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Not My Hobby | An NCECA Popup | Episode 1217 Apr 07, 2026

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One of the great things ab0ut NCECA what happens after NCECA is shut down for the day. All around the city potters have gotten together to do their own special events... Popups! And they are so much fun. This popup was called Not My Hobby Popup and it will give you a flavor of the night life popups.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1217

Five Glaze | Rainy Bray & Ella Watson | Episode 1216 Apr 02, 2026

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Ella Watson and Rainy Bray set out on a mission to make glazes more accessible... Founded by studio owner Rainy and glaze scientist Ella, Five Glaze combines creative vision with scientific precision to deliver dry batch glaze systems that make custom color development accessible, affordable, and exciting for potters at every level.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1216

The Vendors | NCECA 2026 | Episode 1215 Mar 31, 2026

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One of the main attractions at NCECA every year is the vendor hall in the main hall. Every potters dream tool and tools we've never even dreamed of. So many amazing resources! This year I decided to interview a few of these vendors.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1215

Being Responsive To The Market Without Being A Sell Out | Cathy Franzi | Episode 1214 Mar 26, 2026

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Dr Cathy Franzi is a ceramic artist based in Canberra. Cathy's science background inspires her approach to representing plants and the environment. In 2015 Cathy was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University School of Art & Design, the culmination of four years of intense research into the intersection of ceramic studio practice, botanical science and printmaking.

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Going Big In India | Neeti Gokhalay Kheny | Episode 1213 Mar 24, 2026

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Neeti Gokhalay Kheny is a ceramic artist and former graphic designer whose practice is inspired by nature, particularly the ocean and its fragile ecosystems. Drawing from shells, corals, and anemone-like forms, Neeti creates sculptural works marked by intricate ornamentation and architectural sensibilities. Neeti's work explores reverence as resistance, inviting reflection on ecological fragility, conservation, and our evolving relationship with water and shared responsibility.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1213

Building Pottery While Building Stories | Anshula Tayal | Episode 1212 Mar 19, 2026

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Anshula Tayal is a Portland-based ceramic artist creating functional pottery for everyday use, with each piece serving as a canvas for storytelling. Inspired by Indian art and architecture, textile traditions, and regional folk forms, her wheel-thrown and hand-built work explores surface decoration as a way to share cultural narratives.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1212

Going At It Since The 70's | Caryn Newman | Episode 1211 Mar 17, 2026

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Caryn Newman creates functional stoneware and porcelain ceramics with a focus on timeless, accessible design. Caryn trained in traditional Japanese production techniques during a two‑year apprenticeship with Richard Bennett at the Great Barrington Pottery in the 1970s. Caryn later co‑founded Crow Hill Pottery in Abbot Village, Maine, and established Willowood Pottery in 2012.

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A Potter In Argentina | Diego Armentano | Episode 1210 Mar 12, 2026

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Diego E Armentano is an Argentine ceramic artist and potter based in Buenos Aires, where he lives and works. Diego practice operates within contemporary ceramics, combining functional and sculptural work to explore clay as territory, landscape, and scale, grounded in material thinking and conceptual inquiry rooted in making.

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Making Pots Together | Brian & Naomi Menkis | Episode 1209 Mar 10, 2026

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Brian and Naomi Menkis are husband and wife potters who make wheel thrown, functional, and beautiful forms for daily enjoyment. Firing in both oxidation and wood/soda kilns they explore the receptivity of clay to the mark of the potter – from its ability to take the subtlest impression of a delicate flower to the way it records the path of a flame through the kiln.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1209

Culture On Ceramics | Tracie Griffith Tso | Episode 1208 Mar 05, 2026

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Tracie Griffith Tso works in her studio at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Featured works include a hand-built koi pitcher with maple and bamboo painting on rice paper; a stoneware bamboo pomegranate platter with birds symbolizing longevity, resilience, and abundance, cone 6, electric-fired; and a brown stoneware giant panda teapot with bamboo blossom and sculpted detail, cone 6, electric-fired.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1208

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