Audacious | Marlaina Mathisen | Episode 1124
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Release Date: 04/17/2025
A Year Of Yes | Heather Lepp | Episode 1148
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Heather Lepp is an artist and educator originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She received her BFA from the University of Manitoba in 2016, and her MFA from West Virginia University in 2024. In addition to formal education, she apprenticed with four professional potters from 2016-2020. In 2019 she was an artist in residence at Medalta, and in 2023 she was a summer resident at the Red Lodge Clay Center. She has taught at numerous art centers and exhibited her work across Canada and the United States. Currently, she is a long-term resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula where she lives with her...
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A Mechanical Engineer Takes On Clay | Chris Pratt | Episode 1147
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Chris Pratt is a mechanical engineer who makes double walled ceramic mugs. After being laid off during Covid Chris started designing and making plaster molds for slip casting. Over the past few years Chris has refined his process with automated casting and glazing machines.
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We Talk About Shipping And Making | Lisa Fleming | Episode 1146
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Lisa Fleming Ceramics is based in San Francisco, CA where she makes one of a kind, wheel thrown, porcelain vessels. Lisa's design-driven pieces focus on elegant silhouettes, simple yet sophisticated lines, and delicate balance. Lisa makes all her glazes and colored clays in her studio and loves to experiment!
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Best Friends Start A Business and Advice From Dad | Serena Pangestu & Anika Kalotay | Episode 1145
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Kura Studio was co-founded in 2017 by best friend duo Serena Pangestu and Anika Kalotay. Kura Studio believes that responsive design can turn day-to-day tasks into small thoughtful moments. Serena and Anika's practice is embedded in the idea of 'making’ and ‘designing’ as a way to explore concepts of living, working, & consuming mindfully.
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He Changed His Mind About Websites | Nick LaPointe | Episode 1144
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Nick LaPointe started throwing pots about 25 years ago at Santa Barbara City College and has been doing pottery ever since. Like many potters, Nick fell in love with the process of throwing and creating handmade art immediately. And about 6 years ago Nick started carving wood grains into his mugs experimenting with designs and ideas, working with other potters on collaborations, and throwing as much as he could! It's been an amazing journey up to now and he can't wait to see what the future brings!
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Being A Wholesaler And Loving It! | Lauren Herzak-Bauman | Episode 1143
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Lauren Herzak-Bauman is a ceramic artist who creates functional pottery and installations. Lauren's work explores the beauty of materials, elevates everyday experiences, and prompts reflection on the transformative power of art.
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Putting Streams Of Income To Work | Jessie Lazar | Episode 1142
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Jessie lazar makes functional ceramics for the home and table. Mostly wheel thrown, mostly gas fired, Jessie makes clean precise forms with painterly glazes meant to elevate humble items in your daily routine. After over a decade of making, selling, and teaching ceramics in New York City, Jessie relocated her studio and business to the Catskills in upstate New York. Setting up a new ceramics studio and brick & mortar homegood store in Eldred NY. This quickly expanded beyond Studio Jessie Lazar into Sullivan Public, a 3400 square foot industrial space turned community artspace, hosting...
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Putting On A Tour | Sarah Anderson | Episode 1141
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Sarah Anderson is a traveling ceramic artist, teaching ceramic workshops across the country in a renovated Shasta camper with her dog Pip. After graduating from Ball State University with a sculpture degree, Sarah worked as a ceramic studio chair, sold work at craft fairs and numerous national galleries, partnered with her companies on the road, and now is opening an art therapy and ceramic store front called Dusty Pants Studio.
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The Half Blind Potter | Tim Clark | Episode 1140
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Tim Clark, also know as The Half Blind Potter. Tim lost the vision in my left eye in Dec of 2020 and discovered pottery in late spring of 2021. Ceramics has played a huge role in Tim's recovery and has actually provided two different avenues of advocacy and giving back to the visually impaired community. In 2023 Tim started the "Blindfold Challenge" to benefit The Fun Eye Fund. It is a charity that raises money for those that are in need of a prosthetic eye but may have a financial challenge in covering the cost due to lack of insurance or insurance not covering the cost of a...
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Forever and Fleeting | Roshni Senapati | Episode 1139
The Potters Cast | Pottery | Ceramics | Art | Craft
Roshni Senapati makes hand-built sculptural vessels which include stitched and knotted silk threads and cloth drawn from old family saris. Using two materials allows Roshni to explore family narratives and cultural connections through the form and colour of the porcelain vessels, as well as the histories enmeshed in the silk fibres.
info_outlineMarlaina Mathisen is a proficient wheel throwing artist who loves to share her understanding of the wheel to others. Marlaina's personal work focuses primarily on wheel thrown and altered forms ranging from functional works of art to organic sculptural centerpieces. Currently Marlaina teaches a variety of classes at The Digs in Chicago, Fine Line Creative Arts Center in and supplying and managing a pottery gallery in Door County Wisconsin called Ephraim Clayworks. Marlaina's 5 year plan is to continue diligently working towards establishing her own pottery studio.