Season 3

Sarah Pike: A Canadian potter making exquisite slab-built, functional ware.
Colour and CeramicsApril 07, 2026x
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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.
Colour and CeramicsMarch 19, 2026x
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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
Colour and CeramicsFebruary 27, 2026x
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00:39:2336.06 MB

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.
Colour and CeramicsFebruary 04, 2026x
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00:40:1736.89 MB

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
Colour and CeramicsJanuary 15, 2026x
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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...