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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 & Clare

Our theme music is by Nick Thompson-Brown at @wayitworksmusic

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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 the benefits of working holistically.

Additional topics include: mopping hacks, car kilns, cup clubs, sidewalk sales and Willy Wonka.

Stay mushy,
Aimee & Clare

Our theme music is by Nick Thompson-Brown at @wayitworksmusic

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Join us for our final episode of the year (!) as we chat with Los Angeles based artist and teacher, Lizbeth Navarro from Lizbeth Navarro Ceramics.  In this conversation, Lizbeth talks to us about her work with clay, the many ways she is teaching others to work with clay, and how her practice and studio has shifted throughout the pandemic.

Some highlights include a Laguna Clay factory tour, instructions for making a damp box, how to say needle tool in Spanish, and late night meteor showers.

Happy holidays!
Aimee & Clare

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A conversation with the Brooklyn based ceramicist and teacher Maggie Boyd from Maggie Boyd Ceramics about majolica, her preference for singular work, the dissemination of information through mark-making, an aversion to predictable perfection, the book that she is currently working on, and how clay can restructure your brain.

Other topics include her extensive brush collection, toothy paper, kiln posts as train sets, banana phones, and how to make one roll of cling-wrap last a lifetime.

Here’s to laughing at ourselves,
Aimee & Clare

Our theme music is by Nick Thompson-Brown at @wayitworksmusic

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In this bonus holiday episode, Aimee & Clare look back at the first year of The Slip Cast and talk about a few of their favorite things. Thank you for being here!

Lots of love,
Aimee & Clare
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After a long hiatus, we're back for a chat with Peyton Flynn from Cloud 9 Clay. We talk about everything from her introduction to clay in high school, creating her own ceramics business, setting up a new studio and opening a brick & mortar shop in Philly. We also discuss her many collaborations, recent wood firings and potential workshops. Tangents include website providers, doughnuts, and very creative ways to share your living space with your studio.

It's good to be back,
Aimee & Clare
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Our theme music is by Nick Thompson-Brown at @wayitworksmusic

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A conversation with Kara Leigh Ford from Kara Leigh Ceramics, our first intercontinental guest based just outside of Bath, England. Over the past 15+ years of working with clay, Kara has left her day job, built out her home studio, developed a line of work inspired by walking the coast of southern England, created a series of online workshops, and written a book (!!!), Pottery for Beginners.
Other topics range between (but are not limited to) making hard things look easy, formulating and layering crystalline glazes, finding comfort in sharing the process, the glamour of emptying sink traps, and designing new work using a holistic approach.

Walk with us,
Aimee & Clare
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Collin Garrity from Garrity Tools joins us this week!  Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Collin and the team at Garrity Tools are the makers of your new favorite clay tool. They are currently expanding their wood working operation and thinking big for the future - lucky us!  Collin talks to us about his journey from repairing a guitar to building a cooperative business that sells handmade ceramic tools worldwide.  Other topics include oddities of the English language, biodegradable materials, the 4-day work week, and french fries.


Nailed it,
Aimee & Clare
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Take those broken pots and give them a second chance. In part two, Clare covers multiple ways that you can pick up the pieces and make a different work of art. Welcome back to the wonderful world of mosaics everyone!


Have a smashing time,
Aimee & Clare
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Broken pots? No problem! This week Clare gives us a brief, yet bountiful account of the history of mosaics. She also talks about a few of the contemporary artists working in the medium.  Welcome to the wonderful world of mosaics everyone!


xo,
Aimee & Clare
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Our theme music is by Nick Thompson-Brown at @wayitworksmusic

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