Still Learning | Christopher Watt | Episode 789
The Potters Cast
Paul Blais
4.9 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Christopher Watt is a studio potter and educator specializing in the atmospheric-firing processes of salt-glazing and wood-firing. Currently based in Montana, Christopher's work involves the production of wheel-thrown forms, preparation of local glaze materials and the resulting material evidence of the making and firing processes. Christopher was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, USA, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Nova, Scotia, Canada and a three-year diploma in Art, Craft and Design from Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
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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. |
| 0:14.1 | Hello, and a big fat howdy to you, and welcome to episode number 789 of the Potter's cast. |
| 0:22.9 | We are hanging out together again today. |
| 0:25.8 | And I'm really excited to be bringing to you an amazing potter, Christopher Watt. |
| 0:31.6 | And here's the gig. |
| 0:33.5 | I've titled today's episode Still Learning. |
| 0:36.5 | And it will make sense to you when we get to, |
| 0:41.7 | when we get into a story, because, you know, I kind of look at people who have gotten to where |
| 0:47.3 | they are with their skill level. And I think, man, they, they've forgotten more than I will |
| 0:53.3 | ever remember or learn. |
| 0:56.7 | You know, it's kind of the way that I look at his work. |
| 0:59.9 | It's so advanced. |
| 1:03.0 | And then yet he is still in a place of where he's saying, |
| 1:08.3 | I'm going to go sequester myself, |
| 1:13.1 | and I'm going to spend this next year or two doing nothing but learn how to do it better and faster and more |
| 1:21.3 | productive. That's kind of the goal. And so he's a dude that is still learning and he's chasing it down. So I love that |
| 1:31.1 | about him. So let's jump in this conversation I have with Christopher Watt right after this word |
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