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Sam Lopez | Episode 544
Sam Lopez is a potter living and working in San Diego, California. Sam teaches ceramics as an adjunct instructor at Riverside City College and makes pots in his home studio.
He Sells for 3 Hours a Day | Avi Farber | Episode 543
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Avi Farber | Episode 543
Avi Farber is a wood-fire ceramic artist and documentary photographer based in Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A. Avi studied philosophy at Bates College, ME, Digital Media Production at the Maine Media Workshops, and Spanish at the Universidad de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. Working in clay, Avi creates installations, sculptures, and functional wares that explore natural processes. Avi’s work is raw and refined, subtle and gestural. Drawn to the moments that break through the distractions of daily life, Avi documents the unbridled power of wildfires. A firsthand witness to climate change, Avi makes photographs and ceramics works that offer a bridge to the natural landscapes, a connection that has been lost by many as we distance ourselves from the ecosystems we rely on. Avi’s photos and video reveal a strong sense of place as seen from a quite observer. Avi’s ceramic work has been exhibited internationally, and his documentary photography of wildfires has been recognized by National Geographic magazine.
Creative Selling Space with Avi Farber
One thing that a lot of sellers forget to consider is that not only is it important what you sell, but it is also important how to sell. Avi breaks the mold and decided to sell out of a classic metal 1948 Spartan Trailer. In this conversation Avi talks through the ideas behind making a funky sales outlet and it’s pros and cons. To listen in to this extra conversation, click HERE.
Her Work Got Copied | Lisa Neimeth | Episode 542
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Lisa Neimeth | Episode 542
Clay has been in Lisa Neimeth’s life since studying ceramics in college. Lisa is constantly taking note of colors in nature, food, magazines, newspapers, fashion, street art, and graffiti and she loves seeing colors put together unexpectedly. Lisa’s plates can inspire and tell a story so they are evocative in the traditional “art” sense—but are completely functional. Lisa also loves the notion of high-end craft and taking time to carefully make everyday items. It is the way things used to be made—by hand and with great care and craft. That care of Lisa’s encourages an appreciation of the everyday.
Sicking the Lawyers on Them with Lisa Neimeth
Our art is our brand, creation, our income and so much more. So protecting that art is so critical for an artist. Lisa’s experience with artistic plagiarism gives us a case study on when it is appropriate to higher a lawyer to protect her work. She walks us through the process she went through both before involving a lawyer and up to the point of getting the lawyer involved. This is a great conversation on the process she had to go through. To listen in to this episode, click HERE.
Making Pots to Help People | Ro Begay | Episode 541
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Ro Begay | Episode 541
Romaine Begay (Ro) has been a full-time Potter for going on twenty plus years, where he incorporates the traditional Navajo rug weaving designs, traditional stories within his family as well as his experiences as a Native American in today’s age into the ceramic pieces that he creates.
Ro’s Perspective on Periscope
Ro gives us his perspective on how he does Periscope and why he uses it. Some of this is some how to’s and some of it is just his approach. Either way, you can grab some of this information and apply it to your approach to using Periscope and building an audience on that platform. To listen to this conversation, click HERE.
She Makes Beautiful Work and She Teaches Clay | Lindsay Scypta | Episode 540
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Lindsay Scypta | Episode 540
As an artist, potter and designer Lindsay Scypta is deeply interested in textile pattern, Victorian etiquette, architectural tracery, and the history of the table. Lindsay began her ceramics investigation in high school and continued into college, completing a BFA in Art & Design from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. For two remarkable summers Lindsay immersed herself in the artist community at Anderson Ranch Art Center as a summer intern, filling her ceramic toolbox with techniques and tools. Finally after two years as an artist-in-residence at Ashland University, Lindsay arrived at The Ohio State University where she completed her MFA in ceramic art. Lindsay was blessed with the opportunity to follow her thesis research to England, where she visited the Wedgwood Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Brighton Palace. Some influences over the past years have been the softness of tufted Victorian sitting room chairs, and the architectural motifs and quatrefoils of European Gothic cathedrals. Following graduate school Lindsay spent one year as an Artist-in-Resident at Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York. Currently Lindsay is an adjunct ceramics professor at Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio. Working strictly with porcelain clay, the work is thrown, trimmed, altered and decorated, then fired to cone six in an electric oxidation atmosphere. Lindsay ism still continuing to push her ideas and am excited to incorporate new research into her studio practice!
Building a Clay Community with Lindsay Scypta
“Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name
And they’re always glad you came”
Can you recall what TV show those lyrics came from? I think about them often. Partly because I am brainwashed like the rest of my TV generation, but also because those words have rung true for me over the years. Lindsay talks through what it is like to build community around the medium of clay. She breaks it down into some critical ingredients that must be in the mix for growing a strong community. To listen in on this conversation, click HERE.
A Figurative Artist Talks Shop | Shelsea Dodd | Episode 539
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Shelsea Dodd | Episode 539
Shelsea is a ceramic sculptor from Binghamton, NY. She received her BFA in Ceramics from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013, and she was a post baccalaureate student at the University of Alaska Anchorage from 2016 to 2018. Shelsea’s work primarily investigates feminist and queer issues, as well as human/animal relationships and the parallels she perceives between the two. She is currently a long term resident artist at Studio 740 in Helena, MT.
