Purpose and drive can be evasive thing when the daily grind sets in. Catie gives us her perspective on how to develop and keep that purpose driven life. To listen in on this conversation, click HERE.
Category Archives: Show Notes
Her Creative Approach to Clay | Anna Valenti | Episode 690
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Anna Valenti | Episode 690
Anna Valenti weaves and pinches clay vessels ranging from pots to chairs to screens. Anna graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2014 with her BA, practiced there again in 2017 as a ceramics post-baccalaureate student, and received her MFA from the Maine College of Art in 2020. Anna is the recipient of the 2020 NCECA Graduate Student Fellowship. Anna’s research is in hemp clay bodies.
Dealing with Covid Isolation | Carla Sealey | Episode 689
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Carla Sealey | Episode 689
Carla Sealey founded Naked Clay Ceramics which is a collection of handmade, minimal style ceramics in porcelain and black stoneware. Inspired by the colours and textures of the earth, the feel of natural, unglazed clay allows a tactile connection, bringing an opportunity to pause and savour a quiet moment in the hustle of life.
Making Engaging Newsletters with Carla Sealey
Even though the term “newsletter” is a bit old timey, a rose called by any other name… Carla helps us to see what it takes to make newsletters more engaging. To listen in on this conversation, click HERE.
Reverse Engineering Your Finances | Claire & Elise Surma | Episode 688
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Claire & Elise Surma | Episode 688
Claire and Elise Surma are the sister-in-law duo with a passion for clay, community, and customer care. Claire and Elise started making pots for friends and family in a small corner of our home garage. After running into hiccups with purchasing making materials, our pottery hobby quickly spun into a larger business idea. At Garage Clay Claire and Elise aim to make ceramics more accessible to potters at any point in their creative journey. At both garageclay.com and at their physical retail shop, Claire and Elise sell clay, glazes, pottery tools, their own line of comfy clay-approved swag, and their own select finished pots.
Ceramics Instead of Science | Andi Hoffmann | Episode 687
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Andi Hoffmann | Episode 687
Andi Hoffmann started her journey with clay in 2013, taking a local pottery class and getting her hands messy in lots of drop in studio hours. After studying biology and conservation science at the University of Victoria, Andi combined her love of nature with her love of art and started Hoff the Grid Goods in 2017. Working out of a small studio in Victoria, BC, Canada, Andi creates west coast, nature-inspired functional ceramics, where each design tells a story. Andi’s hope is that her work inspires mindful, compassionate living.
Making Around Collections with Andi Hoffmann
One of the things about creativity is that it tends to do well with direction. Sometimes we don’t know that direction when we start, but by the time the piece is finished, its taken a specific path. One of the things about Andi’s work is that it lines up with a series or collection that she can then direct her creativity towards. And it has made all the difference for her. To listen in the the conversation, click HERE.
She Loves Carving Mushrooms | Sage Morgan | Episode 686
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Sage Morgan | Episode 686
Sage Morgan is a studio potter living in the mountains of western North Carolina and she loves to look under rocks. Inspired by the forest floor and all things that inhabit it, you can find mushrooms and slugs as the center motif on pots to ceramic stones.
Spreading the Stoke Vibe | Daniel George | Episode 685
Daniel George | Episode 685
Daniel George was born in Gainesville Florida and attended UF in Gainesville and graduated with degrees in anthropology and Spanish in 2003. In the middle of college Daniel fell in love with clay when he took a ceramics for non-art-majors class and got his foot in the door of the clay department. Daniel spend 6 months in Central America and then moved to California. Daniel studied at Cal State North Ridge and graduated with an MA. Been a working artist since then. Daniel started an apparel company with Lino blocks printed on pieces of recycled t shirts and hand sewn them to hats and pockets on shirts. Daniel has also been learning to build surfboards in which builds each board from the foam of an old trashed board. Daniel had a show in Mar Vista called “Sticks and Mud” where he showed recycled surfboards and pots.
She Was On The Telly | Cabby Luxford | Episode 684
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Cabby Luxford | Episode 684
Cabby Luxford inspired by nature and it’s own transformative power on manmade and natural materials. For Cabby erosion, patina, decay, rust all sources of endless inspiration! Cabby loves experimenting with unusual techniques to produce something unique. Cabby throws her ceramics, using Japanese carving processes and fire unconventionally including raku and Indian smoke firing. Being an avid mudlarker (searching the muddy banks of a river for artifacts) Cabby often incorporates river finds in my work.
