453: Wesley Brown on the monumentality of form

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Wesley Brown. He combines thrown forms with thick
slabs to make sculptures and pottery that feels monumental both
in their emotion and scale. In our interview we talk about his
methods of building, finding a unifying surface, and teaching at
East Stroudsburg University, where he is a Fredrick Douglas
Scholar. He has a show on display until March 3rd at ESU’s
Madelon Powers Gallery. To see examples of his work, visit
www.wesleytbrown.com.


 


NCECA will be hosting their first ever podcast room at this
year’s conference in Cincinnati. Thursday March 16th and Friday
March 17th there will be six hour-long live tapings of popular
ceramic podcasts. I’ll be hosting an episode titled Taking an
Environmental Approach to Making with Marianne Chénard, Julia
Galloway, and Ché R. Ochtli on Friday at 2:30 in room
212. Please drop in to experience this new interactive
format for discussion at NCECA. For more information visit
www.nceca.net. 


 


Today’s episode is brought to you by the following sponsors:


 


For the past 100 years, AMACO Brent has been creating ceramic
supplies for our community ranging from underglazes to electric
kilns, and they have no plans of slowing down. www.amaco.com


 


The Rosenfield Collection of Functional Ceramic Art is an on-line
source for research and inspiration, featuring images of
thousands of objects made by over 800 artists.
www.Rosenfieldcollection.com.