A Tiki Maker In Northern Ireland | Andrew Cooke | Episode 1097
The Potters Cast
Paul Blais
4.9 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Until age 40 Andrew Cooke was a car body repair technician until he was forced out of his career due to being diagnosed with arthritis. Andrew then went back to art as therapy and, after a foundation in fine and applied art, Andrew completed his degree in 2013 in University of Ulster in Belfast.
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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. |
| 0:14.3 | Hello and welcome to episode number 1097 of the Potter's cast. |
| 0:23.3 | Yes, I did all the firing. |
| 0:26.1 | I did all the firing. |
| 0:27.7 | I've been telling you about this little project I've been working on, |
| 0:31.0 | which is a 25 mug commission. |
| 0:35.2 | I know it's not that big of a deal. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm just telling you I got it done. I got the firing done. |
| 0:39.9 | And now I got to take a few minutes and sand everything. Once I get everything sanded, then I'll let them know and they can come pick them up. |
| 0:48.2 | So I'm looking forward to getting this completely out the door and moving off my life. |
| 0:54.4 | I already told you last week. |
| 0:56.0 | Not, I'm not a production potter. |
| 0:58.4 | This is not my gig. |
| 0:59.6 | Not the best thing for me to be trying to attempt. |
| 1:02.5 | So, yeah, anyhow. |
| 1:04.5 | Well, we've got a really cool potter coming on today. |
| 1:07.8 | His name is Andrew Cook, and he is in Northern Ireland, and he's unique in that |
| 1:15.2 | he's a Tiki maker. And we all know that Tiki's originated in Northern Ireland, right? Okay, |
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