Ohio Clay

It's a privilege to hold after-hour access to Core Clay. Cult Pastor Laura Davis explains the evolution of the policy over the studio's 20 years, and where it stands today. Plus, she says new stuff is coming in soon!

In which "Clay at Our Core" conducts the exit interview for "Vibes Manager" S. Buganski, who is leaving Core Clay after four years to dive into the bubbling waters of graduate school. Potluck 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 27!

If you've been using the Core Clay house glazes, you noticed that the supply got thin through the winter and early spring. Glaze Boss Mason Deane explains it all in this episode and talks about their four-week class starting in June on making your own glazes.

More studio notes and other items of interest for Core Clay members, including a heart-wrenching appeal for a mudbug to come and take home the kitties on the third floor.

Your correspondent delivers an on-the-scene report from the Spring Pottery Fair, where Cincinnati's pottery heads laughed at the all ... day ... rain ... and found treasures everywhere.

Spring Fair is this Saturday! Also, artist in residence Autumn McKay describes her experience at this year's NCECA.

Tracy Iliff, longtime organizer of the Spring Pottery Fair, stops by "Clay at Our Core" to drop all the details of this amazing event. More than 40 ceramic artists from around Cincinnati will show you what they've got, and you will find yourself compelled to bring it all home with you.

You don't have to imagine the car trip to Salt Lake City with Laura Davis, Erika NJ Allen and Hannah Bundschuh. It really happened, to go to NCECA, and the Cult Pastor explains her revelations along the way.

"Clay at Our Core" takes you across the Ohio River to talk with Austin Deal, the programming director at the Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, a cool place with a rich history in Covington.

Core Clay teachers Aaron Kent and Mike O'Neal team up for a three-week class that will show you how to make transfers with the silk-screening process and then apply the transfers to your pots. Another skill for your tool kit!