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
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 340
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
372: Adrienne Eliades on using a die cutter for pattern making
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 from mid-century…
371: Janet Koplos on criticism and What Makes a Potter
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 writing about ar…
370: Ryan Wilson Kelly on using humor as an entry point for narrative sculpture
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 theatrically staged …
369: Cassils on the body as both material and tool in performance art
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 survival. In …
368: Paul Greenhalgh on how ceramics shaped civilization
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 establishes a historical throug…
367: Juan Barroso on using pointillism to tell immigration stories
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 objects that link …
366: Wendy Gers on curatorial activism
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 Central China Internat…
365: Mark Shapiro on 19th-century potter Thomas Commeraw
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 interview we focus o…
364: Natalia Arbelaez on activating ceramics through performance
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 emotion with thei…
363: Brett Kern on drawing from pop culture nostalgia to create his sculptures
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 culture nostalg…
362: Masa Sasaki on making a living as a potter
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 aliens and pun…
361: In Tribute: Christine McHorse on her evolution from traditional Pueblo pottery to sculpture
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 Institute of …
360: Jessica Putnam Phillips on using art to personalize military experience
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 situations juxtaposed …
359. Mandy Kolahi on guiding an inclusive community studio through a pandemic
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 color and other ma…
358. Larissa Warren on the Wild Women and Wild Clay of Tamborine Mountain
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 Nerikomi process to …
357: Jason Sandy on Mudlarking the Thames River
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 we talk about…
356: Deb Schwartzkopf on her book Creative Pottery
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 interview we talk abo…
355: Kate Roberts on the ephemeral nature of her sculpture
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 feel both ancient…
354: George Rodriguez on sculpture, personal identity, and community building
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 of personal id…
353: Fall Fund Drive: Natania Hume on selling small batch wholesale through home stores
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 Massachusetts and making p…