Ohio Clay

In which we hear Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Song of the Potter.” For our patron saint, Nicholaus Haar Westerkamp.

How studio member Noah Desch married his clay skills and his cooking skills. Also: details on the Nicholaus Westerkamp memorial Dec. 28 at Core Clay.

Studio member Nick Robson balances her weekdays as a senior at Wyoming High School and her weekends as a Core Clay member. Also: Nicholaus Westerkamp.

Like many new potters, Cosmo Philpott says his practice teaches him the virtue of patience.

Back at Core Clay, Hannah Bundschuh is a ray of sunshine and a clay-pugging machine.

When Jean-François Paquay is in his native Brussels, Belgium, he has a solitary art practice. When in Cincinnati, though, he throws in the community of Core Clay.

Phil Tworek, retired from landscape architecture, has come to clay, and he says he sees some parallels to the practices.

An all-studio notes episode on an eternal verity, and the answer to the question: Where are all the big towels?

What Carla has learned about clay, and about herself, during her residency at Core Clay.

Gallery Director Sam Buganski explains the reasons that no matter how shy, an artist needs to step into the marketplace. You learn a lot from the experience, Sam says, no matter how much or how little you sell.