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The Potters Cast

Making What's Within You | George Metropolous McCauley | Episode 758

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Business, Visual Arts, Careers, Arts

4.9591 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

George Metropoulos McCauley, a Greek/American potter, has had 30 solo shows and has been included in 400 exhibitions. He has taught and conducted workshops internationally. The recipient of 4 National Endowment for the Arts grants and the prestigious Roy Acuff Chair of Excellence for the Arts at Austin Peay State University in Clarkesville, TN, his pottery and sculpture are included in international collections in 12 countries. Among the books and periodicals to feature his work are: Teapots, 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, The Best of Pottery (editions 1 and 2), Contemporary Ceramics, Wheel Thrown Ceramics, Ceramic Sculpture: Inspiring Techniques , Glazes: Materials, Recipes and Techniques, The International Teapot Exhibition in Shanghai, 500 Vases and 500 Platters, 500 Teapots . Ceramics Monthly, The Chinese Potter's Newsletter, Ceramics Monthly of Korea, Ceramics: Art and Perception. McCauley continues to have a busy workshop and exhibition schedule and still finds time to produce his own local television show," George's House of Interesting Things" on HCTV , and "GHOC Wednesday Night Videos on the internet. He has 2 films to his credit, "Archie C. Bray, Life at the Brickyard" 2008 and "Ron Meyers and the Usual Suspects" 2013. Additionally McCauley has been working with the low income and disabled community for 50 years. He maintains a studio at his home in Helena, Montana where he makes colorful earthenware pots, high temperature wood firing, earthenware wood firing and narrative sculpture. Along the way he has worked as a chef in a Greek restaurant, Formula 4 Racecar mechanic and driver, fulltime cowboy/horse trainer, concrete inspector, aluminum siding salesman, western catalog model, lifeguard and carpenter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Potterscast.

0:01.9

A podcast home for Potters Everywhere.

0:05.4

It's a community of Potters dedicated to grow their business.

0:08.7

We're picking up where the art degree ends.

0:11.1

I'm your host, Paul Blaze.

0:14.3

Welcome to episode number 758 of the Potterscast.

0:19.3

So stoked we are hanging out together today.

0:22.2

Now, I am, well, let me explain at least one thing.

0:27.9

I don't really think about it because I haven't been talking very much this week.

0:33.5

But I've been sick.

0:34.9

I've been sick.

0:35.8

I've had this horrible sore throat. so it's changed. I can hear

0:40.3

my voices deeper. It's probably better for the radio. I've got a radio voice now. So anyhow,

0:47.4

yeah, it's been a, there you go, sore throat week. And I had myself COVID tested and that was negative and they told me that

0:56.6

there are other sicknesses in this world other than COVID and I happened to catch it.

1:05.2

Anyhow, I am, I'm probably on the men now and that's a good thing because this sore throat's been probably one the men now.

1:16.7

And that's a good thing because this sore throat's been probably one of the worst sore throats I've ever had in my life.

1:17.4

It was horrible.

1:19.4

Like, I've never had one in this sore.

1:22.8

Or maybe I just forget how bad a sore throat feels.

1:26.5

But well, but we are back.

1:33.2

And I'm excited about today's guest george metropolis mccalli but before we get to that i wanted to mention we've got a potter's class coming up another one yes i'm so stoked

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