Kara Wrote a Book! | Kara Leigh Ford | Episode 812
The Potters Cast
Paul Blais
4.9 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Kara Leigh Ford is a potter based near Bath in the South West of England. At the time of this episode Kara has been a professional potter for 7 years and a hobbyist for 13 more. Kara studied fine art at university but didn't touch clay until she graduated. Mostly self taught, Kara now teaches others how to make pots via her online community called Pottery Club. She has just written her first book called 'Pottery for Beginners' published at the end of 2021.
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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 | Hey, welcome to episode number 812 of the Potter's cast. |
| 0:22.0 | And we've got a treat for you today because I recorded this episode a while ago. |
| 0:27.6 | And I've been looking forward to getting this episode released. |
| 0:30.9 | I am talking about Kara Ford, who is an alumni of the Potter's cast, and she's also written a book. |
| 0:41.4 | And it's a book for beginners. |
| 0:43.7 | And I know that with the ceramic community that the Potter's cast reaches, we reach a wide variety of people that are involved in the ceramic world. |
| 0:56.5 | People that are full on pros and are out there hustling and bustling and making thousands |
| 1:02.6 | of pots a day, so to speak. |
| 1:06.7 | And then there's a bunch of other people that are hobbyists and then a bunch of other people that are beginners. |
| 1:12.6 | And they're like trying to find anything and everything that has to do with ceramics and you found a podcast that's there. |
| 1:18.9 | Well, this could be the book, especially for that portion of our community that's looking for beginners. |
| 1:26.4 | Beginners support. |
| 1:27.8 | And so I'm really excited about having this conversation. |
| 1:31.4 | Now, having said that, before we get to Kara, |
| 1:34.2 | I want you to know we had a great time this past weekend |
| 1:38.1 | when we did the Teresigilata class |
| 1:42.1 | about how to make a base formula for, or I should say a base |
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