I started off wanting to talk about finding your audience. Instead we went down the road about how the feedback of social media is actually deceitful and doesn’t really tell you the maker what you need to know about your work. We also jumped on the idea of how to game the system in your favor. To listen in to this conversation, click HERE.
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Dan Tomcik | Episode 574
Daniel Tomcik is a wood fire potter and pizza maker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dan received his BFA from California University of Pennsylvania. He worked as an apprentice at the Baltimore Clayworks Noborigama, and as summer staff at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Daniel is currently the Studio and Grounds Manager at Touchstone Center for Crafts, where he is working to cultivate a community of wood-firing enthusiasts.
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Shawna Pincus | Episode 573
Shawna Pincus is a ceramic artist living in Baltimore Maryland with her husband Michael, daughter Amelia, and their cat Bowie. Shawna grew up right outside of Philadelphia and attended school at the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned a BFA in sculptural studies then continued on to Towson University earning her certification in Art Education. Shawna has taught as an art teacher in the public school system, as an adjunct Professor of Art Education for Towson University, instructs adult pottery classes at the Baltimore Clayworks and has led various workshops with adults, children and art teachers. Shawna spends most of her time working in her basement studio creating hand built functional pottery and perfecting her unique style of screen-printing on clay.
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Mike Regan | Episode 572
Mike Regan is a California native, born in San Diego and raised in the South Bay area. Mike currently works in the movie FX industry creating strange and fantastic creatures, as well as horrifying deaths at the hands of theses creatures. So, why is Mike on the Potter’s Cast? Because a year and a half ago, Mike decided to apply his knowledge of sculpture and mold making to ceramics and take up another hobby… Not like he doesn’t have too many already!
(Below are a mix of Mike’s ceramic and resin creations)
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Lean Van der Merwe | Episode 571
Lean Van der Merwe has been obsessed with pottery his whole life, and instantly fell in love with wheel throwing after his first class. Lean is ecstatic to share his creations. Each piece is thoughtfully made and glazed individually, and every single one is absolutely unique.
If you want to give the perfect gift to your friend, then knowing her dreams, desires, and personality makes all the difference in the world when you want to get her that gift that is perfect just for her. That is what marketing is like. It is about knowing what your customer so you can get just the perfect message just for her. Lean talks about knowing your customer. To listen in to this conversation, click HERE.
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Toni Losey | Episode 570
Toni Losey ceramicist from Dartmouth, NS, received her BFA from NSCAD, 2018. While there, Toni’s 15 years as a studio potter helped develop a body of sculptural work. Toni has shown at SOFA Chicago, NCECA, and many private and public galleries. Tony was published in Ceramics Monthly and teaches at NSCAD.
How do we find our own voice without copying the voice of other artists? Toni brings us through her thoughts on how to go about finding an artistic voice of your own without becoming a copy cat artist. To listen in to this critical conversation, click HERE.
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Lucy Fagella | Episode 569
Lucy Fagella has a BFA from Alfred University College of Art and Design (1985). Lucy is a full time potter and ceramics instructor. Lucy’s work has been included in national juried exhibitions, ceramics publications, and home magazines. Lucy is a founding member of the Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail since it’s inception in 2004.
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Kenny Sing | Episode 568
After spending two years as a structural engineering student at Cal Poly State University, Kenny Sing transferred to the Arts department where he focused advertising design and teaching ceramics on the side. Since graduating graphic design remains Kenny’s primary occupation in San Francisco, where he is also extremely dedicated to his art of ceramics at Clay By the Bay SF Pottery School.
