Pottymouth - A Pottery Podcast Lara Lloyd

Verran is a potter living and working in Totnes, Devon. He's takes his pots into the landscape and films them and he has a passion for teaching.

Toby is the Business Manager for the Craft Potters Association who run the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, Crafts Review Magazine and Ceramic Art London (CAL). We meet during CAL to discuss the logistics of running the fair and about the CPA, past, present and future.

Dylan Bowen comes from a long line of potters and found a way to go from a very British tradition in slipware to a radically modern approach. In this episode we discuss that journey.

Raphaela aka Raphy is a full time potter living in Bristol. She started as a  apprentice and went on to run a busy pottery studio in Devon. Now based in Bristol her practice is inspired by her connection to nature (Dartmoor in particular) Mythology and meaning making.

Raphy teaches classes from her studio, workshops on the land using natural materials and primitive firing techniques and two courses at Coombe (one in intermediate throwing and one on Glazing) 

In this episode we talk about her pathway from studio manager to the development of her creative practice including production ware and receiving funding from Arts Council England.

Fran Sandover is a potter running a studio at Outside- a multi-use space, home to a cafe, pottery studio, surfboard shaping bay, on-site growing space and concrete skate bowl in South West Devon. Her work has a playful and industrial aesthetic and is evolving with her career as a studio manager, teacher and technician.

In this episode we talk about her pathway from degree to studio manager and building resilience.

Sabine is a wood firer that completed an apprenticeship as a thrower in East Germany in 1998 with Hans Joachim Grünert in Waldenburg(Sachsen) where she underwent a three year long training in producing domestic ware exclusively on the wheel and was then for the first time introduced to wood firing.

In this episode we talk about wood firing and how she juggles approach to making and earning whilst also being a mum and developing a unique voice in her work.