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Shaping Your Pottery with Nic Torres

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Shaping Your Pottery with Nic Torres

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Mastering Pottery Skills with Jessica Sandford
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, espe…
I was up at 4 in the morning one day...
Nov. 29, 2024

I was up at 4 in the morning one day...

In this episode, Nic Torres shares a personal anecdote about being kept awake by loud rain and a dripping sound, leading to random thoughts and ponderings about water and the scientific method. He then ties this to pottery, …
Intuitive Sculpting w/ Anna Shipulina
Nov. 22, 2024

Intuitive Sculpting w/ Anna Shipulina

In this episode of 'Shaping Your Pottery,' host Nic Torres interviews Anna Shipulina, a mother, immigrant, and artist. Anna shares her experience of how embracing freedom in her pottery practice has helped her grow as an art…
Revisiting Old Pottery Ideas/Skills
Nov. 20, 2024

Revisiting Old Pottery Ideas/Skills

In this episode you will the importance of revisiting old skills to find new inspiration and address weaknesses in your pottery practice. He shares his personal experience with gymnastics-related exercises to illustrate how …
The Art of Slowing Down In Pottery w/ Jessie Marianacci Valone
Nov. 15, 2024

The Art of Slowing Down In Pottery w/ Jessie Marianacci Valone

In this episode of Shaping Your Pottery, host Nic Torres interviews Jessie Marinacci Valone about the transformative power of slowing down in pottery. Jessie shares her journey from graphic design to pottery, the importance …
Mistakes when making textured pottery | Maria Loram
Nov. 1, 2024

Mistakes when making textured pottery | Maria Loram

In this episode, Nic Torres interviews Maria Loram, an expert in adding textures to pottery. Maria shares her journey of rediscovering art through ceramics, her inspiration from Japanese ceramics and the cosmos, and her tran…
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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…

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…

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

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

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
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