"Hope is The Worse Plan Ever!" | Billy Ritter | Episode 538

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Business, Careers, Arts, Visual Arts

4.9 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Billy Ritter 77 is a ceramic artist from Cleveland, Ohio. A graduate of Kent State University (MFA), and Slippery Rock University (BFA). For the past five years he has taught and inspired many as a professor of art and ceramics at Cuyahoga Community College. At his Cleveland studio he offers one-on-one tutoring and workshops. Billy exhibits and sells his work at his studio as well as at many artisan markets throughout Northern Ohio. Atmospheric firing, community, and story telling through process, are the focus of his work. His limited editions of functional tablewares and vessels are utilized by chefs, home cooks, photo studios, and collectors both nationally and internationally.

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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.
0:11.2	I'm your host, Paul Blaze.
0:14.0	And just like that, episode number 538 is in the earbuds or in the studio or, well, wherever you happen to be.
0:22.6	Welcome to the Potter's cast.
0:24.8	I've got a really cool dude coming on the show.
0:27.6	But I forgot to mention something about what I did this last weekend.
0:31.2	I went to a ceramics class with Sage Cortez, and she's the, if you like follow her on Instagram she's hand in fire
0:39.2	but oh my word what an awesome class we had it was just so much fun she did a mug class and
0:47.5	basically was teaching how she makes the mugs that she makes and i I've been a fan of hers forever.
0:56.5	In fact, she was a guest on the show way back in the day.
1:00.9	She was episode number 281, if you want to listen to her episode.
1:05.3	And that was back when she was in school, still in college.
1:09.0	We should do an update episode with her. In fact, that'll be coming up,
1:13.0	hopefully not in the far too distant future. But oh, man, I love, so I've been a fan of her work
1:19.8	since back then. And my love and respect for her work has done nothing but grow over the years.
1:27.0	So I was really stoked to be able to go to a class of her.
1:31.0	She's not too far from me.
1:32.7	It's like an hour drive.
1:34.5	It would actually be like about a 10 or 15 minute drive.
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