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The Impact of NCECA | Erin Shafkind | Episode 1218

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Erin Shafkind | Episode 1218

Erin Shafkind is an artist, writer, and educator living in Seattle, WA. Erin studied art and earned a BA and teaching certificate at California State University, Humboldt and received an MFA from Lesley University’s College of Art and Design in Boston. Erin has been teaching art in Seattle Public Schools since 1998. These days Erin hand-builds and throws on the pottery wheel using stoneware and porcelain and occasionally works with earthenware clay bodies. Erin writes about art and artists for national magazines and local galleries.

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Not My Hobby | An NCECA Popup | Episode 1217

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An NCECA Popup | Episode 1217

One of the great things ab0ut NCECA what happens after NCECA is shut down for the day. All around the city potters have gotten together to do their own special events… Popups! And they are so much fun. This popup was called Not My Hobby Popup and it will give you a flavor of the night life popups.

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Five Glaze | Rainy Bray & Ella Watson | Episode 1216

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Rainy Bray & Ella Watson | Episode 1216

Ella Watson and Rainy Bray set out on a mission to make glazes more accessible… Founded by studio owner Rainy and glaze scientist Ella, Five Glaze combines creative vision with scientific precision to deliver dry batch glaze systems that make custom color development accessible, affordable, and exciting for potters at every level.

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Being Responsive To The Market Without Being A Sellout | Cathy Franzi | Episode 1214

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Cathy Franzi | Episode 1214

Dr Cathy Franzi is a ceramic artist based in Canberra. Cathy’s science background inspires her approach to representing plants and the environment. In 2015 Cathy was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University School of Art & Design, the culmination of four years of intense research into the intersection of ceramic studio practice, botanical science and printmaking.

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Going Big In India | Neeti Gokhalay Kheny | Episode 1213

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Neeti Gokhalay Kheny | 1213

Neeti Gokhalay Kheny is a ceramic artist and former graphic designer whose practice is inspired by nature, particularly the ocean and its fragile ecosystems. Drawing from shells, corals, and anemone-like forms, Neeti creates sculptural works marked by intricate ornamentation and architectural sensibilities. Neeti’s work explores reverence as resistance, inviting reflection on ecological fragility, conservation, and our evolving relationship with water and shared responsibility.

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Building Pottery While Building Stories | Anshula Tayal | Episode 1212

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Anshula Tayal | Episode 1212

Anshula Tayal is a Portland-based ceramic artist creating functional pottery for everyday use, with each piece serving as a canvas for storytelling. Inspired by Indian art and architecture, textile traditions, and regional folk forms, her wheel-thrown and hand-built work explores surface decoration as a way to share cultural narratives.

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Going At It Since The 70’s | Caryn Newman | Episode 1211

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Caryn Newman | Episode 1211

Caryn Newman creates functional stoneware and porcelain ceramics with a focus on timeless, accessible design. Caryn trained in traditional Japanese production techniques during a two‑year apprenticeship with Richard Bennett at the Great Barrington Pottery in the 1970s. Caryn later co‑founded Crow Hill Pottery in Abbot Village, Maine, and established Willowood Pottery in 2012.

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A Potter In Argentina | Diego Armentano | Episode 1210

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Diego Armentano | Episode 1210

Diego E Armentano is an Argentine ceramic artist and potter based in Buenos Aires, where he lives and works. Diego practice operates within contemporary ceramics, combining functional and sculptural work to explore clay as territory, landscape, and scale, grounded in material thinking and conceptual inquiry rooted in making.

This episode is different from any episode we have done in that we had an amazing translator, Maria Cecilia Silva. She helped Diego and I communicate and it was so incredible to have her on the show to help out. So a big thank you goes out to Maria.

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Making Pots Together | Brian & Naomi Menkis | Episode 1209

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Brian & Naomi Menkis | Episode 1209

Brian and Naomi Menkis are husband and wife potters who make wheel thrown, functional, and beautiful forms for daily enjoyment. Firing in both oxidation and wood/soda kilns they explore the receptivity of clay to the mark of the potter – from its ability to take the subtlest impression of a delicate flower to the way it records the path of a flame through the kiln.

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