316: Jordan Mcdonald on his love of Rosanjin and the Pots in Words project

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Jordan McDonald. Raised in the suburbs of Toronto,
Jordan now lives in West Philadelphia where he makes functional
pottery decorated with motifs drawn from historical painting and
ceramics. To compliment his studio practice, he started the Pots
in Words Instagram feed which features written descriptions of
historical pots. He uses these as a jumping off point for
imagination and innovation in his studio practice. In our
interview we talk about the influence of Walter Ostrom, his love
of the artist Rosanjin and working with interior designers. To
find our more visit www.jordanmcdonaldstudio.com.


 


On today’s AMACO Community Corkboard, we have a plug for the
Archie Bray Foundation Residency program. The Archie Bray
Foundation is a public, nonprofit, educational institution
founded in 1951 by brickmaker Archie Bray, who intended it to be
"a place to make available for all who are seriously interested
in any of the branches of the ceramic arts, a fine place to
work." In 2020 they are offering ten $5,000 fellowships along
with ten $1,000 summer scholarships so get your application in by
March 1st. For more information visit www.archiebray.org.


 


The Tales of the Red Clay Rambler is made possible in part by
STARworks, host of the 2020 WoodFire NC International
Conference. The conference will kick off May 21st with two
pre-conference events happening simultaneously in Asheville and
Seagrove, where visiting artists will load and fire a
variety of wood firing kilns. The main conference
runs from May 28th to May 31st, 2020 at STARworks in Star,
NC and features artists from around the world discussing the
future of wood fired ceramics. For more
information please visit www.WoodFireNC.com.