A Potter’s Business Story | Noel Bailey | Episode 164

Noel Bailey | Episode 164

Noel Bailey

Noel Bailey VesselNoel Bailey is a utilitarian potter and teacher, currently living in the Mad River Valley, Vermont. Noel was born and raised in Southwest Colorado. He has a M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a B.A. in Art Education from the University of Northern Colorado. He has had several residencies at Laloba Ranch Clay Center in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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Nature & Art | Leili Towfigh | Episode 163

Leili Towfigh | Episode 163

Leili Towfigh
Leili Towfigh White CarvingsLeili Towfigh creates wheel-thrown and hand-built stoneware pieces in a studio at MIT in Cambridge. She’s enchanted by the rich ceramics traditions of her parents’ home countries—England and Iran—and creates work inspired by nature, mathematics and biology, in addition to the decorative techniques of sliptrailing, carving, sgraffito and nerikomi.

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A Professor on Sales | Rob Kolhouse | Episode 162

Rob Kolhouse | Episode 162

 

Rob Kolhouse

Rob Kolhouse The Dreamer ExeInfluenced by Donna Haraway’s Cyborg Manifesto and the cyberpunk classic Ghost in the Shell, his is figure sculptures investigate gender using the cyborg. In addition to sculpture he produces a line of vessels with irreverent characters on them. Rob is currently faculty at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.Continue reading

Etsy for Selling | Eric Van Eimeren | Episode 161

Eric Van Eimeren | Episode 161

Eric Van Eimeren

Eric Van Eimeren Spring Loaded Martini GlassesAfter earning an MFA from Alfred University in 1990, Eric Van Eimeren moved to Montana to become a resident artist at the Archie Bray foundation. At the end of his residency in1993, he set up a pottery studio, and has enjoyed living and working in Helena ever since. You can find his pots in collections and kitchens throughout the U.S. and abroad.

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Making a Statement | Derek Reeverts | Episode 159

Derek Reeverts | Episode 159

Derek Reeverts

Derek Reeverts Spilled MilkDerek Reeverts grew up in rural Illinois surrounded by faith and farming. He received his MFA in ceramics from Miami University of Ohio in 2009 and his BFA in ceramics from Western Illinois University in 1999. He has been the Ceramics area Teaching Lab Specialist for the University of Florida since 2013. His work continues to be a part of many regional, national, and international exhibitions and is represented in many private collections.

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Instagram for Marketing | Sarah Pike | Episode 158

Sarah Pike | Episode 158

Sarah Pike

Sarah Pike Twiggy Cream & Sugar in GreenSarah Pike makes slab-built, functional pots on the edge of a little ski town in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. If you went to Fernie, you would probably find her in her studio, which is just off the highway, next to the beaver pond and under the Lizard Range. Unless, of course, she is out doing her other favorite things… playing in the mountains, eating food somewhere or digging in the garden.  Sarah studied ceramics at ACAD in Calgary, the University of Colorado, Boulder and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Her pottery is inspired by many things, including the landscape around her home, the crazy rich history of pottery, specifically Japanese and Islamic ceramics, but also by antique tinware, textured metal, and old things you might find in barns.

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Building a Teaching Income Stream | Lora Rust | Episode 157

Lora Rust | Episode 157

Lora Rust

Lora Rust Tree VaseLora Rust is a studio potter and pottery instructor in Atlanta, Ga. Lora shares her love of working in clay teaching beginning and intermediate pottery classes at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta, including focus on the soda firing process. She also teaches hands on and demonstration workshops regionally. Lora creates heirloom quality porcelain table and serve ware, fired to cone 6 oxidation and soda. Her goal is to bring a touch of artistry and elegance to the home.

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Caution to the Wind | Heidi Fahrenbacher | Episode 156

Heidi Fahrenbacher | Episode 156

Heidi Fahrenbacher

Heidi Fahrenbacher VaseHeidi Fahrenbacher is a ceramic artist from Plainwell, MI that creates slipcast ceramics with vibrant colors and images that observe a simple moment in time. Heidi loves ceramics and, until recently, was throwing everything on the wheel until she had hip surgery.

Heidi Fahrenbacher Whiskey Set

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Self Discovery of an Artist | Mark Skudlarek | Episode 155

Mark Skudlarek | Episode 155

Mark Skudlarek

Mark Skudlarek CupA native to Minnesota, Mark Skudlarek began his fascination with wood-firing while living in the pottery village of, La Borne, France. In 1983, he began a four year apprenticeship in Connecticut with Todd Piker at the Cornwall Bridge Pottery and in and in 1988, moved to Cambridge, Wisconsin to establish Cambridge Wood-fired Pottery.

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