261: Scott Ross on ram casting solid clay sculpture




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 a lecture from Scott Ross about building large scale sculpture for wood kilns. He builds his work by ram casting laminated layers of solid clay, which he then manipulates into geometric forms. In the lecture he discusses drying methods and the logistics of moving a 900-pound piece into kilns. The lecture was given at the Cultural Confluence Wood Fire Symposium, held in Helena, MT in October 2018.