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Esther Drone | Episode 1247
Esther Drone is a potter and ceramic artist based in Langford on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Esther has facilitated a variety of groups as a pottery instructor. Esther’s work is predominately functional and is currently available in a variety of shops in the Greater Victoria area.
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Madison Smith | Episode 1246
Ceramics has granted Madison Smith the unwavering power to transform a simple pile of dirt into an external force of her subconscious. Madison creates sculptures to connect to her disorderly childhood and construct wares to spread joy. Madison’s overall themes include the magic of childlike wonder and the undeniable reality of the life she has been forced to reckon with.
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Jordan Gale | Episode 1245
Jordan Gale is a ceramic artist working at the intersection of sculptural and functional pottery. Jordan’s embrace of organic textures attempts to blur the line between utility and expressive form. Born and raised in Eastern Iowa, Jordan attended the University of Iowa, where he was introduced to pottery. Jordan currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
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Yoon Hee Kim | Episode 1244
Yoon Hee Kim is a Korean ceramic artist and educator based in the United States. Through Yoon Lab Ceramics, Yoon creates contemporary Moon Jars inspired by Korean heritage and nature. Yoon teaches wheel throwing internationally and online, helping potters create taller, stronger forms while sharing the mindfulness found through making.
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Jordan Munro | Episode 1243
Wade MacDonald | Episode 1242
Wade was born in Nashville, Tennessee and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan by former opera singers. Wade earned a BA from Western Michigan University and an MFA in ceramics from Michigan State University. Wade has exhibited internationally and received the NCECA Emerging Artist award in 2018. He teaches at The University of Alabama.
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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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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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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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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.
