The Potters Cast
Pottery
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 1162
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Making a Way | Amanda Dobbratz | Episode 242
Amanda Dobbratz graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, UK, with a Masters in Research in Creative Practice. Amanda makes functional, complex ceramics, which marry the whimsical with the…
Giving Life to Clay | Lara Zilibowitz | Episode 241
Lara Zilibowitz is a yoga teacher and ceramicist living in Sydney, Australia with a longstanding passion for creative expression through the body. She always been fascinated by the Hindu and Buddhist…
A Professor's Journey | Samuel Johnson | Episode 240
Samuel Johnson was born on the Eastern prairie of the Red River Valley in 1973. After studying painting and ceramics at the University of Minnesota at Morris, he served a three and half year apprenti…
A Sense of Belonging | Bryan Hopkins | Episode 239
Bryan Hopkins went to college to study mathematics, and later earned an MFA in Ceramics from SUNY New Paltz. He lives in Buffalo, NY. Bryan’s personal research in ceramics centers on the vessel- both…
A Raku Potter | Eric Stearns | Episode 238
Eric Stearns earned his BA from Doane College and MFA from Fort Hays State University in Kansas, returning to Doane to teach after graduation. When not teaching, Eric creates sculptural pierced raku-…
Instagram Lessons | Anne Pryde | Episode 237
Anne Pryde is a professional ceramic artist working from her home-based studio in Hatchet Lake Nova Scotia. A graduate of NSCAD University, Anne has been working as a professional in clay since 2006.…
Being An Assistant | Garrett DeLooze | Episode 236
Garrett DeLooze is a wood fire potter from Annapolis, Maryland, currently working in Gishen, Indiana. Garrett received his BFA from Frostburg State University in 2012 and stayed an extra year to be t…
Some Thoughts On Social Media | Matthew Schiemann | Episode 235
Matthew Schiemann is a second-generation potter that grew up watching and helping his dad create ceramic works. This early exposure taught Matt to appreciate the handmade object and eventually to cho…
Rekindling a Love for Clay | Sarah Thompson | Episode 234
Sarah Thompson works with porcelain and throws it mostly on her potters wheel. Sarah hand paints botanical motifs on the surface of each pot, and then glazes them in her own colors. Sarah's work is f…
Finding Values | Robert Piepenburg | Episode 232
Robert Piepenburg was born in Detroit, MI and received his Bachelor’s, Master’s degree and MFA degree from Eastern Michigan University. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow…
Getting Past the Fear of Waste | Ian F. Thomas | Episode 232
Ian F. Thomas is an installation artist living in Slippery Rock, PA and works at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. Ian holds a BFA from Slippery Rock University and an MFA from Texas Tech Universit…
A Family Story of Clay | Risa Nishimori | Episode 231
Risa Nisimori has been working and teaching ceramics at her studio, N.Y. Togei Kyoshitsu in New York City. Risa studied proper wheel throwing in Japan, but Risa's preferred method is Nerikomi, using …
A Woman in Art | Lauren Gallaspy | Episode 230
Lauren Gallaspy received her BFA in ceramics at the University of Georgia in 2005 and her MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2007. From 2009 to 2012, Gallaspy ser…
A Skutt Champion | Herrick Smith | Episode 229
Herrick Smith is a current MFA candidate at Fort Hays State University. Smith enjoys wood and soda firing as well as casting various metals. His ceramic work focuses on vessels while the cast work is…
Making a Choice to Be What You Want | Nikki Mizak | Episode 228
Nikki Mizak is a potter in North Carolina who makes functional pottery featuring hand painted animals and slip trailed texture. Nikki finds inspiration in nature so Nikki features chicken in much of …
Doing Things They Say You Can't Do | Emily Free Wilson | Episode 227
Emily Free Wilson is a ceramic artist and entrepreneur in Helena, Montana. She runs her pottery business Free Ceramics and the Studio Art Center, with her husband Matt Wilson. In 2014, Emily and Matt…
Living the Experiment | Rachel Donner | Episode 226
Rachel Donner is a full time potter living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She grew surrounded by art and history in the small town of Taos, NM. Rachel studied ceramics at the University of Northern Colorad…
Periscope for Potters | Neil Celani | Episode 225
Neil Celani makes functional pottery and does most of his firing in a soda kiln that Neil built. Neil is influenced by the psychedelia found in nature. He loves music and dancing and doesn't let algo…
Bringing A Message to Your Work | Jessica Putnam-Phillips | Episode 224
Jessica Putnam-Phillips is a ceramic artist, USAF Veteran, illustrator and activist. She received her MFA from the Art Institute of Boston and her BA from UNC-Wilmington. She was a resident artist at…
The Value of the Apprenticeship | Clary Illian | Episode 223
Clary Illian is a true treasure for the clay community around the world. Her book, A Potter's Workbook, has been played an important role in the development of potters' skill and understanding of cla…