A Photographer Became A Potter | Jordan Gale | Episode 1245
The Potters Cast
Paul Blais
4.9 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Jordan Gale is a ceramic artist working at the intersection of sculptural and functional pottery. Jordan's embrace of organic textures attempts to blur the line between utility and expressive form. Born and raised in Eastern Iowa, Jordan attended the University of Iowa, where he was introduced to pottery. Jordan currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Potterscast. |
| 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. |
| 0:14.4 | Hello and welcome to episode number 1,245 of the Potterscast. |
| 0:20.7 | So stoked we're hanging out together today. Well, before we get into the show, |
| 0:24.8 | I want to say a big thank you for those of you that have been sending me some messages over there |
| 0:30.6 | on the show notes page, which there's a way to be able to look. It's called the Clay Call button. |
| 0:37.1 | You can click on that and leave a message. |
| 0:39.9 | And yeah, so I just want to say thank you to those of you that have done that. |
| 0:44.7 | I am thinking that if I get enough of y'all leaving messages, I'll turn it into a podcast. |
| 0:52.6 | So, yeah, if you'd like to leave a message for me, and this is what |
| 0:56.0 | it's all about, I'm going to be teaching. I'm going to be churching. I'm going to be churching. |
| 1:00.6 | I'm going to be teaching a class. That's going to be, I'm going to be teaching a class coming up, |
| 1:04.7 | and it's my first foray into any extended teaching times, and I'll be doing beginner ceramics. And so I wanted to just |
| 1:15.6 | kind of hear from those of you who've been down that road a bit and have been a teacher. |
| 1:20.4 | I would love to be able to hear from you, you know, just some encouraging words or some |
| 1:24.6 | insights, some thoughts, philosophies, that type of stuff. |
| 1:29.8 | So, yeah, you may think, oh, no one really wants to hear from me. |
| 1:34.0 | Yes, I do so. |
| 1:35.1 | Please, don't hesitate. |
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