Birds of Clay Podcast
Two Regional Australian Ceramic Artists discussing all things clay. Deep dives into process, artist interviews and sharing the ups and downs of creating.
Please reach out if you have any questions or ideas for Birds of Clay.
You can get in contact with us birdsofclaypodcast@gmail.com or Instagram @birdsofclay_podcast.
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Rora @aurora_elwell
Jane @jane.orme.pottery
Episodes
18 episodes
Clay Connections: Holly Macdonald
Welcome to Clay Connections, our short side series. In this episode we are chatting with the wonderful Holly Macdonald. At the time of recording, Holly was undertaking a residency at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop
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Clay Connections: Samuel Leighton-Dore
Welcome to Clay Connections, our short side series.Today we chat with the very talented Samuel Leighton-Dore. Sam is a screenwriter, director and interdisciplinary visual artist based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, living and working on...
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Clay Connections: Eva Masterman
Welcome to Clay Connections, our short side series.It's our first international chat! Today, Jane is speaking with Eva Masterman from Newcastle, England. Eva Masterman is an artist and educator working with clay for over 1...
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1:06:12
Clay Connections: Monte Lupo
Welcome to Clay Connections, our short side series.Today Jane visits Monte Lupo; an amazing clay studio and cafe that provide employment opportunities for artists living with a disability.
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32:20
Clay Connections: Jane & Rora
Welcome to our short side series — Clay Connections!In a new series of the podcast, we are focusing on wellbeing, community and creativity. We believe in the power of creativity to heal and bring people together.In this first ep...
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Episode 12 - Education, Memory and Connecting to Landscape with Artist and Educator Rachel North
This week we were joined by Rachel North, an educator and multi-disciplinary artist working on Yuggera Ugarapul Country. Rachel's work explores the complex connections between landscape and memory. Using ceramics, painting and textiles to commu...
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Episode 11 - Do Clay, Think Clay, Be Clay with Nathanlie Marie
Today we had the privilege to talk to Nathanlie Marie. Nathanlie (aka Lily) is at the early stages of building a career in clay. It was wonderful to hear her deep passion for the material and be reminded of that obsession we both started with. ...
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Episode 10 - 'This glaze turned out nothing like I had planned'
This episode we chat about our personal glaze journeys, where we are in our glaze educations and where we want to be. We discuss how we use glaze in our creative practices and our introductions into using commercially made glazes and how we beg...
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Episode 10
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Episode 9 - Talking with David Usher about a creative life
Today Jane chats with artist, educator, academic and community worker, David Usher. We chat about David's rich history in the arts in Brisbane and Toowoomba, his research into the 'Spook' and the importance of community. Please check out ...
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Episode 9
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Episode 8 - Clay Gulgong 2024 Reflection
In the episode today we are reflecting (gushing) about the week we have just had in North West NSW at Clay Gulgong. Clay Gulgong is a week long biennial event, globally recognised for its strong links with the field of ceramics. It is r...
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Episode 8
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Episode 7 - Putting your work into the world
Today Rora and Jane discuss putting their work into the world. When do you do it? Where do you do it? How do you do it? Deep dives into markets, galleries, art prizes and more. Have something to add or a question? Talk t...
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Episode 7
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Episode 6 - Sustaining an Arts Career with Shannon Garson & Sarah Rayner
In this episode we have the privilege to speak to two amazing artists - Shannon Garson & Sarah Rayner! Both women live and work on beautiful Jinibara Country (Maleny and surrounds) in Regional Queensland (in the background you can hear the ...
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Episode 5 - Kilns Kilns Kilns!
Today we are at Rora's place and we are taking a deep dive into Kilns! Rora has a Gas Kiln and Jane has an Electric Kiln, we both got them second hand and have had our challenges. We are no experts, just sharing what we have learnt along the wa...
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Episode 4 - Interview with Regional Artist Peta Berghofer
Our first interview!!! In this episode we are interviewing the all time great human Peta Berghofer. We speak about many topics including working with clay, inspiration and design processes, teaching and artist residencies....
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Episode 4
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Episode 3 - 2024 Goals!
Setting Goals for 2024 - where we're going in 2024, what we want to explore and how to find joy in the things we struggle with (including more reclaim chats - it seems to be an ever-present subject for us both!).Please reach out if you ...
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Episode 3
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Episode 2 - Introductions continued
Welcome to the Birds of Clay Podcast! Episode 2 is the part two to our introductions. We go into more detail about where we exactly are in the world (the famous Lockyer Valley!) and what's going on for us right now. Aga...
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