meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Potters Cast

Being Responsive To The Market Without Being A Sell Out | Cathy Franzi | Episode 1214

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Careers, Visual Arts, Business, Arts

4.9590 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Dr Cathy Franzi is a ceramic artist based in Canberra. Cathy's science background inspires her approach to representing plants and the environment. In 2015 Cathy was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University School of Art & Design, the culmination of four years of intense research into the intersection of ceramic studio practice, botanical science and printmaking.

https://ThePottersCast.com/1214

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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

Hello and welcome to episode number 1,214 of the Potter's cast. I should be right now, I'm recording this all before I head out, but I

0:26.6

should be at Enceca right now doing all sorts of stuff in the podcasting room and probably

0:31.2

having the time of my life. So I'm hoping that if you didn't make it to Enceica, then I hope you're having the time of your

0:39.3

life to do whatever it is that you happen to be doing right now. And yeah, that's what I hope

0:45.3

for you. Okay, I'm not going to do a whole lot right now. I just want to say that I wanted

0:51.4

to talk about today's guest, who is Kathy Franzy.

0:56.5

Now, a funny thing that I discovered in this conversation was that I had had Kathy on the show

1:03.2

before, and so this is her second time on the show.

1:06.1

But what's funny is that, you know, after 1,200 episodes, I sincerely forget who I've had on the show.

1:13.2

Once I see their work and I hear the conversation, then I totally recall. But, you know, I need

1:22.3

kind of those nudges. I definitely need the nudges to recall what it was that I, that I, or who it was that was on the show.

1:30.0

So I invited her back on the show, you know, and I've done this a number of times where,

1:35.5

even though I've got a system on how to recall who is who and who's been on the show and who's not been on the show,

1:40.5

sometimes that system fails me.

1:42.1

So sometimes I'm a little bit embarrassed because I'll

1:44.3

invite people on and completely forget. So I'm way stoked that I have her back on the show.

1:50.3

And Kathy is an amazing artist. And I totally love her work. We had a very fascinating conversation

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Paul Blais, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Paul Blais and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.