{"podcast":{"title":"Colour and Ceramics","slug":"colour-and-ceramics-6773134","podcast_index_feed_id":6773134,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/colour/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/colour","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/colour/20231204_101226_866d2437219b5c52f3805db66dbb8329.jpg","author":"Bob Acton","episode_count":54,"summary":"Colour affects peoples’ emotional reactions and mood. In ceramics, the artist uses colour to imbue something other than that communicated from the form itself. This podcast explores the entire spectrum of colour, the psychology of colour, and how to use colour to communicate in ceramics. Bob will not only interview top ceramic artists from around the world but also artists using other mediums who use colour in their work. Look for a new podcast every two weeks. Bob can be contacted through his website at https://bobactonceramics.com/podcast or via the Colour and Ceramics Podcast Instagram page at https://instagram.com/colourandceramics","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T16:19:15.394368+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colour-and-ceramics-6773134"},"episode":{"title":"Paul Smith: British Sculptor","slug":"paul-smith-british-sculptor","published_at":"2026-07-15T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colour-and-ceramics-6773134/paul-smith-british-sculptor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colour-and-ceramics-6773134","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/colour/2990018","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/232060/2990018/colour/2026_07_14_22_20_08_a0e16ebb-d97c-49b2-9dbc-bf6cc1b8cf04.mp3","summary":"My guest today is British ceramic sculptor Paul Smith, who has worked full-time from his studio in North Derbyshire since 1998. Paul is known for his bold, semi-abstract animal sculptures, combining simplified forms with expressive, richly layered surfaces. Inspired by ancient sculpture and pottery, Inuit and folk art, and his lifelong fascination with the natural world, Paul is especially drawn to horses, cattle, wolves, bears, and big cats. His recent work uses layers of slips, engobes, oxides, and underglazes to create sculptures that feel like treasured objects, marked by age and history. Alongside his studio practice, Paul now teaches his distinctive hand-building methods through masterclasses in the UK and internationally. You can find him here on his website: https://paulsmithsculptures.co.uk/ and on his Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/paulsmithsculptures/","meta_description":"My guest today is British ceramic sculptor Paul Smith, who has worked full-time from his studio in North Derbyshire since 1998. Paul is known for his bold…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2870,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colour-and-ceramics-6773134/episodes/paul-smith-british-sculptor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colour-and-ceramics-6773134/paul-smith-british-sculptor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}