The Clay Place Podcast
Episodes
Jonathan Jolley
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the series, we sit down with Jonathan Jolley better known as The Jolly Potter. Jonathan shares the life-changing moment that...
Sophie Wootton
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we hear from Sophie Wootton, known from The Great Pottery Throwdown. Sophie shares how she made the leap from university straight i...
Hannah podcast
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we hear from Hannah, a Scottish-born artist now living in Australia. She shares how a simple evening pottery class sparked an unexp...
Louise Bell podcast
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we hear from Louise Bell, an artist from East Sussex. After feeling disheartened about her creativity as a child, Louise decided to...
Lynne Souter Anderson Podcast
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast episode, we talk to a true pioneer in her field, offering a fresh perspective on clay specifically, clay therapy. We all know clay i...
Emily Stubbs
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I talk to Emily Stubbs, a York based artist who has always had an intuitive way with clay. We learn how that intuition has developed ...
River Ceramics Jolene
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast sees me talking to the lovely Jolene creator of River Ceramics. Living in the Margaret River region of Western Australia her earthy tones...
Jo from Brimble Studio
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I interview the lovely Jo from Brimble Studio. From her illustration and business past working for some huge companies, she decided t...
Emma from Silver Spot Ceramics
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Emma owner and founder of Silver Spot ceramics. Emma tells us about how she stumbled into ceramics after a wake up call and a ...
Emily Rowley Podcast
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we hear from the lovely Emily Rowley, a north of England potter who takes us through her journey to becoming a full time potter. Findi...
The Clay Place Podcast- Mellissa Monsoon
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final episode of this season. Today we talk to Mellissa, a Ramsgate based artist who has taken her love for art and science and incorporat...
The Clay Place Podcast- Small Ceramics
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to the founders of Small Ceramics, a company who went viral throughout the pandemic after creating a small wheel. It is a really interes...
The Clay Place Podcast- Abigail Featherstone
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talk to Abigail who lives a hop skip and a jump from Scarborough in the North York Moors. She has moved from Illustration to pottery and we le...
The Clay Place Podcast - James Stead
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we hear from James, finalist on The Great Pottery Throwdown. We learn how clay has been a staple in his working life and how this has ebbed and ...
The Clay Place Podcast - Adam Rush
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we hear from Adam from Rush ceramics, how he turned from studying sculpture to ceramics and specifically portraits on mugs. This is a really int...
The Clay Place Podcast - Christophe Ceramics
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we hear from Christophe about his struggles in early life have made him the resilient person he is today and how a chance evening class led to...
The Clay Place Podcast - Dave Short
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to Dave Short, Dave was a contestant on The Great Pottery Throwdown series 7. He talks us through his interesting past and what brought ...
The Clay Place Podcast - Gillian Farrell
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we hear from Gillian, teacher and potter, turned her passion from clay into a teaching business. She has met many interesting characters along t...
The Clay Place Podcast - Lois Gunn
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we hear from winner of The Great Pottery Throwdown series 6 and my good friend Lois Gunn. This was one of my favourite podcasts to record. I hop...
The Clay Place Podcast - Derek Harbinson
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast is with Derek, you may know him from series 6 of The Great Pottery Throwdown. Derek’s journey from magazine editor to potter is an...
The Clay Place Podcast - Oxford Clay
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the release of my podcast episode with the lovely Katherine (She also has a fab pottery podcast!) from Oxford Ceramics. Katherine is passiona...
The Clay Place Podcast - Abilu Creations
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abi Interviewing Abi was such a pleasure, with a similar background to my own in teaching, it was so interesting to hear how clay has weaved in and o...
The Clay Place Podcast - Fabiola Ladino
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fabs- Fabiola is as vibrant as the colours on her native flag. Former ‘Great Pottery Throwdown’ contestant, Fabs has such a fabulous story to tel...
The Clay Place Podcast - John Roynon
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John-This is the first podcast we made so apologies for the poor sound quality! Although it doesn’t take away from the clay conversation and inspira...