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The Potters Cast

A Kiln Master Talks Kilns | Carl Mankert | Episode 1178

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Careers, Visual Arts, Business, Arts

4.9590 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Carl Mankert is a ceramic artist working in Chicago and Malmo, Sweden. His work ranges from functional terracotta gardenware to decorative raku and mosaics. The work often explores themes of emigration and immigration, belonging and blending in. His company, Chicago Kiln Service, Inc. provides sales and service of studio equipment.

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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.

0:08.8

We're picking up where the art degree ends.

0:11.1

I'm your host, Paul Blaze.

0:14.3

Welcome to episode number 1,178 of the Potter's cast. We've got an amazing guest coming on the show today. His name is

0:25.8

Carl Mancurt. And he was recommended a while ago to me. And so I reached out to Carl. And he said yes to come on

0:37.2

the show. And he is a kiln master and we talked about

0:42.4

kilns and he had some great information to share he gave me some good insights some great tips and

0:49.1

I just loved it so I wanted to just jump into today's episode because it's a bit long, so I figure we just jump right into it.

0:57.5

So let's jump into this conversation I had with Carl Mancurt right after this word from our sponsor.

1:04.7

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1:12.7

know that if you go on their website, you can get the clay that you're going to carve? That's

1:19.2

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1:24.8

clay to a dark clay, they've got what you need so check out diamond core

1:30.5

tools.com for tools and clay Carl Mancurt welcome to the potters cast no thank you thank you

1:41.3

I'm stoked to have you okay now tell me what part of the world do you live on?

1:47.3

I live in Chicago and I live in Malma, Sweden.

1:52.0

I'm sitting in Malmah, Sweden right now talking to you.

1:55.0

So you have two places that you live.

1:58.3

Right.

1:58.8

Okay, so tell me about how that came about.

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