EP 415: How Clay can Hold Ideas with Kristina Batiste

The Maker's Playbook

Sometimes, making art can feel less important as we scroll through the news and battle with all that’s happening in the world. How can the things we make battle racism? How can a pot positively influence the needs of climate change? It sounds a little silly. Until we realize that culture is what changes the world. And art is uniquely linked to affecting culture and thus, change. Today’s guest, Kristina Batiste, creates minimalist ceramics that hold these huge subjects within their beauty and reminds me that the things we make can bring about the change we dream of.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Tacoma Pottery Salon: tacomapotterysalon.org

Click here for the interview with Osa Atoe on Tales of a Red Clay Rambler

and click here for Kristina’s website
Kristina's Instagram - @juniperclay
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Chapters

1. Kristina and Rebecca CRISTI EDIT (00:00:00)

2. Question from community members: How did the salon get started? (00:12:52)

3. How did you come up with the idea of an ten year long project? (00:31:17)

4. What inspires your aesthetics? (00:37:45)

5. Nobody's making anything new (00:39:57)

6. Balance life - work (00:46:12)

7. Becoming a public artist (00:50:37)

8. Black lives matter (00:51:41)

9. Photography (01:03:39)