234: New Zealand Week: Greg Barron on building homemade ceramic equipment




Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: A pottery and ceramic art podcast show

Summary: Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Greg Barron. In the 1970’s he started building his own ceramic equipment to make plastic clays for use in his studio. He applied this same ingenuity to build an energy efficient home studio in Whangarei, NZ, that is made from compressed adobe. In our interview we talk about the effect deregulating imports had on NZ studio potters, how his priorities have shifted over time, and his do-it-yourself philosophy for running a business.