Colour and Ceramics
Colour affects peoples’ emotional reactions and mood. In ceramics, the artist uses colour to imbue something other than that communicated from the form itself. This podcast explores the entire spectrum of colour, the psychology of colour, and how to use colour to communicate in ceramics.
Bob will not only interview top ceramic artists from around the world but also artists using other mediums who use colour in their work. Look for a new podcast every two weeks.
Bob can be contacted through his website at https://bobactonceramics.com/podcast or via the Colour and Ceramics Podcast Instagram page at https://instagram.com/colourandceramics
Sarah Pike: A Canadian potter making exquisite slab-built, functional ware.
This week on Colour and Ceramics , Bob Acton is joined by Sarah Pike, one of Canada’s top ceramic artists. Sarah is a full-time potter based in Fernie, British Columbia, where she makes functional slab-built pottery from her home studio. Her work carries a wonderful sense of movement and personality...
Teresa Wyss: A Canadian small-batch functional potter in Alberta.
In this episode of the Colour and Ceramics Podcast @colourandceramics I @bobacton speak with Calgary potter Teresa Wyss @teresawysspottery about her striking functional ceramics, made with porcelain stoneware and decorated using hand-carved sgraffito. Inspired by wildlife, landscape, and the vivid c...
Robbin Harris: A Canadian Crystalline Ceramic Artist
Today on the Colour and Ceramics Podcast, host Bob Acton shares his interview with Robbin Harris . Robbin Harris is a crystalline ceramic artist based in Calgary, Alberta, whose creative path reflects both resilience and reinvention. A former jazz musician, Robbin turned to clay after a life-changin...
Heidi McKenzie: A Canadian Ceramic Sculptor who explores ancestry, migration, race and belonging.
This week Bob Acton @bobacton joined by ceramic and installation artist Heidi McKenzie , whose work uses clay and image as archive—exploring ancestry, migration, race, and belonging through powerful abstract portraiture. From Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories to the Indian Ceramics Triennale in D...
Gillian Boon: A Canadian Potter & Prairie Mermaid
I’m thrilled to welcome Gillian Boon to the podcast, an Alberta-based ceramic artist whose work carries the pulse of the ocean, even from the heart of the prairies. Inspired by coral reefs, tide pools, and the intense blues and greens of Grassi Lakes, Gillian’s ceramics explore movement, surface, an...
Maricelle Olivier: The Bushland Remembered: Landscape as Surface in Ceramics
This week I’m @bobacton joined on the Colour and Ceramics Podcast @colourandceramics by Australian ceramic artist Maricelle Olivier , whose work is deeply shaped by memory, landscape, and line. Drawing inspiration from South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a place tied to generations of family histor...
Shae Bishop: Ceramics, Textiles, and Curiosity-Driven Making
Ceramic artist Shae Bishop joins me @bobacton on the Colour and Ceramics Podcast @colourandceramics this week for a rich conversation about material, curiosity, and community. Shae’s practice moves between ceramics, textiles, and the body, shaped by residencies at places like the Archie Bray Foundat...
Reverend Jane Sheppard: A UK based ceramic artist
Meet Jane Sheppard , a UK-based ceramic artist whose hand-built, smoke-fired vessels echo ancient artefacts and the sacred threads of human experience. Her award-winning work blends ritual, memory, and earth-rooted simplicity—inviting us to pause, feel, and reconnect. You can find Jane via her websi...
Susan Trimble: An Australian Ceramic Artist
Today, Bob Acton introduces us to South African–born ceramic artist Susan Trimble who creates joyful, nature-inspired work from her Brisbane studio. After a long career in graphic design, she discovered clay in 2020 and quickly developed a distinctive practice shaped by painting, mark-making, and me...
Nichole Windblad - Head of Calgary Art Market
Today, I’m excited to introduce you to Nicole Windblad , the creative force behind the Calgary Art Market. Nicole isn’t just curating a show; she’s shaping opportunities. As someone who runs one of the most respected art markets in Alberta, she understands what makes artists stand out, what helps th...