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Amy Smith: The Art of Playing with Our Thrownness
Episode 9
Sunday, 28 June, 2026
Amy Smith: The Art of Playing with Our ThrownnessPorcelain is so unforgiving that potters say throwing it is like working with cream cheese. Ceramic artist Amy Smith has built a life around that material, and this conversation moves from clay to something larger: how we embrace what we're given — the temperament, the circumstances that shape us — as material to work with, and even to play with. At its center is one durable idea, that we might speak to ourselves the way we would to a good friend, and keep play close all our lives.Find Amy's work at https://amysmithporcelain.com, and learn more about the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts at https://khncenterforthearts.org.Recorded: June 25th, 2026












