Open and frank conversations with people in the pottery industry, including potters, curators, collectors, technicians, studio mangers, writers, teachers and students. Celebrating difference, sharing in frustrations and successes, and revelling in the tricky bits of the creative process.
Presented by Lara Lloyd.
Episode 15 / RICHENDA MACGREGOR - Sustainability, Spirit and Plants.
Richenda MacGregor has set up and run multiple pottery studios and been a production potter. She has since quit working in the field of pottery as her love for plants has taken over. In this episode we talk about her work, sustainability, the link she found between throwing and a spiritual practice and finally why she decided to stop making pots.
Episode 5 / KEVIN ROUFF Studio ThusThat - Industry & Sustainability.
Studio ThusThat designs and makes with uncommon materials. They are currently exploring industrial wastes from mining and metallurgy.
In this Episode Kevin from Studio ThusThat talks about Red Mud, a project that questions our notion of ‘waste’, and shows the unexpected value of stigmatized materials in a world of finite resources. Working with factories and research labs, Bauxite Residue, a.k.a. Red Mud - a byproduct residue of the alumina industry - is transformed into ceramic bodies and glazes.