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Tom Guell | Episode 651
Tom Guell of BlueGuell Pottery is a hobby potter living on the farmland of rural Wisconsin. Like many other hobby potters, Tom is trying to find the balance of juggling a full time job, spending time with his family, building a small pottery business, and pursuing other hobbies.
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Diana Kersey | Episode 650
Diana Kersey is a visual artist working exclusively in clay, from small studio pieces to large architectural installations. Diana’s public works have been commissioned by the City of San Antonio, VIA Metropolitan Transit, The San Antonio River Authority, and the City of Harlingen. Diana just completed a large private commission (over 650 square feet) for a new office tower in San Antonio, Texas. Diana earned an MFA in ceramics from Washington State University in 1997, and a BFA in drawing from Texas Tech University in 1994. She serves on the faculty at Northwest Vista College and owns and operates Kersey Ceramics LLC.
Diana has spent years working with committees in order to gather the stories needed to create her art that has been installed in the public arena. She talks about her experiences and the lessons she has learned in working successfully with committees. To listen in on this insightful conversation click HERE.
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Steve Irvine | Episode 649
Steve Irvine decided on his 16th birthday to spend his life as a potter. After 3 years as a ceramic major at Sheridan College Steve started his full-time pottery business at age 21 in an old church on the Bruce Peninsula in S. Ontario in 1974. Functional and one of a kind pieces sold through galleries and shops. This past year Steve has changed directions in his work from cone 10 reduction to cone 6 oxidation.
A rising tide raises all boats and that’s the principal of teaming up with coops to grow and sustain your business. Steve walks us through his experience as a member of a coop. To listen in to this conversation click HERE.
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Michelle Ettrick | Episode 648
Michelle Ettrick’s ceramic sculptures and vessels present stories and memories about her childhood, family, and her time and struggles as a homeless and disabled person. Michelle uses surface imagery to function as a diary to record people, places, and events. Drawings, Sgraffito, screen printing, and laser decals are used to create the portraits and or narratives on the surfaces to start conversation among the viewers. Weather Michelle draws flowers, animals, or people their is a story or memory on why she chose the drawing.
Giving is one of the most powerful ways to change not only the receiver, but especially the giver. Michelle, who struggled with poverty, has held on to the principle of being a giver and in this talk she share her insights on the power of giving. To listen in on this conversation click HERE.
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Stephen Phillips | Episode 647
Stephen Phillips was born August 2, 1988 and raised in the small town of Crawford, MS. His pursuit for ceramics began when he attended EMCC. He received his B.F.A. in ceramics from MUW in 2013. In 2015, Stephen established Stephen’s Potter House Productions, a small studio space in his hometown.
Goals are kind of like a crystal ball in which we can gaze into the future. Stephen talks us through his process of setting and getting those visions, or goals. To listen in on this conversation click HERE.
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Jaimie Nagle | Episode 646
Jaimie Gusman Nagle is a poet and potter living in Kaaawa, Hawaii. Jaimie has an MFA from the University of Washington and a PhD from the University of Hawaii. She is the author of the book of poems, Anyjar (Black Radish Books, 2017). Jamie makes functional art under business name Icky Love Pottery in her garage studio and teaches workshops (when there isn’t a pandemic) when she isn’t mom-ing to her two little kids.
