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
312: HP Bloomer talks about balancing risk taking and loss rate in studio production
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 kilns to enhance t…
311: Louise Cort on forty years of ceramic research and museum curation
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 everyday functional …
310: Ryan Greenheck on generating financial opportunities through invitational group sales
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. He maintains a …
309: Stephanie Kantor on how bathing culture inspires her sculpture
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 series of ceram…
308: Fall Fund Drive: Peltz, Dehnert, and Vettoso on the history and impact of the Old Church Pottery Show
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 in 1975 as a f…
307: Fall Fund Drive: Michael Connelly on converting former industrial spaces into a creative hub in Philadelphia
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 and expressive…
306: Fall Fund Drive: James Whiting on creating a healthy studio environment and new music from The Painted Horses
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 him into his …
305: Fall Fund Drive: Sandy Simon on how the internet changed the way pots are sold
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 the late 1960…
304: Fall Fund Drive: Wayne Higby on his teaching career and the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum
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 there to this …
303: Sam Chung on developing novel methods for altering porcelain
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. In our intervie…
302: Sophie Aguilera Lester on her ceramic still lifes and Lindsay Oesterritter on Mastering Kilns and Firing
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 historical Spanish pai…
301: Naomi Clement on how finding her grandparents love letters spurred her interest in cursive text
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 loosely painted …
300: Listener mailbag to celebrate our 300th episode!
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 discuss topics inc…
299: Matt Ziemke on building engaging surfaces through multiple firings and Doug Peltzman on the Hudson Valley Pottery Tour
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 glaze. In our …
298: Mary Cale Wilson on using art to confront the inequities of history in the American South
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, Wilson explor…
297: Brooks Oliver on using 3d printing as a prototyping tool for slip cast vessels
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 and proportio…
296: Ann Shaner on teaching in public schools, the early days of the Archie Bray Foundation, and her marriage to David Shaner
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 Foundation during the…
295: Shalene Valenzuela on using slip cast domestic objects as a canvas for painting
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 our interview w…
294: Audry Deal-McEver and Jenn Cole compare the art fair circuit to selling in galleries
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, TN area. In …
293: Danielle McDaniel on creating “The Clay Lady Way”
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 ceramic workshops…