tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984289093844316043.post4839063315597860857..comments2024-02-28T03:22:35.803-08:00Comments on Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: Matt Jones on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler PodcastBen Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359013637665336903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984289093844316043.post-92132018843367935752014-02-16T09:42:40.413-08:002014-02-16T09:42:40.413-08:00I studied with Gary Clontz at Piedmont Tech and ca...I studied with Gary Clontz at Piedmont Tech and can wholeheartedly agree that he is amazing. I'm so grateful to have learned from him.<br />Thank you, Gary. love ya.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04019152635905974425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984289093844316043.post-8615361274540469122014-02-03T20:16:34.423-08:002014-02-03T20:16:34.423-08:00I love all the podcasts, but am especially enjoyin...I love all the podcasts, but am especially enjoying all the North Carolina ones. I'm looking forward to the panel discussion. On several occasions you have expressed interest in different learning environments for clay and I was wondering if you have heard of Haywood Community Colleges Professional Crafts Program in Clyde, NC. It was run for decades by the amazing Gary Clontz who retired in the last 5 or 6 years and went on to start another professional pottery program at Piedmont Technical College in South Carolina. Currently the director of all four crafts programs is Terri Guess and the head of ceramics is Steve Loyd. The focus of the program was on high production and business. There was repetitive throwing, but unlike apprenticeships there was no specific aesthetic to replicate. We mainly looked to the traditional and folk pottery of the area. I'm not sure what it's like now as I finished in 1997. <br /><br />Thanks for all the thought and hard work that you put into the podcast. I love the conversational style, and you ask great questions. <br />Patty BilbroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com