Mariana Baquero

Hear the sounds the textured surfaces of her tapas plates make when she stacks them, watch how her soft puffy handles reach out to be held, and learn about how the stamped surfaces are actually handwritten family stories!

Mariana loves that when users bring a mug to their lips they actually put a word inside their mouths.

George Bowes

Part I: George shares how his undulating forms feel and come into being, how the forms are ergonomic to hold, and how his best glaze decorations allow the viewer to "feel the drawing." ⁠
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George Bowes

Part II: George shares how his handles fit the hand and his aesthetics of decoration and function.

He explains why he need a "creep factor" in beauty and how he creates a custom makers mark every year. His 2020 "hurricane" makers mark captured how it felt to be making in the turmoil of the pandemic.

George Bowes

Part III: Listen to the sound of George’s pieces as he nests the snack set and learn how he thinks about composing decoration across multiple forms.

George shares his insights into the alchemy of glaze and the durability of his super vitrified clay.

Horacio Cassillas

Listen to Horacio ring his pots like church bells! Learn how he finds inspiration for the decorative content of his work from stained glass windows and Gothic architecture.

He shares his slipping, carving, and under glazing process with us. How heavy are his forms? Why does he only glaze the very inside of his wares?

Listen to Horacio explain how he approaches building his spiritual and corporeal life in and out of his studio practice.

Del Harrow

Part I: Del is drawn to “the beautiful conversations and arguments” happening in functional tableware. He finds fascinating tension between visual and formal qualities and tactile and functional qualities.

He explains where he starts by examining the concepts of formal table setting arrangements - plate, bowl, cup, and why so many functional pots are based off the “archetype of the cylinder”.

Zoom in to see how his GORGEOUS liner glaze softens the angled exterior 3D modeled surface.

Del Harrow

Part II: Using digital modeling programs, Rhino and Grasshopper, Del models cylindrical forms and then morphs and distorts them using simulated physical forces. He compares this inherent variation and softness to what the hand produces when wheel throwing multiple cylinders.

Jumping right to printing the mold means that the first time Del sees the cast form is in clay! He describes it like ET when he is able to “reach into virtual space and touching the digital form for the first time”

Sue Tirrell

Part I: Sue shares with us how her pots feel substantial but why that is intentional and how that relates to her decorating process. Watch Sue touch the feet and rims of her pots and tell us about the content of her surfaces!

*The California State Bird is a Quail not a Partridge

Sue Tirrell

Part II: Watch Sue handle her pots and share with us the subtle low relief texture that her sgraffito technique produces.

Sue walks us through her approach to illustrating animal anatomy and composing her densely decorated surfaces.

*The California State Bird is a Quail not a Partridge

Sue Tirrell

Object Focus: Learn more about Sue Tirrell’s Quail plate

*The California State Bird is a Quail not a Partridge

Sue Tirrell

Object Focus: Learn more about Sue Tirrell’s Rabbit plate