A Scotsman Takes Up A Hobby | Ryan MacLean | Episode 1005
The Potters Cast
Paul Blais
4.9 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Ryan MacLean is a hobby potter based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ryan focuses primarily on functional ceramics, utilizing both wheel-thrown and hand building techniques, all the while experimenting with different shapes and glazes to help him learn. Ryan started pottery in a community studio in early 2022, and now has his own kiln and wheel at home which allows him to continue to explore the possibilities of this artform.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Potter's cast. |
| 0:01.9 | A podcast home for potters everywhere. |
| 0:05.4 | 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. |
| 0:14.4 | Okay, episode 1005 is now underway. |
| 0:20.1 | Welcome to the show. Hey, did you hear that the Korean ceramic foundation, |
| 0:25.9 | that they just opened the application for the 2024 Korean International Ceramic Bionial |
| 0:34.1 | International Competition? Well, it's a pretty cool event because they're kind of |
| 0:39.5 | design, or it's kind of designed about helping ceramicists both in Korea and abroad, |
| 0:45.7 | to give them an opportunity to present their works, in addition to encouraging the exchange |
| 0:51.7 | of current trends in ceramic art. And so it's kind of a cool gig. And they've got some |
| 0:58.3 | serious prizes worth like, I don't know, like $45,000. You know, like that's pretty crazy. It's pretty |
| 1:06.1 | amazing. So if you want to get an application in on that, then you want to check that out and get it in by March 18th, which is not that far off. |
| 1:20.6 | So yeah, the Korean ceramic foundation, K-O-C-E-F, I think, is what that is. So check that out. Give it, give it a look. |
| 1:31.5 | It could be the perfect thing for you. And then the, um, the bird of paradise international |
| 1:37.8 | ceramic symposium are inviting artists to apply to their symposium. |
| 1:53.8 | And it's supposed to take place during May, like May 15th through the 27th at La Pota Lake Resort and Spa in Georgia, |
| 1:55.9 | which is Eastern Europe, Georgia. |
| 1:59.8 | And they've got applications that are due on March 4th. So that one is quite a bit closer. So you want to |
| 2:03.2 | check that out and see if you are interested in getting involved in that. So you can apply for that. |
| 2:08.6 | Again, just Google these things, the Bird of Paradise International Ceramic Symposium. |
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