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
392: Katrina Chaytor and Greg Payce live from the Ceramic Congress!
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Katrina Chaytor and Greg Payce. We recorded this live in front of an online studio audience as a part of the May 2021 Ceramic…
391: Seth Green on the influence of architecture and Justin Rothshank joins us to talk about the Indiana Clay Conference
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Seth Green. The clean lines and expanding silhouettes of his functional pots show a love for metal working and architecture. …
390: Kathy King, Rose Katz, and Matt Katz on For Flux Sake
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kathy King, Rose Katz, and Matt Katz about their new podcast For Flux Sake. The podcast takes a lighthearted look at the scie…
389: In Tribute: Michael Simon on intuition and finding purpose in making
Earlier this week noted potter Michael Simon passed. Today’s episode is a re-airing of our 2014 interview where we talk about intuition, the influence of Michael's teacher Warren Mackenzie, and a lif…
388: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy on Clay in Color
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy about her new podcast Clay in Color. The podcast highlights young artists of color who are using th…
387: Adam Chau on Trade Secret
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Adam Chau about his new podcast Trade Secret. We talk about the concept for the show and play a clip from a future episode on…
386: Stephen Earp on interpreting 17th-century terracotta traditions
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Stephen Earp. From his studio in NW Massachusetts Earp makes earthenware pots in the redware and Delft traditions. In our int…
385: Daniel Gillberg on his career in paper conservation and clay
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Daniel Gillberg. His career in clay has paralleled a career in paper restoration. In our interview we talk about techniques f…
384: Doug Casebeer on how curiosity sustains an art practice
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Doug Casebeer. Throughout his long career in ceramics Doug has focused on utilitarian pottery, while also teaching and servin…
383: Renee LoPresti on her three-dimensional surface design
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Renee LoPresti. From her studio in San Marcos, TX she makes vibrant pottery that is decorated with layered patterns of botani…
382: Accountability and social change with Craft Equity
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an anonymized interview with one of the founding members of Craft Equity. The group has developed a platform for sharing stories of inequity in…
381: In Tribute: Adam and Melissa Yungbluth on the St. Petersburg art scene
Earlier this month Adam Yungbluth passed away at his home in Morehead, KY. Adam was a generous teacher, husband, and maker, who was always ready to laugh or offer a tidbit of clay wisdom. Today’s epi…
380: Sarah Pike on touching clay with clarity and intent
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Sarah Pike. Her hand-built teapots, vases, and mugs have a soft angularity reminiscent of the tin objects from which she has …
379: Channing and Leah Smithson on Vessel: Art as a Doorway
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Channing and Leah Smithson. The LA-based couple are artists and co-hosts of the podcast Vessel: Art as a Doorway. In our inte…
378: Canada Week: Brendan Tang on his Joss paper sculptures
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Brendan Tang. As a Gen X artist, he describes himself as being from the remix generation using the concept of hybridity to bl…
377: Canada Week: Kaitlyn Brennan talks about ceramic education in Canada
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Kaitlyn Brennan. Based in Merrickville, ON, she makes a line of terracotta pottery decorated with vibrant floral patterns and…
376: Canada Week: Julie Moon on trusting the creative process
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Julie Moon. A multi-talented maker based in Toronto, Moon makes sculptural forms approaching the human body from different pe…
375: Canada Week: Magdolene Dykstra on her raw clay sculptures
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Magdolene Dykstra. Her raw clay sculptures depict a shifting biosphere of cells morphing to fill the environment they inhabit…
374: Canada Week: Martina Lantin on her passion for terracotta
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Martina Lantin. Over the past twenty years she has explored many facets of terracotta pottery, drawing from Italian Renaissan…
373: Amy Smith on essentializing the figure for visual impact
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Amy Smith. Her porcelain pots are decorated with female nudes delicately drawn with slip inlay. The translucent glazes pull t…