The Slip Cast Aimee and Clare

An update from Aimee & Clare about the current state of our lives (including some very exciting news!) and future plans for the show.Additional topics include: home renovations, working with glass and big magic.Stay light,Aimee & ClareOur theme music is by Nick Thompson-Brown at @wayitworksmusicSupport the Show.

The one and only Helen Levi joins us this week from Queens, New York! We talk about how she transitioned into pottery after studying photography, road tripping across the states to visit ceramic factories, and how her business and practice has shifted over time. Helen tells us about how she began slip casting for the effect, her recent tile collaboration with Cerámica Suro, and her instinctual approach to color. We also discuss the pros and cons of production pottery vs. the artist myth and t...

Dustin Barzell from Ceramicism creates intricate cups using a colored clay inlay technique. Inspired by the polymer clay craze of the 90s, he started layering slab-rolled clay at a community studio in Brooklyn before discovering the wonderful world of nerikomi and agateware.Dustin shares with us his process of mixing colored clay and how he constantly comes up with fresh designs to add to his ever-expanding repertoire of inlaid patterns. We also take a dive into the connection between our emo...

Alex Simon from Make Good Choices joins us this week from her magical studio in Portland, Oregon. Alex is a sparkle queen who blesses us all with her dream pots, and her dreams include everything from pickles to unicorns to denim! She tells us about her edu'clay'tion and how summer camp continues to inspire her extraordinary studio music videos. Alex also talks about her slip casting process- including assembling both found objects and vintage molds, working backwards from your final idea for...

This episode features the ceramicist Genna Williams from Genna Williams Ceramics. We talk about her beginnings at SCAD where she studied furniture design, how she founded Broad Studios, a female-operated art collective in Austin, TX, and finding a balance between running a community studio and her own full-time business. Genna goes over the process behind the "smoke firing" technique that she is now known for, how she designs and assembles her lamps, and some exciting upcoming projects,...

An electrical episode with Kyle Scott Lee from Ceramic Meltdown in which we talk about his painting background, inspiration, and how the 3-dimensional form has become a canvas for his various, vivid, and gestural underglaze applications. Kyle also runs a studio in Brooklyn and dives into the importance of investing, managing, and sharing the space with others.Tangents include talks about the physical hardships of throwing 50lbs of clay, getting the right feel and weight to a pot, and his exis...