Ohio Clay

Core Clay turns 20 years old in 2025, and the podcast kicks off a yearlong commemoration of all the people who make the studio such an amazing place. That means you, mudbug.

A longtime pal of the Cult Pastor, Lex Jahne is a fiber artist in Cincinnati who just had a trunk show in the Mason Gallery. She offers some times on how to make those kinds of shows work for the artist .

Studio member Ken Lay came to Core Clay earlier this year with more than passing knowledge about ceramics. But his hobby was restoration. Now he's discovering how to make ceramic art himself.

Catching up on some stray threads: why is Wrapped so weird, who puts a white couch in a pottery studio, some studio notes. Also, the gallery looks amazing. (Note: White couch pictured is for entertainment purposes only, not illustrative of couch discussed .)

A longtime friend of the Cult Pastor, Russ Laycock is a Cincinnati contractor who has given his expert touch to our home in peace-loving Norwood. He built our lovely podcasting studio in the old cash vault.

Core Clay studio manager Emily Hobart has a passion for making ceramic jewelry. She's teaching a three-week course on the skill and technique of this form. Also, you can see her work in the Mason Gallery Store.

Recycling our midfire clay is a massively labor-intensive process, but Hannah Bundschuh and Vern Lash make it look easy. But it's not.

Robyn Singerman explains what's happening to the Mason Gallery of Crafts and Fine Arts and the gallery store. The goal: Make the corner of Montgomery Road and Hudson Avenue in peace-loving Norwood THE arts destination.

A Core Clay studio member, Sara Petticrew is a regular participant in the free Clay Club events. She says she finds consolation in her clay practice.

The series of conversations with Core Clay artists in residence continues with Payne Fleming, who is spending her gift of time exploring in clay how to live with chronic illness.

If you want people to see your pottery, and to buy it, you have to get good at social media. Core Clay studio member Jessica Connor discusses how she leveled up her Instagram for her Overbrook Clay pottery. She's got tips for you.

Another in the conversations with Core Clay's artists in residence: Gabriella Bourgeois

They finished their six-week beginner wheel-throwing class. What did they learn? (Hint: Not as much as the teacher.)

Studio member Mark Young describes his journey from youth minister to bourbon salesman to ceramic artist. Also featuring Moose,

Saya Amend (pronounced AY-mend) comes to Core Clay on an internship from the University of Cincinnati with some insights into how ceramics studios can better adapt so that everyone can use them and feel welcome in the community.

One of our new artists in residence, Autumn McKay, discusses her path into ceramic art and what she would like to accomplish her one year at Core Clay.

It's a tough thing to say good-bye to someone who has grown and matured as an artist right before your eyes. But our own Alondra Biberos drops in with the podcast for something of an exit interview. Yeah, that's what we call it now.

Your clay pal went mano a mano with stupid old COVID-19, so no artist interview this week, but some excellent news bits about awards and upcoming classes.

Potter Bonnie McNett of Loveland's Whistle Stop Clay Works, and a longtime friend of Core Clay talks about her path to becoming a ceramic artist and teacher beside the Little Miami River.

Studio member and Core Clay teacher Emily Dake has a day job -- running the innovative Indigo Hippo, a store that recycles and repurposes art supplies. Core Clay donates some of our pugged-with-love reclaim to Indigo Hippo.

Aminata Chaim, a student at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, is bringing her bubbling personality to Core Clay as a short-term artist in residence.

Studio member Erika NJ Allen says residencies don't have to a year long, or even a month long. She says she got a big bounce in her art from two weeks beside Lake Huron in Michigan.

“It’s less about what we’re making. The class is built around what skills are we learning per week, and then we have the freedom to design the objects as we see fit.”

Your clay pal does almost all the talking, mudbug, as she submits to the same grilling she gives all guests of “Clay at Our Core.”

A high school art teacher and friend of Core Clay, Sarah Horn talks about the three-week course she’ll lead in August on putting images on clay.