Two Regional Australian Ceramic Artists discussing all things clay. Deep dives into process, artist interviews and sharing the ups and downs of creating. Please reach out if you have any questions or ideas for Birds of Clay. You can get in contact with us birdsofclaypodcast@gmail.com or Instagram @birdsofclay_podcast. Find us on Instagram Rora @aurora_elwell Jane @jane.orme.pottery
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Clay Connections: Jane & Rora
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Welcome to our short side series — Clay Connections! In a new series of the podcast, we are focusing on wellbeing, community and creativity. We believe in the power of creativity to heal and bring people together. In this first episode we talk about our own journeys with mental health, when clay becomes work, process vs outcome, imposter syndrome, …
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Episode 12 - Education, Memory and Connecting to Landscape with Artist and Educator Rachel North
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This week we were joined by Rachel North, an educator and multi-disciplinary artist working on Yuggera Ugarapul Country. Rachel's work explores the complex connections between landscape and memory. Using ceramics, painting and textiles to communicate her conceptual ideas, Rachel tells us how her practice has evolved over time to cross creative disc…
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Episode 11 - Do Clay, Think Clay, Be Clay with Nathanlie Marie
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Today we had the privilege to talk to Nathanlie Marie. Nathanlie (aka Lily) is at the early stages of building a career in clay. It was wonderful to hear her deep passion for the material and be reminded of that obsession we both started with. Nathanlie Marie is a Filipino artist currently based in Australia. Informed by her lived experience, she w…
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Episode 10 - 'This glaze turned out nothing like I had planned'
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This episode we chat about our personal glaze journeys, where we are in our glaze educations and where we want to be. We discuss how we use glaze in our creative practices and our introductions into using commercially made glazes and how we began experimenting with raw materials to make our own. The best way for us to reach new listeners is through…
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Episode 9 - Talking with David Usher about a creative life
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Today Jane chats with artist, educator, academic and community worker, David Usher. We chat about David's rich history in the arts in Brisbane and Toowoomba, his research into the 'Spook' and the importance of community. Please check out David's instagram as it really brings this chat to life with artworks and photos: a real archive of a creative l…
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Episode 8 - Clay Gulgong 2024 Reflection
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In the episode today we are reflecting (gushing) about the week we have just had in North West NSW at Clay Gulgong. Clay Gulgong is a week long biennial event, globally recognised for its strong links with the field of ceramics. It is run by Mansfield Ceramics and brings an amazing group of national and international artists to the beautiful town o…
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Episode 7 - Putting your work into the world
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Today Rora and Jane discuss putting their work into the world. When do you do it? Where do you do it? How do you do it? Deep dives into markets, galleries, art prizes and more. Have something to add or a question? Talk to us via email birdsofclaypodcast@gmail.com or Instagram @birdsofclay_podcast. Find us on Instagram Rora @aurora_elwell Jane @jane…
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Episode 6 - Sustaining an Arts Career with Shannon Garson & Sarah Rayner
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In this episode we have the privilege to speak to two amazing artists - Shannon Garson & Sarah Rayner! Both women live and work on beautiful Jinibara Country (Maleny and surrounds) in Regional Queensland (in the background you can hear the local birds squawking/chirping and leaves rustling.) It's a long rich chat. We cover so many great topics - cl…
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Episode 5 - Kilns Kilns Kilns!
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Today we are at Rora's place and we are taking a deep dive into Kilns! Rora has a Gas Kiln and Jane has an Electric Kiln, we both got them second hand and have had our challenges. We are no experts, just sharing what we have learnt along the way. Have something to add or a question? Talk to us via email birdsofclaypodcast@gmail.com or Instagram @bi…
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Episode 4 - Interview with Regional Artist Peta Berghofer
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Our first interview!!! In this episode we are interviewing the all time great human Peta Berghofer. We speak about many topics including working with clay, inspiration and design processes, teaching and artist residencies. Peta Berghofer is an Australian artist based on Giabal and Jarowair lands/Toowoomba, Queensland. Working with clay as her mediu…
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Episode 3 - 2024 Goals!
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Setting Goals for 2024 - where we're going in 2024, what we want to explore and how to find joy in the things we struggle with (including more reclaim chats - it seems to be an ever-present subject for us both!). Please reach out if you have any questions or ideas for Birds of Clay. You can get in contact with us birdsofclaypodcast@gmail.com or Ins…
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Episode 2 - Introductions continued
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Welcome to the Birds of Clay Podcast! Episode 2 is the part two to our introductions. We go into more detail about where we exactly are in the world (the famous Lockyer Valley!) and what's going on for us right now. Again, this was recorded late 2023, it's taken a while to learn how to edit and use all the tech. We'll catch up soon! The group show …
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Episode 1 - Introducing Us!
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Welcome to the Birds of Clay Podcast! Episode 1 is just a little introduction to who we are and our clay journeys. We are good chatters so our intro will be over two episodes. It's also taken us a while to get here so we are living in the past (we recorded late 2023) but everything is still relevant. We'll catch up soon! Please reach out if you hav…
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A little taste of what's to come - clay, chats and laughs! Episode 1 coming soon...Jane & Rora
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