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Sasha Barrett | Episode 717
Using earthenware clay, Sasha Barrett makes functional and decorative pots. The surfaces of Sasha’s forms are painted using heavy, colorful brushstrokes to create a feeling of movement and mood. Sasha throws his pots on a slow turning kick-wheel. Sasha finds inspiration from his home country of Ukraine.
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Lacy Corlis | Episode 716
Lacy Corlis is a potter living in Hood River, Oregon. Lacy’s father introduced her to this craft as a young girl. She loves creating functional pottery using detailed sgraffito and brightly colored glaze combinations. Lacy finds inspiration in nature and emotions.
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Crysten Puszczykowski | Episode 715
With a career as a graphic designer and marketer, Crysten Puszczykowski’s real passion is pottery, spanning back to when she received her first pieces as gifts. Crysten took her first class in high school but didn’t really get into it until years later when her daughter was 9 and Cryesten wanted something they could do together. That was 2013 and now Crysten has her own wee studio in her garage and is creating whenever she can. Crysten’s career and homes have changed, but her obsession over clay remains. Crysten believes pottery should be for everyone and used everyday.
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Steve Booton | Episode 714
Since returning to ceramics after a long absence, it has been a journey of rediscovery for Steve Booton. Rediscovering lost skills. Rediscovering lost enthusiasm, and rediscovering an aesthetic approach to working with clay that feels natural and unforced. Steve’s latest work, with a strong Japanese influence, is where he feels most comfortable. Steve continues to explore wood firing with simple shino glazes on uncomplicated direct forms
allowing the nature of the clay to develop honest pots with what he likes to call beautiful imperfections.
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Michelle Gardella | Episode 713
Michelle Gardella pictures and pottery both leave her covered in mud. Whether she’s wading in rivers with her camera, or spinning bowls at her wheel, Michelle’s art is rooted in an unwavering reverence for the human connection with earth and water, and one another.
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Jo Brimble | Episode 712
Jo Brimble through Brimble Studios wants to bring a smile to your face with unique, illustrated, functional, ceramics that have characters who take on a life of their own. From merpeople soap dishes to a strong man butter dish, these designs hopefully make you chuckle because everyday objects deserve a bit more personality.
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Zoey B Scheler | Episode 711
Zoey B Scheler (b.1989) is a ceramic artist working and living in Canon City, Colorado. Zoey makes one of a kind, small scale abstract ceramic sculptures and functional vessels. Zoey works with white stoneware, porcelain, colored porcelain and non-ceramic materials. Zoey attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where she received her BFA with an emphasis in ceramics. Following her studies in Brooklyn she attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, obtaining her MSED in K-12 Art Education. In 2017, Zoey received her MFA from Purchase College SUNY where she was an Adjunct Art and Design Graduate Professor. Zoey was the Rittenberg resident artist at Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York from 2017-2019. Zoey continues her studio practice in her home studio in Colorado as well as teaches ceramics to all ages of makers.
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Raphaela Seck | Episode 710
Raphaela Seck is a potter living in the south west of Devon in the UK. Raphaela first started pottery at an evening class and has been hooked ever since. After completing 2 apprenticeships Raphaela went on to manage a community studio and teach weekly classes. Raphaela now makes pottery full time from her home studio. Raphaela’s work is calm, elegant, and tactile.
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Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey | Episode 709
Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey’s work leaves a trace of a fluid, organic process and a human set of hands. Windswept trees, cold blue bodies of water, and lichen covered granite boulders intrigue and informs Dwayne’s artistic palette. Gentle curves, textured surfaces, and meandering lines speak through Dwayne’s art. Atmosphere, expressive brush strokes, and simple glazes mimic the timelessness of nature. Dwayne earned his BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2019. Merit-based scholarships supported him: the Gregori Jakovina & Larry McDonald Scholarship, the Ellice T. Johnston Scholarship, and the OCAC Community College Scholarship. In 2019 Dwayne showed at the Multnomah CountyJustice Center, and he is a recipient of the 2021 studio potter grant for apprenticeship alongside his mentor Chris Baskin.
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Nala Turner | Episode 708
Nala Turner is a Brooklyn-based ceramics artist and creative art therapist, working primarily with themes related to race-issues, cultural identity, femininity, social stereotype, and popular culture perspectives. Nala has shown her work in various gallery, workshop, and press settings. Through clay-work, Nala aims to inspire her audience to recognize such culturally restricting barriers and transubstantiate the cultural representation of Black people.
