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The Potters Cast

A Journey Through Clay And Life | Eli Akins | Episode 1054

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Careers, Visual Arts, Business, Arts

4.9590 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Eli Akins of Waldo Street Pottery is a mostly self taught ceramist in downtown Atlanta, GA, with a focus on large bonsai containers. "Finding a voice within a rigid set of parameters while making art for other artists is the challenge with Bonsai Pots".

http://ThePottersCast.com/1054

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0:00.0

This is the Potter's Cast.

0:02.0

A podcast home for potters everywhere.

0:05.5

It's a community of potters dedicated to grow their business.

0:08.7

We're picking up where the art degree ends.

0:11.1

I'm your host, Paul Blaze.

0:14.1

And here we are, episode number 154 of the Potter's cast. Welcome to the show. I had a great trip this past. Well, I think it was yesterday.

0:30.2

Great trip down. It was a day before yesterday. Sorry about that. It was the day before yesterday on Tuesday.

0:37.4

I got to go down to Scut and hang out down there.

0:42.7

I got to see there.

0:44.8

I had a meeting to do anyhow, but I got to go in and see where they make the wheels.

0:50.3

And it was such a cool setup.

0:53.4

The wheels are incredible.

0:55.8

And yeah, just guys just stand around putting potter wheels together.

1:01.1

And I started to salivate.

1:03.3

I was getting excited about the idea of having a new potter's wheel.

1:07.9

I don't have one.

1:09.1

I'm just saying they sure did make me want to get one.

1:12.4

They were just so gorgeous because it was black and the red and they look beautiful.

1:17.5

Looking beautiful.

1:18.4

Anyhow, I just thought it was something really cool to be able to have a sponsor the show

1:22.0

that I can go to the factory and look at them actually being made right here in the Pacific Northwest,

1:29.4

down in Portland, Oregon.

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