The Fired Arts Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Put a pin in it! Pin holing issues can be frustrating and can seem like a mystery to solve. In todays episode we are going to look at the most common issues. However, we will be confining our conversation to the commercial side of things. In other words, if you are buying your clay and [...]
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We have such a small increment of time to catch to attention of an audience member and there are some tools that can help. Wordsmithing the proper headline or subject line can make all the difference. In this episode we explores ways that we have use these tools and how to adapt them for your [...]
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Marketplace checklist Set up- Tent Tables Risers (platforms) Wood planks Bricks, cinder blocks, boxes Table coverings Table cloths and runners or accent pieces Chair (optional) Pricing Tags or stickers More pricing cards Scrable pieces [...]
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The Electronically Savvy Studio It this episode of the Fired Arts Podcast we are going to talk about how electronics have changed the way we fire and operate in our studios. Often the fired artist get the persona of low tech, hammers and anvils, clay and wooden tools, sheets of glass and glass cutters. [...]
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Reduce, reuse, Recycle Growing up, being environmentally conscious was part of our regular curriculum… the things you do today will impact our world tomorrow. As artists I think we are wired to be empathetic… we feel our feelings, we see the concerns and cares of people around us and we want to make a difference. We [...]
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Only Do the SMART Ones Hey everyone and thank you for joining us in this episode of the Fired Arts Podcast. If your ready to take your art to the next level that stay with us for the next 30 minutes and we are going to share some gold nuggets that will upgrade, your journey [...]
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How Dry Are Your Feet? Tricks of the trade show: Dry Feet Often times as potters we anthropomorphize pots… talk about them as those they have human characteristics. Refer to their lips, shoulders, bellies… give them names, tell them they are cute, haha… only slightly kidding about the last two… but we do this, [...]
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A Non-Profit Helping Emerging Artists — ART CRAWL, Inc. This months is all about finding your voice. In this episode we are privileged to have two guests on the show. Ellen Chanstain, President of Art Crawl, Inc., and manager of education at the Polk Museum of Art. Art Crawl was founded in 2013, under the [...]
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(History Channel’s Forged In Fire Champion of Championss and Judge) In this episode we are going to give everyone some out right inspirations and a few tips from one of the blade worlds most recognized personalities. We are super excited to have with us today Ben Abbott. For those in the fired arts world who [...]
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The Lever That Moves The Numbers “Reciprocity” Secrets Of Building Reciprocity rec·i·proc·i·ty, noun, The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, The key here is not to expect the mutual part up front. Think of yourself like a farmer. Your planting seeds. It’s going to take patients. Good reciprocity is not “scratch my [...]
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The Dreaded Test Do you remember the instructors daunting footsteps as he or she got closer to his or her delivery of the dreaded handout, handouts that you had prepared for over and over for hours and hours and still felt so ill prepared you thought illness might be your only way out of this terrifying massacre [...]
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The Story Behind The Brand, Doghouse Forge/ Jonathan Porter In this weeks podcast episode Jonathan shares some of his secrets and stories behind the Doghouse brand. Jonathan also share he entrepreneurial insights to his business model and his value proposition that has made him such a success.
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Guest forging and knifemaking expert Jonathan Porter from Doghouse Forge offers his expert advice for those looking to emerge as a knifemaker. WWW.DoghouseForge.com
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Carving out a vocation in the world of fired arts can be hard and can ware on someone who has not armed themselves with solid personal goals as well as a sound business plan. Even though we live in a Country that welcomes new ideas and creative sources of income there are plenty of naysayers [...]
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Venus of Willendorf wikipedia.org The Full Body Talk! Clay… Al2O3 2SiO2 2H2O alumina silicate This material has been in existence since the first living organism died, decayed, and produced organic mater. Mix in a little dirt, and you have clay. Not to make lite of this amazingly versatile material, but clay does come from the [...]
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Hey, What’s under there??? Underglaze Podcast WHAT IS IT? To an outsider of the ceramic world, I would describe it as a pigment you put on clay that acts more like paint then glaze, and a transparent glaze then would go on top of it. To someone who had maybe a deeper grasp of the [...]
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Wonders of the Wheel Teaching Teachers Episode The fascination with the potter’s wheel is universal. Its something about the material, the motion, the rhythm, the trans it puts you under. It’s enchanting. All people are attacked… artistic and non… and yet sometimes the attraction remains as purely bystander status… never taking the leap into classes [...]
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Will This Kiln Fire…? There are kilns for just about everything you want to heat. There are kilns for glass, clay, knives, metal clay, copper enameling, lampworking, glass blowing, salt firing, reduction firings, and everything in between. Whether you new to fired arts or your looking to broaden the scope of your work you may [...]
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Behind the Curtain at Doghouse Forge In this episode knife making expert and artist, Johnathan Porter, takes us behind the curtain at Doghouse Forge. If you have any interest in making your own knife, Johnathan’s workshops are awesome. Very professional and thorough. Doghouse Forge Clinics
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The Great Love Hate Relationship of Every Fired Artist On day you want to wrap your arms around her and never let go and one day you want to push her off a bridge. I’m talking about your kiln of course. We love telling those stories of the day we opened the kiln and found [...]
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GLOTFELT’s BIO Co-owner of Sir Ramic Porcelain, Inc., and Jen-Ken Kiln. I have been in the fired arts world most of my life. My mother’s studio was one of the after-school bus stops and many days my twin brother and I opted to get off there instead of going home. I only wish we kept better track of [...]
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It‘s electric….. Get ready because today we are going to be discussing what you should be looking for in an electric potters wheel! We will keep this short and sweet, but there are some simple factors to consider. While the use of the flywheel version of the potters wheel goes back to 3129BC, This ancient art has [...]
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The 1000 Words You Can’t Speak Taking pictures have never been easier. Point and click are the only skills necessary to take brilliant pictures in almost any environment and any lighting, right? If that’s true why are we still captivated by those certain shots and what is it about them that draws us in and [...]
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Doghouse Forge Shares Their Story Bladesmithing is one of the fastest growing fired arts. Jonathan Porter, and his team, have forged a successful manufacturing business as well as a thriving teaching studio. As a fan favorite on the popular Forged In Fire television show, Jonathan has fond memories and some secret insights from that experience. [...]
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Anatomy of A Cone Tom McInnerney from Orton shares insights to great firings. Cones have been around since the late 1800’s. Dr. Edward Orton, Jr. recognized the ceramic industry’s need to have a calibrated visual device to measure the amount of heat work delivered to ceramic products during the firing process to validate thermal processing. The rest is [...]
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APT II and what to do? This magic serum stops problems from happening, fixes problematic areas, and resurrects problem pieces. What is it, you may ask?!? How is it used? This is called APT II Ceramic Enhancer. It is an “acrylic emulsion additive that is food safe and non-toxic. It cleans up with water and [...]
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Oooh That’s Bubbly Bubble bath, bubble tea, and bubbles in your Champaign may be desirable, but bubbles in your glass fusing project can really bring things to a disappointing end. Champaign may be the perfect analogy here because small Champaign size bubbles in a fusing project is part of the handmade feel of this fired [...]
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Got an Etch? Put Some Cream On It This is a little-known technique that not complicated but it’s fun safe and expressive and its for just about any age. The other really terrific part of this is that it open up the world of microwave kilns to the new to fired arts artist. So, let’s [...]
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