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
452: Kurt Anderson on the humor in his art and Rebecca Harvey on the Archie Bray residency
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 visually playfu…
451: Joey Quiñones on the ways our past informs our present
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 cultural histories o…
450: Osa Atoe on connecting to one’s self and others through clay
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 documenting the punk …
449: Lorna Meaden on the challenge of making complex functional forms
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 patterns that co…
448: Dr. Kelli Morgan and Jennifer Zwilling on Figuring Space
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 contemporary artists w…
447: Mary Savig on This Present Moment at the Renwick Gallery
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 co-curators o…
446: Chotsani Elaine Dean and donald a clark on Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists
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 Artists, which pro…
445: Dawn Candy on capturing energy in her surface design
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 surfaces of her …
444: Sam Lopez on making a life in southern California
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 melt and blur in…
443: Across the Globe with Mark Hewitt, Priscilla Mouritzen, Diego Valles, and Carla Martinez Vargas
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 Mouritzen, Diego V…
442: Jackie Head on her Neo-Op art installations
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 pattern. She recentl…
441: Dan Finnegan on stretching beyond tradition
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 his work at th…
440: Isabelle Fish on advocating for craft
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. The community h…
439: Patty Bilbro on making what you want to make
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, and has rece…
438: Julia Galloway on idea development and trends in ceramics
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 well as the F…
437: Kitty Shepherd on the nostalgic roots of her colorful slipware
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 our interview …
436: Why wood fire with Joy Brown, Kate Waltman, John Neely, and Garth Johnson
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 Joy Brown, Kate…
435: Kathy King on the feminist themes in her graphic ceramics
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 themes. In our in…
434: Podcast extravaganza with Rebecca Ickes Carra from the Maker’s Playbook
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 on weddings and…
433: Steve Theberge on finding a meaningful context for your aesthetic
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 earth tones. In…