebrate our 300th episode! from 2019-10-03T17:28:10
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a special mailbag episode consisting of questions sent in from listeners. My wife Melissa comes on to cohost the show and we disc...
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299: Matt Ziemke on building engaging surfaces through multiple firings and Doug Peltzman on the Hudson Valley Pottery Tour from 2019-09-26T12:28:18
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Matt Ziemke. He abstracts the physical landscape to create planar structures that are covered with pattern and ...
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298: Mary Cale Wilson on using art to confront the inequities of history in the American South from 2019-09-19T19:51:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mary Cale Wilson. Through her multifaceted art practice, which includes sculpture, vessel making, and painting,...
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297: Brooks Oliver on using 3d printing as a prototyping tool for slip cast vessels from 2019-09-12T16:55:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brooks Oliver. His refined ceramic vessels draw from the sleek aesthetics of design while maintaining the scale...
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296: Ann Shaner on teaching in public schools, the early days of the Archie Bray Foundation, and her marriage to David Shaner from 2019-09-05T23:21:25
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ann Shaner. Along with her husband David Shaner, she was instrumental in the success of the Archie Bray Foundat...
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295: Shalene Valenzuela on using slip cast domestic objects as a canvas for painting from 2019-08-29T13:20:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Shalene Valenzuela. Her slip cast sculptures feature underglaze paintings of women in domestic situations. In o...
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294: Audry Deal-McEver and Jenn Cole compare the art fair circuit to selling in galleries from 2019-07-18T16:07:57
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Audry Deal-McEver and Jenn Cole. Both are studio potters making heavily patterned work in the greater Nashville...
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293: Danielle McDaniel on creating “The Clay Lady Way” from 2019-07-13T21:18:37
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Danielle McDaniel. In 1982 she started teaching in the public schools of middle Tennessee focusing on short cer...
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292: Josh Deweese on a life in clay in Montana from 2019-07-04T03:17:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Josh Deweese. His undulating functional forms are embellished with curvilineal handles and decorated with fluid...
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291: Mallory Wetherell on how parenting and politics have changed her studio practice from 2019-06-26T14:14:55
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mallory Wetherell. Her ceramic vessels are decorated with crisp drawings of symbolic elements, such as hair, in...
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290: Chris Staley and Kyle Johns on the intersection of boredom, expectation and creativity from 2019-06-21T21:14:25
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Chris Staley and Kyle Johns. Both were artists-in-residence for the month of May at the Archie Bray Foundation ...
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289: Joanna Powell on her recent show “Lay me in a hot bed and try not to drown” from 2019-06-12T14:54:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Joanna Powell. Her work spans many genres including ceramic sculpture, painting, and photography. In our interv...
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288: Nick Danielson on using CAD to design templates for hand-built pots from 2019-06-06T14:31:14
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Nick Danielson. After an early interest in conceptual sculpture, Nick has been solely focused on making functio...
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287: Chip Clawson on casting architectural-scale concrete sculptures from 2019-05-30T03:26:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Chip Clawson. In recent years he has been focused on making sculptural forms that are cast from concrete and ad...
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286: Diane Charnov on shifting from political speech writing to art criticism from 2019-05-24T02:51:29
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Diane Charnov, this year’s Jentel Critic at the Archie Bray Foundation. After an early career as a political sp...
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285: Chip Clawson on the history of the Archie Bray Foundation from 2019-05-15T02:32:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an audio tour of the Archie Bray Foundation with Chip Clawson. Chip worked for the organization for over 35 years and has compile...
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284: Perry Haas on embracing the challenge of a new body of work from 2019-05-10T02:50:53
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Perry Haas. He builds softly undulating vessels that are designed to pick up the fly ash that floats through the wood ki...
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283: David Peters on working with Montana’s raw ceramic materials from 2019-05-08T23:21:02
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with David Peters. While studying at Utah State University, David discovered a passion for using “wild” ceramic materials to ...
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282: Steven Young Lee on his recent exhibition at the Portland Art Museum from 2019-05-03T16:21:18
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Steven Young Lee. Growing up in Chicago the son of immigrant Korean parents, Steve turned to pop culture as a touchstone...
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281: Giselle Hicks on a personal search for beauty from 2019-05-01T14:54:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Giselle Hicks. Her minimalist vessels combine simple glazes with refined forms to highlight the process marks o...
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280: Scott Barnim on his forty-year career in clay and his passion for reduced luster ceramics from 2019-04-26T02:14:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Scott Barnim. Based in Dundas, Ontario, Barnim has been a potter for over 40 years. In his early career he made...
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279: Hamilton Potters Guild members talk about trends in ceramics and how the rising cost of housing affects potters from 2019-04-23T23:35:56
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with members of the Hamilton Potters Guild. Emma Smith, Greg Voison, Melissa Schooley and Scott Barnim talk ab...
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278: Paul Briggs on the intersection of spirituality, creativity and social justice from 2019-04-19T01:52:50
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Paul Briggs. During his multifaceted career Paul has been a professor, minister, and artist. While in the minis...
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277: Kate Fisher talks with Mikey Walsh about being both an artist and a mother from 2019-04-17T02:47:29
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview that Kate Fisher conducted with ceramic artist Mikey Walsh in 2014. The interview is part of Fisher’s interactive pr...
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276: Kate Fisher on motherhood, making and endurance sports from 2019-04-16T03:02:08
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kate Fisher. Her recent body of functional pottery draws from a visual analysis of her domestic landscape, incl...
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275: Live from CWU: Residency Reflections with Amanda Salov, Iva Haas, Seth Charles, and Amanda Bury from 2019-04-13T16:40:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a live episode featuring Amanda Salov, Iva Haas, Seth Charles, and Amanda Bury. The panel share their experience being resident a...
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274: Stuart Gair, Kyle Johns, and Kelly Stevenson on pushing yourself to take aesthetic risks in the studio from 2019-03-27T00:48:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the final episode of a miniseries featuring current resident artists at the Archie Bray Foundation. In this episode Stuart Gair, ...
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273: Richard James, Kelsey Duncan and Iva Haas on how a creative practice can shift the maker’s world view from 2019-03-22T15:47:21
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the second in a series of discussions with current resident artists at the Archie Bray Foundation. In this episode Richard James,...
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272: Jessica Brandl, Yoonjee Kwak and Christina Erives on creating narrative art based on family history from 2019-03-21T14:12:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the first in a series of discussions with current resident artists at the Archie Bray Foundation. In this episode Jessica Brandl,...
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271: Brenda Quinn on the blending of architecture and floral elements in her work from 2019-03-14T17:49:02
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brenda Quinn. Her vibrant functional pottery explores the line between hard and soft through the blending of ar...
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270: Matt Wedel on keeping up with the speed of his imagination from 2019-03-12T15:59:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Matt Wedel. He uses a gestural sculpting style and vibrant glazes to create large-scale works around the themes...
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269: Linda Christianson on modern pyromantics from 2019-03-09T15:52:55
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have Linda Christianson’s closing lecture from the Cultural Confluence Wood Fire Symposium, held in Helena, MT in October 2018. She ta...
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268: Learning to wood fire through apprenticeships and residencies with Dupont, Johnstone, Parady, Tagseth, and Wilson. from 2019-03-07T15:44:25
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel on nonacademic paths for learning wood firing featuring Robin Dupont, Jody Johnstone, Scott Parady, Martin Tagseth, and T...
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267: The state of wood firing education with John Neely, Matthew Blakely, Pascal Geoffroy, Sandy Lockwood, and Linda Lid from 2019-03-05T00:40:27
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel on education featuring John Neely, Matthew Blakely, Pascal Geoffroy, Sandy Lockwood, and Linda Lid. The panelists discuss...
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266: Applied aesthetics with Denny Gerwin, Linda Christianson, Shirobey Kobayashi, Trevor Dunn, and Neil Hoffman from 2019-03-01T20:14:22
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel on applied aesthetics. Denny Gerwin, Linda Christianson, Shirobey Kobayashi, Trevor Dunn, and Neil Hoffman talk about the...
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265: Daniel Lafferty on intuitive kiln building and the squinch arch from 2019-03-01T05:52:03
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from Daniel Lafferty on building wood fired kilns based on Islamic architecture. He uses the squinch arch, which allows...
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264: Hideo Mabuchi on vital materiality and the science behind reduction cooled reds from 2019-02-21T16:04:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from noted physicist and ceramic artist Hideo Mabuchi. He is currently working on a joint research project with Utah St...
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263: Catherine White on the seeds of ideas from 2019-02-19T15:15:26
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from Catherine White. She talks about the intuitive process, where ideas come from and how they shift as they come to f...
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262: International wood firing extravaganza with Lindsay Oesterritter, Nancy Fuller, Robin Dupont, Zac Chalmers, Tristan Chambaud-Heraud, Shikamaru Takeshita, John Neely and Linda Lid from 2019-02-13T03:03:05
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a mega panel discussion on the state of wood firing around the world. We start by talking about gender dynamics in the artists ho...
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261: Scott Ross on ram casting solid clay sculpture from 2019-02-08T00:53:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from Scott Ross about building large scale sculpture for wood kilns. He builds his work by ram casting laminated layers...
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260: John Neely on the development of the Train Kiln from 2019-02-05T03:56:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from John Neely about the evolution of the Train Kiln. Neely developed this unique style of wood burning kiln to achiev...
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259: George McCauley on low temperature wood firing from 2019-02-01T02:11:02
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from George McCauley. Over his 50-year career he has made pottery, mixed media sculpture, and metal work, as well as be...
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258: Sandy Lockwood on collaborating with uncertainty from 2019-01-29T04:17:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from Sandy Lockwood. A clay worker for many decades, Sandy discusses how morphogenic making and bodily learning can be ...
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257: Josh Deweese on the history of wood firing in Montana from 2019-01-23T01:45:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture from Josh Deweese on the history of wood firing in Montana. During his talk he recounts stories of historic Montana kil...
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256: Mark Campden on making reduced luster ceramics from 2019-01-17T17:07:17
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mark Campden. He makes two distinct lines of functional pottery at his studio in Co Kilkenny, IE. The first a m...
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255: Ireland Week: Making a living in rural Ireland with Cork potters Sara Roberts, Charlie Mahon, and Darren Francis Cassidy from 2019-01-12T16:51:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with members of the Society of Cork Potters: Sara Roberts, Charlie Mahon, Darren Francis Cassidy. The group started ...
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254: Ireland Week: Gallerist Mary Gallagher on the state of craft in Ireland from 2019-01-11T19:10:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mary Gallagher. She opened the Blue Egg Gallery in Wexford in 2011, and shows a variety of craft artists from I...
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253: Ireland Week: Susan O’Byrne on the empathic potential of sculpting animals from 2019-01-10T16:52:14
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Susan O’Byrne. Susan creates ceramic animal sculptures that convey the complex emotional landscape of human rel...
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252: Ireland Week: Gus Mabelson on Ireland’s Ceramic Skills and Design Course from 2019-01-09T16:22:37
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Gus Mabelson. In 1991 Gus came to Thomastown, Ireland to start a throwing course that would provide trained wor...
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251: Ireland Week: Tina Byrne and Elaine Riordan on advocating for Irish ceramics from 2019-01-08T16:09:02
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Tina Byrne and Elaine Riordan. Both are talented ceramic sculptors that are dedicated advocates for Irish ceram...
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250: Ireland Week: Isobel Egan on building with paper-thin porcelain slabs from 2019-01-07T21:05:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Isobel Egan. Her geometric forms are constructed from porcelain slabs that appear both fragile and immense. Her...
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249: Darien A-Johnson on the computer glitch that changed his life from 2019-01-03T02:19:20
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Darien A-Johnson. In his most recent body of work he uses digital and manual mark making to create complex surf...
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248: In Tribute: Warren Mackenzie on a lifetime in clay from 2019-01-01T21:41:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a rebroadcast of a 2015 interview with an icon of the American studio pottery movemen...
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247: Liz Zlot Summerfield on establishing work-life balance to encourage health and creativity from 2018-12-18T02:53:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Liz Zlot Summerfield. Her hand-built pottery is created in small groups, or collections, using color and patter...
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246: Marty Fielding on the influence of Frank Gehry and postmodern architecture on his ceramic vessels from 2018-12-12T03:12
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Marty Fielding. His ceramic vessels live at the scale of domestic pottery, but often feel monumental with their...
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245: Amy Sanders on using patinas over Terra Siggilata to create rich low fire surfaces from 2018-12-05T03:31:37
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Amy Sanders. Her hand-built pottery is decorated with stamped patterns and layers of terra sigillata that refer...
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244: Ronan Peterson on the influence of comic books on his colorful work from 2018-11-28T16:36:50
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ronan Peterson. The surface of his pottery is decorated with colorful terra sigillatas and bright glazes that r...
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243: Live from Nashville: Summerfield, Peterson, Sanders and Fielding on developing low fire ceramic surfaces from 2018-11-20T00:40:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a live episode featuring Liz Zlot Summerfield, Ronan Peterson, Amy Sanders and Marty Fielding. Our wide-ranging conversation incl...
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242: Linda Arbuckle's Terracotta Manifesto from 2018-11-14T01:16:58
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture by noted potter and educator Linda Arbuckle on the merits of low fire terracotta. She delivered this talk as the keynot...
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241: New Zealand Week: Richard Stratton on the importance of technical research on aesthetic development from 2018-11-03T20:23:24
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Richard Stratton. He uses late 19th century industrial ceramic techniques to make sculptural vessels that are s...
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240: New Zealand Week: Nicole Kolig on harvesting local ceramic materials for sculpture from 2018-11-02T02:26:16
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Nicole Kolig. Nicole’s studio and farm are nestled into the side of an extinct cinder cone volcano that rises above the ...
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239: New Zealand Week: Cheryl Lucas on creativity as a counterpoint to cultural trauma from 2018-11-01T00:52:13
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Cheryl Lucas. Throughout her ceramic career she has worked in many formats including functional pottery, sculpt...
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238: New Zealand Week: Tatyanna Meharry and Gwen Parsons on NZ's distance Learning program from 2018-10-30T15:33:44
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Tatyanna Meharry and Gwen Parsons. A large part of our interview focuses on Otago Polytechnic's Diploma in Cera...
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237: New Zealand Week: Chris Weaver on twenty-five years of exploring the teapot form from 2018-10-26T14:33:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Chris Weaver. After rediscovering his grandmother’s Iron, he started making teapots that referenced its angular...
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236: New Zealand Week: Michael O’Donnell on the spiritual aspect of ecology from 2018-10-25T16:40:31
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Michael O’Donnell. A longtime resident of the Coromandel region, Michael is an environmental advocate that uses...
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235: New Zealand Week: Duncan Shearer on experimental kiln firings from 2018-10-24T15:48:18
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Duncan Shearer. His interest in atmospheric firing has led him to build kilns from nontraditional materials, su...
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234: New Zealand Week: Greg Barron on building homemade ceramic equipment from 2018-10-23T15:15:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Greg Barron. In the 1970’s he started building his own ceramic processing equipment to make plastic clays for u...
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233: Jack Troy, Carolanne Currier and Amy Burk on kiln design, creativity and the Strictly Functional Pottery National from 2018-10-10T02:37:53
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jack Troy, Carolanne Currier and Amy Burk. We came together at the home studio of Jack and Carolanne to talk ab...
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232: Cynthia Bringle on educating your audience about the value of handmade from 2018-10-05T01:36:03
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Cynthia Bringle. Since moving to Penland, NC in 1970 she has become a pillar of the art community, influencing ...
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231: Australia Week: King Houndekpinkou on the influence of animism and ritual on his sculpture from 2018-09-21T11:48:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with King Houndekpinkou. King is a Franco-Beninese artist, based in Paris, who makes sculptural vessels that are cov...
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230: Australia Week: Keith Brymer Jones on upscaling production and the Great Pottery Throw Down from 2018-09-20T14:15:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Keith Brymer Jones. He started his career with an apprenticeship at Harefield Pottery in London, where he learn...
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229: Australia Week: Kelly Austin and Joey Burns on finding community and setting up a studio from 2018-09-19T19:21:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kelly Austin and Joey Burns. Both are emerging artists that are establishing themselves in the Australian ceram...
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228: Australia Week: Owen Rye on the shifting landscape of Australian ceramic education from 2018-09-18T19:57:23
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Owen Rye. An elder statesman of the Australian ceramic community, Owen has made significant contributions throu...
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227: Australia Week: Glenn Barkley on his philosophy of curation and transition to full time making from 2018-09-17T22:48:37
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Glenn Barkley. He served as the head curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia from 2008–14 and curat...
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226: Daniel Johnston on making traditional pots for contemporary installations from 2018-09-04T02:38:23
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Daniel Johnston. Based in Seagrove, NC, Daniel is an compelling mix between a traditionally trained potter and ...
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225: Tip Toland on the empathetic potential of figure sculpture from 2018-08-21T14:55:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with figure sculptor Tip Toland. In the interview we talk about her 2014 Portland Art Museum exhibition, which featu...
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224: John Gill on dyslexia and creativity from 2018-08-16T16:06:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the second of two interviews with John Gill. In this episode we continue with a conversation about the lineage of teachers at Alf...
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223: John Gill on teaching from 2018-08-14T14:46:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have the first of two interviews with John Gill. John is one of the truly unique thinkers and educators in American ceramics. Gill sta...
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222: Morean Center for Clay resident artists talk about creativity and community in St. Petersburg from 2018-07-12T20:30:11
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with Tucker Claxton, Bridget Fairbank, Emmett Freeman, Amanda Bury, and Colby Charpentier. The group are curre...
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221: Jan Richardson talks about scaling up production to build her business from 2018-07-11T20:27:31
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jan Richardson. From 1977 to 2006 she ran Windy Meadows Pottery specializing in collectible ceramic homes. The ...
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220: Tracy Gamble on how a career in acting prepared her to be better teacher from 2018-07-10T19:17:49
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Tracy Gamble. After a long career as an actor and then librarian, Gamble now focuses on ceramics full time in h...
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219: Jerilyn Virden and Lindsay Rogers talk shop and Arrowmont Pentaculum wrap up from 2018-06-28T05:43:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jerilyn Virden and Lindsay Rogers. Virden makes dynamic sculptural vessels by bending slabs into shapes that lo...
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218: Jeweler Sarah Rachel Brown on her podcast Perceived Value from 2018-06-18T21:14:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sarah Rachel Brown. She is a jeweler and podcast host of the show Perceived Value. In our interview we talk abo...
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217: Brenda Quinn and Mike Gesiakowski on teaching in private secondary education from 2018-06-11T19:07:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brenda Quinn and Mike Gesiakowski. Both are ceramic artists who maintain an active studio practice while teachi...
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216: Steven Cheek on making vessels for the bourbon culture of Kentucky from 2018-06-03T18:32:03
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Steven Cheek. His carved porcelain pots are covered with landscapes, skulls and other imagery that addresses th...
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215: Melissa Weiss on making pottery in a political era from 2018-04-26T09:29:11
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Melissa Weiss. She mixes native Arkansas clay with commercial clays to create rich earth-toned pots in her Ashe...
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214: Mark Errol on the growth of Plough Gallery from 2018-04-13T22:36:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mark Errol. Based in Tifton, GA, Mark wears many hats in the clay world. He is a functional potter, gallery own...
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213: Figure sculptor Andrea Keys Connell on unpacking family history through making from 2018-04-06T03:46:11
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Andrea Keys Connell. Connell uses figurative sculpture to address cultural archetypes and relationship dynamics...
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212: Pentaculum Writers Night Vol. 3 with Vivian, Schultz, and Ballingrud from 2018-03-08T16:45:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have live readings from this year’s writers-in-residence at the 2018 Arrowmont Pentaculum. Robert Vivian, Katey Schultz, and Nathan Ba...
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211: Pentaculum Writers Night Vol. 2 with Gilman, Baum, Fitzpatrick and Clitheroe from 2018-03-07T21:50:52
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have live readings from this year’s writers-in-residence at the 2018 Arrowmont Pentaculum. Sarah Gilman, Suzi Banks Baum, Kelli Fitzpa...
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210: Pentaculum Writers Night Vol. 1 with Abeyta, Johnston and Oomen from 2018-03-07T01:10:53
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have live readings from this year’s writers-in-residence at the 2018 Arrowmont Pentaculum. Aaron Abeyta, Richard Johnston and Anne-Mar...
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209: Live spoken word performance by Kane Smego from 2018-03-02T17:06:12
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a live spoken word performance by Kane Smego. In this dynamic performance he reckons with race, class and social expectation. Thi...
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208: Spoken word artist and rapper Kane Smego from 2018-03-02T16:44:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kane Smego. We met at the 2018 Arrowmont Pentaculum where he was a writer-in-residence working on a forthcoming...
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207: Live storytelling from the Michigan Mud conference from 2018-02-18T13:59:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a special live episode taped at the Michigan Mud Clay Conference. This week’s storytellers talk about how working with ceramics h...
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206: Green entrepreneurship with potter and farmer Dawn Soltysiak from 2018-02-06T23:02:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Dawn Soltysiak. Among her many areas of entrepreneurship, Dawn runs a farm, two galleries and a café in the Fen...
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205: Ken Shenstone and his 1000 cubic foot Albion Anagama from 2018-01-25T00:43:03
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ken Shenstone. A skilled potter and wood worker, Shenstone fires one of the largest Anagama kilns in the United...
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204: The history and unique mission of Pewabic Pottery from 2018-01-18T22:06:45
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion on the history and mission of Pewabic Pottery with Steve McBride, Annie Dennis, and Alex Thullen. The pottery ...
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203: Deep dive on selling pots with the Schaller Gallery. Special guest Sunshine Cobb on her new book Mastering Hand Building. from 2018-01-11T00:20:47
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a double interview featuring Sunshine Cobb and Anthony Schaller/Brittany Stecker Mason. In the first segment, I talk with Sunshin...
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202: Clay, Community, and Faith among Goshen’s Mennonite Potters from 2017-12-24T03:15:10
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with four ceramic artists that live in the Goshen, IN area; Justin Rothshank, Dick Lehman, Marvin Bartel, and Mark G...
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201: Bill Kremer and Zach Tate on the history of Notre Dame University Ceramics from 2017-12-15T05:53:44
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Bill Kremer and Zach Tate. Kremer has been the professor of ceramics at Notre Dame since 1973 helping to develo...
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200: Justin Rothshank on running a successful online business from a rural location from 2017-12-08T17:19:23
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Justin Rothshank. Justin applies floral patterned custom laser, luster and commercial decals over wood fired fu...
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199: Miniaturist Brooke Rothshank on her small-scale watercolor painting from 2017-12-07T05:39:10
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brooke Rothshank. Her vibrant watercolor compositions of people, objects, and scenery are rendered as small as ...
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198: Jeff Chown on advances in fiber kiln technology from 2017-11-24T17:19:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jeff Chown. He shares the dual role of North American representative for Blaauw Kilns and teacher of material s...
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197: Gail Kendall and the ASPN residency from 2017-11-16T21:43:43
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Gail Kendall, Raven Halfmoon, Brant Weiland, and Jared Peterson. The group are linked through the Advanced Stud...
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196: Behind the scenes at Red Clay Rambler central from 2017-11-14T22:57:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a behind-the-scenes look at how the podcast gets made. My wife Melissa Brzycki steps into the interviewer role to ask me about th...
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195: Matt Fiske on making glaze from hand collected raw materials from 2017-11-07T16:10:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Matt Fiske. His sleek pottery forms are glazed with raw materials he collects during hiking expeditions. With a...
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194: Maggy Rozycki Hiltner on using found embroidery to challenge social norms from 2017-10-31T21:58:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Maggy Rozycki Hiltner. Her most recent exhibition, What Lies Beneath, features large scale quilted fab...
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193: Forrest Middelton, Arash Shirinbab, and Raeshma Razvi on the spiritual nature of creativity from 2017-10-25T20:22:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Forrest Middelton, Arash Shirinbab, and Raeshma Razvi. Middelton, a ceramic artist, and Shirinbab, a calligraph...
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192: Brian Harper on building sculpture and community. Special guest Carole Epp on The Crafted Dish. from 2017-10-04T22:30:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a double interview featuring Brian Harper and Carole Epp. In the first segment, I talk with Carole about her work on the book
191: Sue Tirrell on developing narrative imagery on clay from 2017-09-15T20:52:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sue Tirrell. Her functional pots feature animal and landscape imagery created with underglaze and sgraffito dra...
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190: Learning to wood fire at Simon Levin's Mill Creek Pottery from 2017-08-29T04:06:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with Liz Myers, Kaden Meyrs, Krista Botsford, Paul Stokstad, Trever Foss, and Carter Pasma. The group of potte...
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189: Jacob Meer and Ian Connors on their apprenticeship experience from 2017-08-24T17:59:26
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jacob Meer and Ian Connors. The two are connected through apprenticeship training with Simon Levin and speciali...
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188: Simon Levin on understanding the dynamics of wood firing from 2017-08-11T01:43:49
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Simon Levin. His interest in wood firing has led to over 20 years of active research into Anagama, Cross draft ...
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187: Red Star Resident panel extravaganza with Olsen, Daniels, Iyoda, Connell and Lin from 2017-07-15T18:19:37
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with Sarah Jewell Olsen, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Hiromi Iyoda, Emily Connell, and Wen-Dan Lin. The five are curren...
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186: Jessica Brandl on the influence of Gothic novels and dark humor from 2017-07-06T02:33:20
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jessica Brandl. Her vessels are covered with drawings of rural American landscapes, abandoned architecture, and...
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185: Tyler Lotz on the circular nature of creativity from 2017-06-24T15:31:34
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Tyler Lotz. An accomplished vessel maker and sculptor Lotz often uses geometric tessellations and modular units...
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184: Birdie Boone on the emotional impact of color from 2017-06-18T15:56:41
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Birdie Boone. Working from her studio in Abingdon, VA she creates hand built tableware glazed in rich transluce...
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183: Live story telling from Kansas City! from 2017-06-09T21:37:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a special live episode taped at KC Urban Potter’s Midwest Pottery Fest. Guest host Mo Dicken’s guides ten storytellers through th...
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182: Forrest Middelton, Arash Shirinbab, and Raeshma Razvi on their collaboration “To Contain and To Serve” from 2017-06-02T20:48:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Forrest Middelton, Arash Shirinbab, and Raeshma Razvi. Our discussion focuses on the collaboration between Midd...
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181: Vicki Grima and Stephen Creech on increasing ceramic outreach through national open studio events from 2017-05-13T16:36:14
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Vicki Grima and Stephen Creech. The focus of our discussion centers around nation-wide open studio events that bring the...
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180: Thor Thoreson on Marguerite Widenhain’s Pond Farm School from 2017-05-06T16:30:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Thor Thoreson. A student of Marguerite Wildenhain from 1970-73, Thor talks about his time at the Pond Farm School and th...
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179: Live from NCECA- Omnus Terra panel with Garson, Fahey, Wedd and Blum from 2017-04-28T04:29:36
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion featuring Shannon Garson, Linda Fahey, Gerry Wedd, and Joel Blum. The discussion was prompted by the Omnus Terra: A...
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178: Graham Marks on his transition from ceramics to acupuncture from 2017-04-20T15:55:32
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Graham Marks. He worked in ceramics from 1968 to 1992 making large earthenware vessels that are reminiscent of seeds, ge...
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177: Double episode: Matt Metz on mining the subconscious to develop personal iconography and Brian Jones on the relaunch of the Jonescast from 2017-03-21T13:06:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Matt Metz. Based in Alfred, NY he makes black porcelain pots that are covered with slips and carved through to reveal pa...
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176: Shoko Teruyama on developing rich patterns for earthenware pottery from 2017-03-17T01:06:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Shoko Teruyama. Her colorful earthenware pottery features drawings of vines, floral motifs, and narrative characters dep...
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175: Bill Carty on teaching artists to think like ceramic engineers from 2017-03-09T21:50:59
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Bill Carty. He is a professor of ceramic engineering and materials science at Alfred University. In addition to instruct...
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174: The graduate school experience with Brown, Newman-Wise and Lee from 2017-03-04T00:18:33
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Cory Brown, William Newman-Wise and Yeh Rim Lee. The three are currently in their final year of graduate school at the N...
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173: Andrea Gill on challenging students to dig deeper from 2017-02-24T02:46:10
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Andrea Gill. Her large-scale hand-built forms reference historical European vessels, patterns and the figure. Her most r...
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172: Wally Higgins on teaching at Alfred University and his time as a Tuskegee Airmen – Special guest Roberto Lugo from 2017-02-17T20:56:55
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a double interview featuring Roberto Lugo and Wallace “Wally” Higgins. In the first segment I talk with Roberto about his Instagram projec...
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171: Bryan Hopkins on deconstructing the porcelain vessel from 2017-02-10T04:39:13
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Bryan Hopkins. A long-time porcelain vessel maker, he constructs his pieces leaving the seams and joinery visible. The e...
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170: Jane Shellenbarger on ego-free teaching from 2017-02-04T20:28:27
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jane Shellenbarger. Her ceramic studio practice utilizes atmospheric firing in the creation of functional pouring and co...
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169: Laurie and Peter Pincus on developing complex mold systems from 2017-01-27T16:43:52
168: Liz Quackenbush on maturing as an educator and an artist from 2017-01-20T16:42:53
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Liz Quackenbush. An artist since her teens, she spent decades refining the maijolica technique that allowed her to paint...
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167: Oesterritter, Peltzman, Allen and Schwartzkopf on Objective Clay from 2017-01-13T15:51:03
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with four members of Objective Clay, a cooperative group that originated after its members where presenters at the Utilitaria...
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166: Margaret Bohls on hand building meaningful pottery from 2017-01-12T23:43:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Margaret Bohls. She lives in Lincoln, NE where she teaches at the University of Nebraska. She maintains a studio practic...
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165: Louise Rosenfield on building a ceramic collection from 2017-01-11T22:38:28
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Louise Rosenfield. After many years as a ceramics maker she turned to collecting functional pottery, and now has one of ...
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164: Joy Tanner and Will Baker on setting up a studio from 2017-01-10T22:23:58
Today on Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I have an interview with Joy Tanner and Will Baker. Together they operate Wood Song Pottery in Bakersville, NC, making individual bodies of atmospheric-fired...
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163: Bill Griffith and Peter Beasecker on Utilitarian Clay from 2017-01-09T20:39:12
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I have an interview with Bill Griffith and Peter Beasecker. Together they coordinate the Utilitarian Clay Symposium, held every four years to celebrate u...
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162: Live from Flower City with Metz, Briscoe, Finnegan and Aerni from 2016-12-21T20:30:13
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I have a live taping of the podcast featuring Matt Metz, Bob Briscoe, Dan Finnegan and Richard Aerni. Our wide-ranging discussion focuses on the invitati...
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161: Patti Warashina on sculpting the human figure from 2016-12-10T17:18:50
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I talk with Patti Warashina. Her illustrious career in clay spans over five decades and includes more than three decades teaching at the University of Wa...
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160: Carol Gouthro on her fascination with the microscopic world from 2016-12-01T22:50:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I talk with Carol Gouthro. Having worked in clay for almost forty years, Gouthro makes ceramic art that is inspired by the lush environment of the Americ...
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159: Deb Schwartzkopf on cultivating the perfect studio environment from 2016-11-03T19:38:49
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I talk with Deb Schwartzkopf. For more than a decade she lived from coast to coast, studying ceramics and taking part in artist-in-residence pro...
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158: Brodeur, Helenske, and Howard on Pottery Northwest's residency program from 2016-10-27T23:24:02
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I talk with Alix Brodeur, Adam Helenske, and Isaac Howard. All three have been resident ceramic artists at Pottery Northwest within the last five years. ...
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157: James Lobb and Wally Bivins talk about the history of Pottery Northwest from 2016-10-27T15:26:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I talk with James Lobb and Wally Bivins. Both artists have long time ties to Pottery Northwest, having transitioned from artist-in-residence to staff mem...
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156: Mark Del Vecchio on building a collector base for a gallery from 2016-10-14T13:45:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler I talk with author and gallerist Mark Del Vecchio. In partnership with Garth Clark, he opened the Garth Clark Gallery in Los Angeles in 1981, before movi...
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155: Virgil Ortiz on reinterpreting the Pueblo Revolt from 2016-09-29T02:23:39
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast I talk with multimedia artist Virgil Ortiz. Raised in Cochiti Pueblo, Ortiz learned to make traditional ceramic forms by watching older members o...
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154: Christine McHorse on her evolution from traditional Pueblo pottery to sculpture from 2016-09-15T17:23:05
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with Christine McHorse. Over her nearly fifty-year career she has transitioned from making traditional Pueblo pottery to a bo...
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153: Field, Celani and Taylor talk about building community through Periscope from 2016-09-07T23:40:43
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with Adam Field, Neil Celani and Joe Taylor. Field and Celani are members of Clayscope, a collective that uses Periscope, and...
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152: Garth Clark and Justin Crowe talk about trends in ceramic art and design from 2016-09-01T22:52:09
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with Garth Clark & Justin Crowe. The two are core staff members of CFile, an online ceramic journal covering “a global commun...
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151: Justin Crowe on making viral art in the Internet Age from 2016-08-24T20:05:25
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with Justin Crowe. His current creative practice is split between designing functional ceramic wares and producing digital pr...
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150: The ceramic figure with Carole Epp, Magda Gluszek, Jill Foote-Hutton and Tammy Marinuzzi from 2016-08-10T17:17:13
This week on the podcast I have a panel discussion about the ceramic figure and story telling. Panelists Carole Epp, Magda Gluszek, Jill Foote-Hutton and Tammy Marinuzzi discuss character develo...
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149: Kathy Erteman on straddling the art and design worlds from 2016-07-19T00:42:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with Kathy Erteman. Her ceramic vessels and architectural wall pieces r...
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148: Jeni and Forrest Gard on socially engaged craft from 2016-07-08T04:41:48
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with Jeni and Forrest Gard. Founding members of the Socially Engaged Craft Collective both create ceramic objects that are us...
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147: Wood fire aesthetics with Christianson, Helland-Hansen, McKeachie-Johnston, and Oesteritter from 2016-06-23T21:48:05
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion on wood firing with Linda Christianson, Elisa Helland-Hansen, Jan McKea...
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146: Kansas City Urban Potters on the goals of their group from 2016-06-11T18:43:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with the founding members of the Kansas City Urban Potters. The group o...
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145: Jayson Lawfer on determining value in the secondary market from 2016-06-03T06:02:07
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with art dealer Jayson Lawfer. Trained as a potter, Jayson brings a mak...
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144: Namita Wiggers and Michael Strand on Across the Table, Across the Land from 2016-05-21T20:13
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with Namita Wiggers and Michael Strand. I talk with the duo of curators...
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143: Wesley Anderegg on using humor to address the dark side of life from 2016-05-12T05:04:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with figurative sculptor Wesley Anderegg. Based in the Santa Rita Hills...
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142: Roberto Lugo on mixing hip hop aesthetics into the ceramic canon from 2016-05-06T04:59:57
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion with multimedia artist Roberto Lugo. His current body of ceramic vessel...
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141: Holly Hanessian talks with Michael Eden about ceramics in the age of digital manufacturing from 2016-04-28T19:44:42
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a discussion between guest host Holly Hanessian and British artist Michael Eden. Dur...
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140: Allen, Schwartzkopf, and Godfrey talk about the emergence of the "online pot" from 2016-04-22T16:32:20
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with Jen Allen, Deb Schwartzkopf, and Steve Godfrey. The trio’s ce...
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139: In Tribute: Joel Magen on California Studio Pottery from 2016-04-15T05:16:30
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Joel Magen. His recent ...
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138: Kari Radasch on the color of emotion from 2016-04-09T05:17:20
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kari Radasch. Known for her vibrant earthenware pottery, Kari is a ...
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137: Kim Kirchman on staying engaged as an educator from 2016-03-30T12:46:05
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kim Kirchman. A long time potter and educator, Kim is a professor o...
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136: Adam and Melissa Yungbluth on the St. Petersburg Art Scene from 2016-03-14T05:06:06
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with artist couple Adam and Melissa Yungbluth. Based in St. Petersburg, ...
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135: In Tribute: Nina Hole on her monolithic wood fired sculptures from 2016-02-25T18:13:20
Earlier this week Danish ceramic artist Nina Hole passed awa...
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134 pt.1: Indie-Folk band The Painted Horses on building off the success of their first album from 2016-02-17T04:30:42
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with indie-folk band The Painted Horses. Singers Denys Kozakis and Natos...
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134 pt. 2: The Painted Horses Live in studio from 2016-02-17T04:12:46
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an live studio recording with Santa Cruz indie-folk band The Painted Horses. Singers ...
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133: Chris Staley on developing emotional intelligence from 2016-02-06T08:06:17
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Chris Staley. A celebrated ceramic artist and educator, Staley has ...
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132: Jacques Kauffman on architecture that reduces green house gases from 2016-01-28T22:09:10
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jacques Kauffman. He uses ceramic bricks to build large-scale insta...
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131: Nell on rock n' roll aesthetics and making boundryless art from 2015-12-18T23:59:29
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Nell. A Sydney based jack-of-all-trades, Nell makes mixed media ins...
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130: Jane Sawyer on developing an individual sense of touch after apprenticeship training from 2015-12-18T03:06:58
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jane Sawyer. Trained as an art educator before completing two tradi...
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129: Pepai and Milyika Carroll on Ernabella history and the role Tjukurpa plays in Anangu art from 2015-12-17T00:33:43
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Pepai and Milyika Carroll. The Carrolls are accomplished ceramic ar...
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128: Kate Dunn and Fiona Fell on the changing landscape of art education in Australia from 2015-12-15T23:51:19
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with ceramic artists Kate Dunn and Fiona Fell. Both are educators and ma...
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127: Shannon Garson on the influence of drawing on her porcelain vessels from 2015-12-15T01:09:38
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Australian potter Shannon Garson. Her porcelain vessels are covered...
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126: Andrew Stephenson on determining the value of labor in handmade pottery from 2015-12-10T18:37:35
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Andrew Stephenson. Educated both in academic settings and a formal ...
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125: Bandana Pottery- Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish on influence and innovation from 2015-12-02T22:24:14
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish, a pottery-making couple living in ...
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124: Timm Muth on powering an art center with green energy from 2015-11-19T23:40:51
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Timm Muth. With over 30 years experience in the energy industry, Ti...
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123: Live from Asheville: Green energy and the sustainable studio from 2015-11-10T22:39:32
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion about green energy and sustainable studio practices with Gabriel K...
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122: Linda Christianson on digging through self-doubt to find creativity from 2015-10-22T23:15:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Linda Christianson. Working in rural Minnesota, Christianson makes ...
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121: Mark Pharis on using CAD to make ceramics for the edges of utility from 2015-10-15T20:41:04
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mark Pharis. Known for his striking geometric vessels, Pharis has d...
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120: Randy Johnston on the growth of wood firing in North America from 2015-10-07T21:15:09
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Randy Johnston. A working potter since the early 1970’s Johnston h...
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119: Mike Helke and Steve Rolf on developing a personal aesthetic and cultivating a successful model for selling work from 2015-09-30T19:00:21
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Mike Helke and Steve Rolf. Both are established potters that work ...
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118: Robert Briscoe on cultivating abundance and the history of the St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour from 2015-09-17T18:44:01
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Robert Briscoe. Listen
117: Warren Mackenzie on a lifetime in clay and what makes a good pot from 2015-09-11T18:57:17
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with one of the most influential members of the America...
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116: Sarah Millfelt on developing new programs and successful management for nonprofit organizations from 2015-09-05T17:34:15
115: Amy Santoferraro on keeping work fresh and seeking wonder in everyday life from 2015-08-26T08:37:45
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Amy Santoferraro. Her colorful mixed media sculptures spring from a ...
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114: Live from Minneapolis: Minnesota Clay with Eileen Cohen, Julianne Shibata,&Samuel Johnson from 2015-08-21T04:43:26
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with Eileen Cohen, Julianne Shibata, and Samuel Johnson. I...
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113: Ursula Hargens and Dustin Yager on the Minnesota New Institute for Ceramic Education from 2015-08-13T10:01:54
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion on ceramic education with Ursula Hargens and Dustin Yager. Hargens ...
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112: Aaron Nelson on the value of creative problem solving and embracing the cultural economy from 2015-08-07T10:22:26
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Aaron Nelson. Throughout a multifaceted career Aaron has mixed new digital technologies with a ceramic practice ...
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111: Clint Neufeld on large-scale slip casting and developing discipline in an art practice from 2015-08-06T11:18:15
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Clint Neufeld. Based in Osler, Saskatchewan, Clint utilizes large-scale slip casting to construct sculptural hyb...
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110: Walter Ostrom on pottery's conceptual potential and his illustrious teaching career from 2015-08-05T09:12:55
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Walter Ostrom. One of the early adopters of earthenware Majolica pottery, Walter has been a major influence on ...
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109: Joan Bruneau and Jim Smith on their philosophy around pricing from 2015-08-04T10:52:29
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Joan Bruneau and Jim Smith. Both are based in close proximit...
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108: Prince Edward Island Craft History w/ Henry Purdy and the Village Pottery Gang from 2015-08-03T11:46:36
It's Canada week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast! I will be releasing one podcast per day featuring Canadian Clay artists f...
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107: Alex Kraft and Anthony Merino on 50 Women: A Celebration of Women In Ceramics from 2015-07-24T10:40:19
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106: Richard Burkett on Ecuadorian Folk Pottery and developing Hyperglaze from 2015-07-14T11:29:37
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105: Shannon Sullivan on art consultants and working in Jingdezhen from 2015-07-02T17:01:38
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104: Forrest Middelton on appropriation and the language of pattern from 2015-06-03T16:31:04
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast I have an interview with ceramic artist Forrest Middelton. Utilizing screen printing tec...
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103: Paul Blais on working through illness and developing an effective podcast from 2015-05-27T16:39:56
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102: NIgel and Cheyenne Rudolph on archeology, pottery and performance art from 2015-05-20T22:12:51
101: Jim Skutt on the history of Skutt Kilns and the developement of internet-based kiln monitoring from 2015-05-06T21:56:19
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast I have an intervi...
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100: Guest Host Mark Shapiro interviews Ben Carter for a special 100th Episode from 2015-04-29T18:14:27
This week on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast we feature a special 100th episode with Mark Shapiro interviewing TRCR host Ben Carter. ...
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