Podcasts
Over the years I have done several podcast interviews with some really interesting folks. Some of the conversations are philosophical, some technical, some pedantic, but they are generally sprinkled with lots of humor.
188: Simon Levin on understanding the dynamics of wood firing
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Simon Levin. His interest in wood firing has led to over 20 years of active research into Anagama, Cross draft and Train style kilns. He uses the turbulent flame path inside these kilns to create rich surfaces on his ceramic vessels. In our interview, we talk about learning to harness the complex variables of wood firing, defining mastery within the ceramic process, and his unique apprenticeship system. Simon has helped educate seventeen potters at his Mill Creek Pottery in Wisconsin
189: Jacob Meer and Ian Connors on their apprenticeship experience
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jacob Meer and Ian Connors. The two are connected through apprenticeship training with Simon Levin and specialize in wood firing. In the interview, we talk about the value of an apprenticeship, living in rural Wisconsin and learning to fire wood kilns
190: Learning to fire the Mill Creek Anagama
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with Liz Myers, Kaden Meyrs, Krista Botsford, Paul Stokstad, Trever Foss, and Carter Pasma. The group of potters participated in a two-week wood firing workshop with Simon Levin at his Mill Creek Pottery in Gresham, WI. In the interview, we talk about collaborative learning and the multiday process of loading/firing an Anagama kiln.
If you are interested in taking the Intimate Anagama workshop I highly reccomend listening to this podcast.
THE DAD SHOW. JONESCAST
Recorded in front of a live audience in Portland, OR, this episode of the Jonescast revolves around the realities of being a father and a potter. All four guests (Kyle Carpenter, Simon Levin, Peter Scherr, Sean Scott) have had to figure out how to make their way as potters as they learn how to be fathers. You will also hear how important all of them consider their partners to be in their working life. This episode is brought to you in part by the Oregon College of Art and Craft and by NCECA.
The Philosophy of Art Episode 177 of the Potters with Paul Blais January 7, 2016. This is a funny interview, and one of the few where I get into a polite argument with Paul Blais
Brian Jones's long running pottery podcast, episode 9, November, 2011. Brian says "We met up in Minneapolis and covered a lot of big topics: religion, ambition, and connection. Good talk. One to go back to."
In February of 2007 I was interviewed by Odin Maxwell for his Anagama-West blog. We cover reduction cooling, philosophy and apprenticeships.
While I was in Taiwan as a Fulbright Scholar, Matt King a graduate student at the time at Tainan National University of the Arts, was starting his own Podcast. We took some time to sit down and talk about art, travel, and how commitment opens opportunities.
My exit interview with Fulbright Taiwan, in 2013.
Fulbright writes "As an artist, one of Simon Levin's passions is a search for cultural identity. He believes indigenous clay is a metaphor for the malleable foundation upon which we respond to the world. Simon's Fulbright journey has lead him to dig, process, test and explore the properties of domestic clay in the U.S."