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March 12, 2025

Breaking Pottery Norms with Carol Horst

In this episode of 'Shaping Your Pottery,' Nic Torres interviews Carol Horst, a ceramic artist known for her unique stacking sculptures. Carol shares her perspective on unconventional practices in ceramics, the importance of ...
Feb. 27, 2025

Throwback: The Secret To Making Slab Built Pottery With Sarah Pike

In this episode of 'Shaping Your Pottery,' host Nic Torres revisits an enlightening interview with Sarah Pike, a renowned potter specializing in slab-built pottery with intricate textures. Sarah shares her journey from her ea...
Feb. 26, 2025

Combining Clay And Glass with Kelly Witmer

In this episode of Shaping Your Pottery, host Nic Torres interviews Kelly Witmer, a talented artist known for her unique combination of clay and glass in her pottery. Kelly shares her journey of overcoming rejection, the evol...
Jan. 29, 2025

Letting Go Of Overthinking In Pottery with Sage Morgan

In this episode, Nic Torres interviews Sage Morgan, a talented potter known for her sgraffito designs inspired by small creatures and plants. The discussion covers Sage's journey into pottery, starting at age 15, the importan...
Jan. 15, 2025

Finding Passion and Purpose in Pottery with Justin Kiene

In this episode of 'Shaping Your Pottery,' engages in a conversation with artist and potter Justin Kiene. Justin discusses the importance of creating art that one loves and how this passion shapes more intriguing and unique p...
Dec. 6, 2024

Mastering Pottery Skills with Jessica Sandford

In this episode of 'Shaping Your Pottery,' host Nic Torres interviews Jessica Sanford, a seasoned potter with 25 years of experience. Jessica shares her unique perspectives on commonly held beliefs in the pottery world, espec...

Recent Blog Posts

May 29, 2024

The Secret To Throwing Larger Pots

The Secret To Throwing Larger Pottery What is Up Shaping Nation, A while back I got to interview Tanner Gerstberger and he makes some incredibly massive pots that just look so cool If you don't believe me here is a screen shot I grabbed from Tanne…

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May 28, 2024

The Secret To a Successful Pre-Order Pottery Sale

The Secrets To A SuccessFul Pre-Order Pottery Sale! What is Up Shaping Nation, This week I got to chat with Teri Erasmus about The Secrets To A SuccessFul Pre-order Sale and why you should think about doing pre-orders for selling your ow…

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May 23, 2024

3 Ways To Make Pottery That You Love

3 Ways To Make Pottery That You Love: This week I got to interview Casey Stelter or @shewolfstudios on instagram and one of things Casey was talking about was making what excites her here are 3 of some of Casey's best tips if you want to …

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Reviews

This podcast helps stretch you creatively…and find your “voice” in your work.

"I’m 25+ years removed from pottery, but recently dusted off my wheel and am currently searching for my “voice”. My regular job has me in the car for several hours a week so I listen to a lot of podca…"

g wiz golly | Jan. 10, 2023

Fantastic Episode, I can so relate…

"Loved this episode and can relate to how Juliette does so many things. I’m the same way, I like to explore everything clay! The interview was done very well and there was a lot packed into this one. …"

Aliveguy Pottery | April 9, 2023

New listener

"I’m excited that I found this podcast. I love the theme and I’m excited to hear more episodes. Thanks for creating this content!"

PS Nichols | April 11, 2023

Accessible and Digestible Information

"What I love about Nic's podcast is the accessibility of it. There's zero gatekeeping which can be so toxic in ceramics. Nic embodies relationship through clay. He brings folx on who are making for th…"

Tobie Miller | June 20, 2024