The Potters Cast

Gillian Mcmillan grew up in rural England, attended teacher training college in London, taught there for some years and then emigrated to Canada. After a year's teaching in Montreal she headed west, to Vancouver. She married Alan, an archeologist, they bought the 1914 house where they still live in Port Moody and had two sons. Meanwhile Gillian was taking pottery classes, teaching pottery and selling her work at craft fairs. At age 48, she was accepted at Emily Carr College of Art & Design and earned her BFA in Ceramics. Now, twenty years after graduating she has become known for the colourful jugbirds she sells at galleries on Granville Island and at Vancouver Airport.

Louise Gelderblom is a self taught ceramicist with a background in design and photography. Louise lives in Cape Town, South Africa and has a teaching and production studio where she makes large hand built sculptural vessels. Louise is very much part of the low tech designer/maker tradition that makes work from her part of the world so distinctive.

Leah Goren is an illustrator and surface pattern designer living in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated in 2012 from Parsons School of Design with a BFA in Illustration. For the past 3 years she has been working on translating her illustration style into hand-built ceramics.

Ann Van Hoey was born in 1956 in Belgium, where she lives and works. Many times awarded in international competitions, her work is exhibited in major galleries and her pieces are in the collections of international museums. Her works, of great simplicity and elegance, are extremely impressive in their perfection, their fragility and their featherweight appearance.

Joe has been a full time Ceramics Teacher in Tertiary Education in Australia and a practising potter for over 30 years. During this time he has shown in numerous exhibitions and his ceramics work is represented in private and public collections in Australia. Last year he set up a private Pottery School in Brisbane called Oxide Clay Art.

Susan Simonini is an Australian artist currently working in the medium of clay. Susan has a background in painting and printmaking, with a degree in Fine Art. She uses varied techniques to create a range of both functional and decorative ceramics. When not in her studio you can find Susan down the beach riding her skateboard!

John Neely talks clay from both the perspective of an educator and an entrepreneur.

Julia Paul talks about branding, hiring employees, and how to move your prices from average to premium.

Gina Feddersen tells of her love of nature and its inspiration for her creative life.

Kim Murton hangs out with me and talks clay, business, inspiration, and family.

Adam Field talks about his journey with clay and his love of design on his pieces.

Chris Snedden's story of how many pivots he made through out his career is a great testimonial as to the value of flexibility.

Ben Carter, host of Tales of a Red Clay Rambler, explains how he sees his body of work through his podcast as a record for generations to come.

Stefan Andersson talks about finding your place as a potter.

Carolyn Edlund tells of her journey into clay and into a thriving business with clay that eventually turned in to a passion to coach artists about the business of art.

Peter Pincus explains the process of his art and then discusses how to price one's work.

Patrica Griffin offers an insight into her way of building her busness through email growth

Will Donovan tells us about his plans to develop his pottery business.

James DeRosso tells the story of the birth of a monster business.

Jennifer Crighton talks about sharing studio space to make the pottery business more viable.

Brian R Jones talks about his podcast, his clay, and his struggles.

Linsey Reardon and Austen Sewell talk about their love for pottery and thier plans for life.

Shino Takead brings on her journey to clay.

Justin Rothshank talks about the "numbers" of building a viable pottery business.

Michelle Katz co-owns Arizona's largest private teaching studio. She explains the impact and usefulness of Groupon for her business.

Joel Cherrico gives us a model that can be followed in order to build your pottery business.

Today I talk about the importance of getting your pottery business on line.

Christopher Vaughn talks about his journey as a potter trying to build a pottery business.

Audra Doughty is the Mud Queen!!! She tells her story of how she went from student to studio owner.

Tom Jaszczak talks about his journey with clay.

Travis Owens talks about his heritage and journey as a potter.

Lisa Staples talks about her journey as an artist.

Lori Buff talks about her journey to becoming a potter and she shares her thoughts on cutbacks in school arts funding and travel for creativity.

On May 3, 2014 I attended The Ceramic Showcase and I asked some great potters if they would allow me to interview them for the show.

Carol Epp talks about being creative while rasing a family and having a studio in her home.

Tim Carlburg walks us through his journey to being a fulltime potter and how he became the Growler King.

This is the introductory episode for the podcast.