Production Pottery By A Non-Production Potter | Michelle Grimm | Episode 1241

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Michelle Grimm | Episode 1241

Michelle Grimm approaches clay with curiosity, experimentation, and patience. Shaping by hand, Michelle explores diverse glazing and firing techniques, often incorporating organic materials and research. Embracing unpredictability, Michelle’s work balances control and surrender. The resulting vessels—both functional and sculptural—are original forms that reflect a connection to nature, history, and the elemental forces of making.

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Brutalism Pottery | Jacqueline Wei | Episode 1240

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Jacqueline Wei | Episode 1240

Jacqueline Wei is a Los Angeles–based architect and part time ceramicist. Jacqueline established Wei.ware in 2018 as an extension of her architectural voice. Influenced by brutalism, Jacqueline’s ceramic work explores structure and sensory experience through intentional studies of form, scale, and texture, translating architectural ideas into tactile objects.

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The Person Of Abstract Ceramics | Karyn Gabriel | Episode 1239

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Karyn Gabriel | Episode 1239

Karyn Gabriel is a San Francisco Bay Area artist with a BFA from the University of Michigan and post-baccalaureate studies in ceramics at Oregon College of Art and Craft. Grounded in pattern as a visual language, Karyn’s sculptures are inspired by structural references from architecture to textile construction. Pared down, elemental forms expose a slightly brutal beauty while emphasizing the interplay between surface and structure.

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Clay & Bugs Too! | Bethany Yorgason | Episode 1238

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Bethany Yorgason | Episode 1238

Bethany Yorgason is a ceramic and resin artist inspired by the natural world. With over a decade of experience in pottery and about 5 years with resin, Beth found it so profoundly interesting and amazing to preserve nature through incorporating real flowers, insects, and organic textures into her work. Beth loves creating pieces that are slightly unsettling, but in a way that you can’t help but see the beauty in it —each one completely unique.

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She Moved To France And Is Starting Over | Michelle Rmadan | Episode 1237

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Michelle Rmadan | Episode 1237

Michelle “Meesh” Ramadan is a potter chasing joy, color, and expressive play in clay. After recently moving from her home studio in Melrose, MA to Montpellier, France, Michelle is navigating the adventure of rebuilding her ceramics practice and letting curiosity lead the way. Michelle loves teaching, throwing big bowls, tiny vases, and sculpting whimsical pinch-pot sculptures.

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Running A Studio In A Small Town | Shelby Trahan | Episode 1236

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Shelby Trahan | Episode 1236

Shelby Trahan is the owner of Jacques’ Pottery Shop in her hometown of Welsh, Louisiana. Shelby graduated from McNeese State University in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Art and opened her studio the following July. Shelby creates mostly functional dinnerware pieces. Shelby is passionate about using her studio to bring clay to others.

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Partners In Pots | Robert Rivett & Debbie Too | Episode 1235

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Robert Rivett & Debbie Too | Episode 1235

Rob and Debbie Rivett are a collaboration between thrower and artist making contemporary wheel thrown porcelain slipware. Rob enjoys the challenges that throwing with porcelain present and seeks to emphasize the characteristics of the clay by creating sleek, flowing forms which become a canvas for Debbie to paint on. Debbie brings her love of walking and appreciation of often overlooked areas of grass land to life in her lively landscape paintings. Using a combination of brushwork and Sgraffito, Debbie’s experiments with slip see her using it in a unique and painterly way which captures the swaying grasses of the field margins in England.

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A Really Busy Potter | Josh Scott | Episode 1234

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Josh Scott | Episode 1234

Josh Scott is a potter and educator in Jacksonville, Florida. He first discovered clay in high school and continued his education in clay to receive a BFA from the University of North Florida in 2017. Shortly after, Josh moved to Utah where he attended Utah State University to attain an MFA in ceramics. His primary focus was to continue to explore wood firing, further develop conceptual framework and establish a teaching strategy. After receiving his MFA in 2021, Josh returned to Florida where he now lives with his wife and two daughters. He has maintained multiple adjunct faculty positions in ceramics as well as a consistent studio practice and exhibition record.

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A Soda Potter | Carter Pasma | Episode 1233

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Carter Pasma | Episode 1233

Carter Pasma is a potter and educator currently working as the studio manager at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Carter earned his BFA in ceramics from the University of Wisconsin–Stout, and his MFA in ceramics from Utah State University. Carters’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, in 2022 he was recognized as one of Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artists of the Year. Carter’s ceramics practice and educational insights have been featured in multiple issues of Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, where he was recently highlighted on the cover.

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A Creative In Ireland | Elisa Dalle Molle | Episode 1232

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Elisa Dalle Molle | Episode 1232

Elisa Dalle Molle began pottery during a challenging time, finding calm and connection through clay. After moving to Ireland in 2020, Elisa launched a sea-inspired ceramics business. Though now working full-time, Elisa continues creating and teaching pottery as a self regulating practice, sharing its therapeutic power with others through mindful, creative classes.

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