Inside the Mind of An Artist | Jeremy Nichols | Episode 49

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Jeremy Nichols | Episode 49

Jeremy Nichols

Jeremy Nichols Tea Pot 1Jeremy Nichols grew up making and flying model aircraft leading to degree in Aeronautical Engineering(1971). Jeremy changed direction to a career in Social Work while he started making pots for relaxation. Eventually Jeremy caught the ‘bug’ and earned a degree in ceramics, focussing on saltglaze.  He graduated 1997 in and established a workshop on an ex-farm north of London, England. His work is strongly influenced by the early aviation interests.Continue reading→

Art as a Business | Jenni Ward | Episode 48

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Jenni Ward

 

Jenni Ward Seed PodsJenni Ward is a ceramic sculptor, art instructor and owner at Earth Art Studio. She is passionate about working with clay to build abstract forms and installations that reflect the beauty of the natural world. A natural teacher and philanthropist, she shares her creativity with students at her home studio and abroad.

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The Lucky Artist | Linda Bloomfield | Episode 47

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Linda Bloomfield | Episode 47

Linda Bloomfield

 

Linda Bloomfield - Ceramics 2009Linda Bloomfield trained as a materials scientist but always dreamed of becoming a potter. She works from her studio in west London where she has designed and made porcelain tableware ranges for Liberty, Harrods and ABC Home. She throws on the wheel in porcelain and makes beautiful translucent glazes, which she puts on the inside of forms.Continue reading→

An Artist Finding His Way | Patrick Noe | Episode 46

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Patrick Noe | Episode 46

Patrick Noe

 

Patrick Noe VernazzaPatrick Noe graduated in 1980 with an art major from the College of Charleston in Charleston SC. Patrick’s emphasis was on painting, but he also took sculpture and printmaking. After college Patrick worked in clay for 20 years but wanted to get back into painting without having to give up clay. Patrick Noe Moustier ChurchHe started to experiment with using woodcuts to create relief in clay slabs and then painting and firing them in his kiln. This technique grew more refined and complicated and into the unique art form that Patrick produces today.Continue reading→

Unique Sales Outlet for Art | Robert Briggs | Episode 45

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Robert Briggs | Episode 45

Robert Briggs

 

Robert Briggs Raku Lidded PotRobert Briggs has been a potter in Springfield Missouri for around 20 years.  Robert has been a semi full-time potter sinse around 2006. Robert and his wife, Ruth participate in most of their local art fairs and have several pieces in local galleries. They produce crystalline porcelain and raku artware.Continue reading→

Discovering Marketing Strategies | Mark Strayer | Episode 44

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Mark Strayer | Episode 44

Mark Strayer

 


Mark Strayer Yellow CupMark Strayer loves making objects and creating pots as become his passion. As an Industrial Designer who works with materials like wood, plastic, steel and glass on a daily basis, Mark really enters a different place when his hands touch clay.  To Mark there is something amazing about clay coming from the earth, a natural, fluid and organic material that truly becomes alive as it moves through his fingers.  Mark’s focus is on quality, function, and lately a more rustic aesthetic to his pieces. Mark desires that Mark Strayer Tiny Townhis pots will impact and enhance people’s lives and they will also in some small way help keep the art and craft of handmade important in our everyday lives.Continue reading→

Sue Adler | Camel Hair Pottery | Episode 43

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Sue Adler

Horse Hair & Sugar

Horse Hair & Sugar

Sue Adler’s pottery reflects the many influences from the layers of her life. Her equestrian passion resonates in the one of a kind horse hair fired pieces she creates. A love of all things botanical is expressed in her hand built and wheel thrown ware.
Sue, a native long Islander attended Farmingdale State University where she earned a degree in Ornamental Horticulture. She studied at Maple Leaf Pottery in Sea Cliff N.Y. and is a member of Potters Council and the Long Island Craft Guild.Continue reading→

Out of The Fire | Courtenay Singer | Episode 42

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Courtenay Singer

Courtenay Singer PosterCourtenay Singer is an award-winning producer, director, and writer of non-fiction films and television programs. She has worked on shows for PBS, National Geographic, TLC, Animal Planet, and many other networks, and has contributed to several independent films.  In 2012, she co-produced the ABC-7 documentary “Imagine: A Celebration of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles,” which won an LA Area Emmy Award.  Out of the Fire is her first feature film.

Out of the Fire has screened at 12 film festivals nationwide, and received the 2014 Bronze Remi Award for Independent Documentary Feature from WorldFest Houston.  Continue reading→

Brenda Holzke | Brenda Holzke Art | Episode 41

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Brenda Holzke

Brenda Holzke Horn StoolBrenda Holzke have had a lifelong passion for anything artistic and creative. In 1985 Brenda graduated from The Art Center College of Design with a BFA. She went on to work in advertising as an art director for the following 6 years. Frustrated with the corporate structure, Breanda left advertising to create functional ceramic wares. Along with her husband they owned and operated a ceramic factory in Brenda Holzke Fir BallsCalifornia employing 21 artisans to hand paint and sculpt her designs. Brenda is now a licensed designer for major corporate stores across the country. In 2008 Brendaactively began creating fine art, one of a kind works, in both clay and mixed media wall art.
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