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David Clark | Episode 980
David Clark is a retired mailman who has been working with clay for over 30 years. Starting as a hobby clay is now as a small business that keeps David active and involved with a community of like minded artist who like to play with clay.
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Ryan Murphy | Episode 979
Rise Pottery is pottery made by Ryan Murphy in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Functional stoneware made to feel natural in hand and bring the bearer a sense of wonder and presence in everyday use. Introduced to ceramics at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design twenty-some years ago, Ryan has been playfully making things ever since.
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Janeen Page | Episode 978
As a potter, Janeen Page works exclusively with Aotearoa, New Zealand’s volcanic landscape. Tertiary mudstones, volcanic remnants, and ash form a palette of regional glazes, 26 million years in development. As an artist, Janeen has worked with master potters, geologists, and enthusiasts to research and document glaze sites and recipes throughout New Zealand.
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Alison Warner | Episode 977
Alison Warner is a part-time potter going by @kithandkilnpottery in Northern British Columbia, Canada. Alison is currently applying for small exhibitions, doing collaborations, wholesale, and working on new bodies of work developed during a residency earlier this year.
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Jackie Wright | Episode 976
Jackie Wright started pottery 14 years ago taking a 1 year evening course. Jackie quickly became obsessed with wheel throwing and that has been her focus ever since. Jackie fits pottery in alongside her day job, making functional porcelain pieces comprising clean lines and minimal forms whilst still trying to retain an organic quality. Jackie has recently added stoneware into her range as an alternative canvas to serve her ever growing glaze development interest.
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Erika Christine | Episode 975
Erika Christine is a ceramic artist currently living in Lawrence, Kansas. Erika’s ceramic practice utilizes the potters wheel, hand-building, and slip casting. Each piece is painted by hand with serene colors and florals inspired by nature, traditional textiles, and domestic interiors. Erika’s distinct style is characterized by the joining of the decorative and functional.
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Kate Hevers | Episode 974
Kate Hevers is an artist living and working in Rochester, New York. In 2017 Kate received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College at Brockport with a Concentration in Ceramics. She opened a studio and storefront, East Main Clay, located at the Hungerford building in Rochester at the end of 2020. Kate’s ceramic work is mainly wheel thrown and slip decorated pottery, made for everyday use in your home. Kate currently works at the Genesee Country Village and Museum as one of the Historic Village Potters. Kate also teaches intro wheel classes in the evening at Flower City Arts Center and Turk Hill Craft School.
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Rock Johnsen | Episode 973
Rock Johnsen is a sculptural surrealist ceramic artist focusing on functional work which integrates anatomy and Crystallines chemistry to address social issues and make science more accessible in a tangible manner.
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Genny Kelley | Episode 972
Genny Kelley started pottery when she moved from Virginia to Brooklyn in 2019 and has been doing it ever since. When Genny was let go from her corporate job last fall, she decided to take pottery full time and has been selling her pottery and teaching ever since!
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John Hamilton | Episode 971
Blending the world of science fiction and functional art has allowed John Hamilton to find a voice in ceramics. Each Piece utilizes various elements of the ceramic process, employing trompe l’oeil to draw the viewer in closer, enticing them to touch and closely study each piece. The purpose is to create functional art that demands to be on the counter, table, or shelf opposed to the inside of a cabinet out of view.
