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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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What has you excited in the studio right now?
I guess there’s a few things I’m exited about, Paul. I am excited about glazing. I am excited about handles, and I’m excited about finding clean shapes.
What is something that is a challenge that you would really like to tackle?
There’s a couple of things I want to give a shot on and that’s throwing large. I want to master large lidded vessels. I want to throw a great number of things that are the same shape and size, the same dimensions, just be consistent. I want to show up at the wheel and throw consistently whatever it is that I am making.
How do you keep your work fresh?
I think I am fortunate in that because I am not doing a wholesale thing or supplying stores and that sort of thing. I am making work and I am the person selling it and I can set the rules for what things look like and what I bring to the studio. I do not need anyone’s permission to make things. I don’t need anyone’s approval to make things, if people want to buy things that’s great but as long as I keep approaching it in a way that I feel joyful about, I feel excited about. I like looking at my glazes and seeing what’s successful of it and then bringing it back into the studio and exploring it further.
Do you ever get stir crazy working in the studio alone?
I can work in the studio alone for days. I can. (laughter) I love being in my studio. I am listening to podcasts or music or whatever , but I suppose looking at it when I have my output at the craft fairs or the farmer’s market and I see people and I am talking to people I am fully engaged berceuse that is pretty much my social time.
What is one studio habit that you do that you think everybody should think about doing?
Well I think the one I should be thinking about doing is cleaning up my studio everyday. I don’t. (laughter) I mean I clean up my studio every week, you know. That’s what I do, I finish all my throwing, I do my bisque, and then before I start throwing again I clean my studio. And I wish I had the practice of doing it at the end of every work day.
Book
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
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Instagram: @risepottery