Amy Smith: The Art of Playing with Our Thrownness

<p><strong>Amy Smith: The Art of Playing with Our Thrownness</strong></p><p>Porcelain 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.</p><p>Find Amy's work at https://amysmithporcelain.com, and learn more about the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts at https://khncenterforthearts.org.</p><p>Recorded: June 25th, 2026</p><p><br /></p>