The Potters Cast

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Clay Con West | Joe & Emilie Bott | Episode 1248 Jul 23, 2026

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Joe and Emilie Bott are the owners and operators of The Tilted Kiln and the creators of Clay Con West, which they founded in 2018. Joe and Emilie are passionate about bringing the clay community together through creativity, education, and connection. When they are not working in the studio or organizing events, Joe and Emilie enjoy spending time with their family and sharing their love of ceramics with others.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1248

Wholesale On An Island | Esther Drone | Episode 1247 Jul 21, 2026

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Esther Drone is a potter and ceramic artist based in Langford on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Esther has facilitated a variety of groups as a pottery instructor. Esther's work is predominately functional and is currently available in a variety of shops in the Greater Victoria area.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1247

Getting Knocked Down and Keep on Going | Madison Smith | Episode 1246 Jul 16, 2026

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Ceramics has granted Madison Smith the unwavering power to transform a simple pile of dirt into an external force of her subconscious. Madison creates sculptures to connect to her disorderly childhood and construct wares to spread joy. Madison's overall themes include the magic of childlike wonder and the undeniable reality of the life she has been forced to reckon with.

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A Photographer Became A Potter | Jordan Gale | Episode 1245 Jul 14, 2026

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Jordan Gale is a ceramic artist working at the intersection of sculptural and functional pottery. Jordan's embrace of organic textures attempts to blur the line between utility and expressive form. Born and raised in Eastern Iowa, Jordan attended the University of Iowa, where he was introduced to pottery. Jordan currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

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Moon Jars | Yoon Hee Kim | Episode 1244 Jul 09, 2026

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Yoon Hee Kim is a Korean ceramic artist and educator based in the United States. Through Yoon Lab Ceramics, Yoon creates contemporary Moon Jars inspired by Korean heritage and nature. Yoon teaches wheel throwing internationally and online, helping potters create taller, stronger forms while sharing the mindfulness found through making.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1244

Design | Jordan Munro | Episode 1243 Jul 07, 2026

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Jordan Munro. founder of High Country Art, is a ceramic artist based in rural Yellowhead County, Alberta. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Munro creates wheel-thrown pottery decorated with hand-drawn and screen printed imagery inspired by animals, landscape, and rural life, fired in a natural gas kiln.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1243

To Be Inspired | Wade MacDonald | Episode 1242 Jul 02, 2026

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Wade was born in Nashville, Tennessee and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan by former opera singers. Wade earned a BA from Western Michigan University and an MFA in ceramics from Michigan State University. Wade has exhibited internationally and received the NCECA Emerging Artist award in 2018. He teaches at The University of Alabama.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1242

Production Pottery By A Non-Production Potter | Michelle Grimm | Episode 1241 Jun 30, 2026

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Michelle Grimm approaches clay with curiosity, experimentation, and patience. Shaping by hand, Michelle explores diverse glazing and firing techniques, often incorporating organic materials and research. Embracing unpredictability, Michelle's work balances control and surrender. The resulting vessels—both functional and sculptural—are original forms that reflect a connection to nature, history, and the elemental forces of making.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1241

Brutalism Pottery | Jacqueline Wei | Episode 1240 Jun 25, 2026

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Jacqueline Wei is a Los Angeles–based architect and part time ceramicist. Jacqueline established Wei.ware in 2018 as an extension of her architectural voice. Influenced by brutalism, Jacqueline's ceramic work explores structure and sensory experience through intentional studies of form, scale, and texture, translating architectural ideas into tactile objects.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1240

The Person Of Abstract Ceramics | Karyn Gabriel | Episode 1239 Jun 24, 2026

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Karyn Gabriel is a San Francisco Bay Area artist with a BFA from the University of Michigan and post-baccalaureate studies in ceramics at Oregon College of Art and Craft. Grounded in pattern as a visual language, Karyn's sculptures are inspired by structural references from architecture to textile construction. Pared down, elemental forms expose a slightly brutal beauty while emphasizing the interplay between surface and structure.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1239

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