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The Potters Cast

A Story Teller | Marie Kouyaté | Episode 1057

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Careers, Visual Arts, Business, Arts

4.9590 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Marie Kouyaté's artistic practice is characterized by three guiding elements: retrospection, exploration and rehabilitation. Through her art Marie looks back to preserve and share her history, traditions and culture. Marie is a descendent of a long line of Fulani Griots – the nomadic chroniclers, storytellers and poets of West Africa.

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0:00.0

This is the Potter's Cast.

0:02.0

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.

0:14.0

Welcome to episode number 157 of The Potterscast.

0:18.5

Welcome to the show.

0:19.6

So stoked we get to hang out together today. We've got a very

0:24.2

cool Potter ceramic artist coming on the show today. That is phenomenal. And I'm really excited to be

0:31.1

able to share this story with you. In fact, today's story that we have to tell you. Today's episode is

0:37.4

called a storyteller.

0:39.3

And I have just fallen in love with her work because when you go to look at her work on, say, like, our show notes page or on Instagram, wherever she's got it available, you'll see beautiful carvings and beautiful work that is just as a stand-alone piece of art gorgeous.

1:00.0

But then there's the story that goes beyond or behind the piece that gives more information to it,

1:09.5

that when you look at the piece, you feel drawn into it.

1:13.6

And I feel like I want to know more of what's being said here.

1:17.5

I want to know what else is happening.

1:19.5

So I just really think that this artist today is amazing.

1:25.0

I'm speaking about Marie Kwiate, who is the, who's the artists that we're

1:30.9

coming on. And so, yeah, let's jump in this conversation that I had with Marie Kouate right after

1:36.8

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1:43.1

work, then you want to go

1:44.4

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