Clay At Our Core: A Pottery Podcast

Laura Davis reports on her road trip to East Liverpool, Ohio, home of Mason Stains, which Core Clay stocks in all the beautiful colors. Also, Anne unveils the deeper purpose to the upcoming Enchanted…

Core Clay's three-week classes really stretch potters such as Zig Main, a studio member who took Vern Lash's pet portraits class and discovered the sculptor within. Also, Anne points out that you nee…

With the epic members' show coming up in October, we can all use a little instruction or refresher on a much-maligned task of pottery: pricing. Here to save the day are Cult Pastor Laura Davis and Ma…

Artist in residence Hannah Bundschuh describes the work that went into her solo show in the Mason Gallery: "Inevitability." Plus, Anne says: Come get your art off the pickup shelves. Please.

As a Xavier University student, Kari Armbruster lived in the neighborhood of peace-loving Norwood, Ohio, that Core Clay now calls home. Now Kari is a Core Clay potter, and she tells "Clay at Our Core…

Plus some catch up around the studio and an apology from Anne about last week.

An exit interview with Sam Jayne, who in two years at Core Clay has performed great acts of transformation to make the place a better studio for everyone. We shall miss him so much, but we wish him w…

Friend of the podcast and Core Clay artist in residence Hannah Bundschuh is getting married on Halloween. And every potter knows what that means: Yes, she's making the wedding favors. In this episode…

Longtime Cincinnati-area potter Sarah Horn, a longtime friend of Core Clay and a teacher of more than 20 years, is on an artist's residency in the studio. She talks about how she planned what she wan…

Most potters think they don't have whatever it takes to pass on the art form. London Glover got over that imposter syndrome and has found a place at the instructor's wheel for Core Clay's Date Night.…

Studio member Kendall Taylor discusses with Anne how she balances her pottery practice, where she does enough to show at markets, with her studies to be a veterinarian. It's nice to be young with a l…

Maybe you came to the studio just to handbuild, or the learn the wheel. Studio Member Sara Petticrew discussed the value of pushing past the comfortable to find something new within yourself as a pot…

It's a privilege to hold after-hour access to Core Clay. Cult Pastor Laura Davis explains the evolution of the policy over the studio's 20 years, and where it stands today. Plus, she says new stuff i…

In which "Clay at Our Core" conducts the exit interview for "Vibes Manager" S. Buganski, who is leaving Core Clay after four years to dive into the bubbling waters of graduate school. Potluck 6:15 p.…

If you've been using the Core Clay house glazes, you noticed that the supply got thin through the winter and early spring. Glaze Boss Mason Deane explains it all in this episode and talks about their…

More studio notes and other items of interest for Core Clay members, including a heart-wrenching appeal for a mudbug to come and take home the kitties on the third floor.

Your correspondent delivers an on-the-scene report from the Spring Pottery Fair, where Cincinnati's pottery heads laughed at the all ... day ... rain ... and found treasures everywhere.

Spring Fair is this Saturday! Also, artist in residence Autumn McKay describes her experience at this year's NCECA.

Tracy Iliff, longtime organizer of the Spring Pottery Fair, stops by "Clay at Our Core" to drop all the details of this amazing event. More than 40 ceramic artists from around Cincinnati will show yo…