Using the various platforms that the world has to offer can be a huge resource for those of us wanting to sell our work. Paul brings us through his process of using the two platforms of Instagram and Etsy to get his work out to the world. To listen in on this conversation, click HERE.
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Krista Cameron | Episode 621
Krista Cameron has been passionate about pottery for over 16 years and has a Diploma in Ceramics from St. Lawrence College and has been participating in regional exhibits and sales since 1998. Krista’s current studio is found near Charleston Lake nestled among the rocks and pine trees, a beautiful setting which she endeavors to capture in her art. Krista has been showing in Eastern Ontario since 2000. Krista sells her work at The Green Gecko and Casual Living. Krista teaches pottery at her Charleston Lake, Ontario studio and in Brockville at Hilltop Studio.
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Makoto Fujimura | Episode 620
Makoto Fujimura (b. 1960, Boston) is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven, refractive “slow art” has been described by David Brooks of New York Times as “a small rebellion against the quickening of time”. Makoto is also an arts advocate, writer, and speaker who is recognized worldwide as a cultural influencer. A Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003-2009, Fujimura served as an international advocate for the arts, speaking with decision makers and advising governmental policies on the arts. Makoto is also launching the Kintugi Academy. Makoto uses Kintsugi as an metaphor mending.
A sample of Master Nakamura’s Kintsugi
Waterfall Mansion & Gallery (waterfall-gallery.com) of Makoto Fujimura paintings (makotofujimura.com)
Contact
Instagram: @academykintsugi
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Frank Eagar | Episode 619
The knowledge Frank Eagar has gained through not only producing art, but teaching art, and has broadened his knowledge regarding how and why art has been produced through the centuries. As a ceramic artist all of Frank’s pieces from a simple cup to a sculpture are a small representation of both himself and his experiences. Teaching art has given Frank the privilege to increase others knowledge and appreciation of art, by showing and teaching the depth of being that goes into the creation of individual pieces. As a ceramicist, Frank believes in producing both functional as well as sculptural pieces. The beauty and simplicity of functional ware is timeless, and yet still carries the fingerprint of its creator long after he is gone. Frank also enjoys making 3D ceramic sculptures. Though these are a more complex representation of Frank, he enjoys creating these pieces from birdbaths, to fountains, even to a figurative sculpture because of the versatile qualities of the clay. Frank always enjoys experimenting with shape, pattern, color, and form in my pottery. Currently, the distortion of basic shapes and play upon its actual or created lines either in a whimsical or obtuse manner are a recent creative focus of Frank.
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Laurence André | Episode 618
Laurence André is a french potter living and working in Manigod, a small village located in Northern French Alps. Laurence settled her studio in the old walls of an old cheese dairy farm. Being into clay for 10 years now, working a white clay on the wheel or on plaster molds, Laurence is happy to imagine and produce small batch of tableware ceramics, slipware decorated one-of-a-kind pieces with folk patterns, flowers & animals that form merry different collections. Laurence is a self-taught, learning through experience – which she in turn is passing on during clay workshops in her studio.
Laurence brings us through the idea of making a game out of learning that in turn can become a game in growing the business. This helps to take the pain out of the process and makes it all a bit more fun. To listen in on this conversation, click HERE.
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Teppi Jacobsen | Episode 617
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Hannah Shipway | Episode 616
Hannah Shipway has worked as a professional potter for the past five years. Hannah has her own studios in Oxford, England, and also in Dorset on the South Coast of England. Hannah makes wheel-thrown, functional tableware in small batches, all of which are sold exclusively from the iconic Albatross Cafe in Bristol.
Working with others can make a big difference in success. Hannah has figured out how to use the power of collaboration to make sales for her work. To listen in to this conversation, click HERE.
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Brandy Green & Michelle Castro | Episode 615
Today is a special release day. Instead of releasing two episodes on Tuesday and Thursday, The Potters Cast is releasing both of this week’s episode on Tuesday. As a result of NCECA 2020 conference getting canceled this year, the normal process of NCECA having a dedicated time of having the candidates for the Director at Large and the Student Director at Large share about what they would bring to the position and then to answer questions from the audience wasn’t available. These two episodes are the replacement platform to allow these fine candidates to share their stories. In this second episode we are going to dedicate this to the position of Student Director at Large. These two candidates, Brandy Green and Michelle Castro, will be the second to go.
Brandy Green
Brandy Green was born in Missouri in 1994. In 2016 Brandy received her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from the College of the Ozarks where she worked as a production potter and studio technician. Currently, Brandy is a graduate student at Texas Tech University due to achieve her Masters of Fine Art in 2021.
Michelle Castro
Michelle Castro received her BFA at Midwestern State University in 2016. She is now a first-year graduate student at Florida State University. Her socially engaging practice is ongoing, and she has had to rethink how to be socially engaging while socially distancing.