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Simon Manoha | Episode 798
Simon Manoha works on all his pieces and carves them by hand with no use of wheel. Simon works with clays that he collects from nature. Simon’s glazes are minerals collected and crushed by his hands. Simon fires in a woodkiln for 7 days. All Simon’s pieces are food safe and water tight.
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Rhea Bailey | Episode 797
Rhea Bailey works out of her home studio in Oakland, California where she designs and makes all of her pieces by hand. Rhea is drawn to modern, functional pieces that also exude a grounding quality. She loves exposing the raw texture of clay with varying layers of glaze. Rhea makes most of her pieces on a potters wheel, but also hand builds when the mood strikes. Rhea belief is that food tastes better when eaten out of a handmade bowl or plate.
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Sarah Ritchie | Episode 796
Sarah Ritchie is a self-taught artist based out of Mohkinstsis (Calgary), Alberta. Sarah works out of a private studio using ceramics as her primary media and the focus of her business – From Hands of SJR LTD. Sarah’s practice integrates her academic and professional science background with arts as a means to incorporate science communication and an appreciation of the natural world into her work.
Caring for you is so important if you are going to thrive. Sarah gives us some insights on how and why to care for yourself. To listen in on this conversation, click HERE.
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Sarah Koik | Episode 795
Sarah Koik’s ceramics try to bring attention to things that often go unnoticed, with inquiry and exploration at the core of her practice. To be both referential and add to the narrative– new while familiar, serious while playful. Sarah founded her studio in 2014, and currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Dyana Fiediga | Episode 794
Dyana Fiediga is a full time potter living and working in beautiful Hood River, Oregon at the Clay Commons, a community ceramics studio located downtown Hood River. Dyana has a BFA from Ohio University, where she focused on Art History and any medium of art she could get her hands on. In 2010 Dyana met Jeremy Noet of Bluewater Pottery at the Bellingham Farmers Market. Dyana worked in his studio until 2016, when she moved into making pottery full time. Dyana enjoys creating pots that are whimsical, political, and sometimes flippant. Inspired by the natural world around her, Dyana’s background in plants and permaculture, and her love of being in community, she is a lover of questions and growth and has created a classroom and studio space to hold wheel throwing and handbuilding classes that are open to the community and small groups.
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Teresa Dorey | Episode 793
Teresa Dorey (BFA Concordia University 2018) is an interdisciplinary artist and designer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her practice involves understanding the body through haptics and intimate interactions with objects, materiality and research. Dorey has participated in residencies, and been published and exhibited across Canada as well as recently in Milan, Italy during Design Week. She has been the recipient of various grants, most recently from Canada Council for the Arts and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
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Hidea Mabuchi | Episode 792
Hideo Mabuchi discovered ceramics well after completing his formal education, but it has become something like a second career for him – one that Hideo strives to integrate and cross-pollinate with his teaching and research roles as a Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University.
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Andrea Swift | Episode 791
Andrea Swift’s pottery journey began, first, with being a collector of it 25 years ago. As a collector, Andrea loved that everything she bought was one-of-a-kind. After relocating due to her husband’s job, Andrea decided to take an 8-week class at a community studio to pass the time while waiting for math teaching positions to open up. Andrea was instantly hooked and within the year, set up a small home studio in her basement and hasn’t looked back since.
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Eleni Falangus Duffy | Episode 790
Pottery by Eleni is named after four generations of amazing women in the life of Eleni Falangus Duffy’s Greek American linage. All four share the Eleni namesake. Eleni’s mother was the first to put clay in Eleni’s hands, while the lush Puget Sound region was the first to inspire her heart for design.
