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
332: Mitchell Spain on addressing environmentalism through satirical imagery
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 and farm detri…
331: Carleigh Queenth on the quest for porcelain in 18th-century Europe
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 Auction House …
330: Adam Chau on digital calligraphy and the paradox of the anonymous selfie
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 calligraphy process w…
329: Dr. Melissa Weimer on Addiction Medicine
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 treatments for pa…
328: Thoughts on anti-racism and fighting white supremacy
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 for Bla…
327: Isaac Scott on black representation in public spaces and photographing protests
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 by historical c…
326: Spring Fund Drive: Andrei Taraschuk on the beautiful world of Art Bots
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 a fleet of art…
325: Spring Fund Drive: Tim Kowalczyk on his trompe l'oeil ceramics
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 industrial materia…
324: Spring Fund Drive: Resources for artists in the COVID era with Carrie Cleveland from Cerf+
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. CERF+ was st…
323: Justin Rothshank on low temperature soda firing
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 experimenting with…
322: Kate Johnston on developing design rules to guide one’s work in the studio
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 Seagrove, NC. …
321: Tom Lauerman on rapid prototyping personal protective equipment for Penn State’s MASC initiative
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 personal protective …
320: Jonathan Barnes on teaching art online and 3d printing medical protective equipment
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 campus. In our int…
319: Kerianne Quick and Adam John Manley on their zine Craft Desert
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 professors of art in …
318: Kelly Schnorr on effective teaching methods for high school students
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 High School. …
317: Brian Jones on refining your craft and staying present in the making process
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 The Jonescast, a pod…
316: Jordan Mcdonald on his love of Rosanjin and the Pots in Words project
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 functional pottery de…
315: Sam Harvey on the fundamentals of running a successful gallery
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, which began a l…
314: Louise Deroualle on using abstraction to convey emotion
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 work and sculptur…
313: Daniel Dallabrida on the intersection of grief, perseverance, and creativity
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 storytelling, narrati…