Podcast Episodes

✨3 Simple Ways to Experiment in a Pottery Class ✨

Episode 90

In a pottery class you might have a defined project to work on, but you can still experiment lots! 

In this episode, I talk about three ways to simply and easily experiment with surface decoration in …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

13 Amazing Reasons to Make a Pottery Glaze from Fallen Leaves

Episode 89

It's Spring in the UK, and this is an ideal time to identify deciduous trees that will drop their leaves in the Autumn. Or perhaps you live in the southern hemisphere, where deciduous trees are doing…

Published on 4 months ago

How to Support Your Joy as a Potter

Episode 88

Doing pottery brings so much joy! Join me for this episode of the podcast where I talk about some mental re-frames that can support your joy as a Potter even more!

🌈 - The importance of enjoying makin…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

How to Make Perfectly Flat Pottery

Episode 87

Flat rolled out clay has a very annoying tendency to curl up as it dries! 

In this episode I talk about the three things I do in my pottery to make ‘perfectly’ flat (although nothing in pottery is eve…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Can You Use a Silicone Mould in Pottery?

Episode 86

Yes you can! In fact they are an amazing way to add beautiful decorative details to pottery.

Silicone sugar craft moulds from cake making can be used by Potters who want to create intricate surface de…

Published on 5 months ago

How Potters Can Use the Circular Economy

Episode 85

For the last 200 years, industrial society has used a linear economic model that takes raw materials, makes them into products, sells them to consumers who then eventually throw them away. Natural re…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Is This The Most Useful Pottery Tool Ever?!

Episode 84

In this episode, I talk to you about the 6 different ways in which I use my favourite pottery tool - a cotton tea towel! 

💡 - To reclaim wet clay on. 

💡 - To wedge (or knead) clay on to remove excess w…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Choosing Your Thoughts To Best Support Your Pottery Making

Episode 83

Some thoughts created by our brains, support us when making pottery, and some definitely less so! Join me for this episode where I talk about some thoughts I've had in pottery that haven’t supported …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

How To Write a Pottery Book (or Any Book!)

Episode 82

I created this episode for anyone who thinks they might like to write a book but hasn't yet - you can do it!

The world needs to hear your ideas and unique voice! 

In this episode, I talk about how I fo…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

How to Design Pottery For The Environment

Episode 81

Designing for the environment is a way of creating products where the minimum possible negative environmental impact on the environment is intrinsic to their design. 

In design for the environment, a …

Published on 6 months ago