Object Podcast
Stories of design and craft

Object: stories of design and craft is a podcast exploring design and contemporary craft in Australia, hosted by Australian Design Centre’s CEO and Artistic Director Lisa Cahill.
Series 1 explored masters of craft. Listen here.
Series 2 focusses in on ceramics. Listen here.
Series 2: Clay Connections
Series 2 zooms in on a craft form that every second person is doing or trying or buying - ceramics. Over five episodes you’ll meet Ilona Topolcsanyi, Brett Stone, Jane Sawyer, Robyn Phelan and Eva Czernis-Ryl. You’ll hear how artists collaborate, their advice for other makers and the future for ceramics.
Series 2 was produced to accompany the ADC On Tour exhibition SIXTY: Celebrating the Sixtieth Anniversary of The Journal of Australian Ceramics 1962-2022 that is currently touring Australia. This project is funded with the support of the Australian Government's Visions of Australia program and is a collaboration with major partner The Australian Ceramics Association. See more about SIXTY here.
Ceramics is a global phenomenon that is not going to pass. As they say, clay is here to stay! Eva Czernis-Ryl.
Series 2: Clay Connections
Release date: 9 November 2022
Episode lengths: 25 mins average
Host and Executive Producer: Lisa Cahill
Producer: Jane Curtis
Media and Production Support: Alix Fiveash
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Series 1: Masters of Craft
When I first sat down at the potter's wheel, that was it. Bugger painting! This was blood and guts and real.
Jeff Mincham
Series 1 of Object: stories of design and craft explores the Masters of Craft, nationally and internationally acclaimed craftspeople, our living treasures.
Meet Australia’s master craftspeople working in ceramics, jewellery, textiles and metal. Why does their work matter? How do they keep going? How does working in Australia impact their work? What’s their advice for makers now?
Prue Venables, Jeff Mincham, Lola Greeno, Liz Williamson, Les Blakebrough, Marian Hosking and Robert Baines down their tools and talk with Lisa Cahill from the Australian Design Centre.
Release date: 14 October 2021
Episode lengths: 25 mins average
Host and Executive Producer: Lisa Cahill
Producer: Jane Curtis
Media and Production Support: Alix Fiveash
The Living Treasures series of exhibitions have been toured by Australian Design Centre through ADC On Tour our national touring exhibition program with support from the Australian Government through the Visions of Australia regional exhibition touring program. The program supports audience access to Australian arts and cultural material, with a particular focus on tours to regional and remote Australia.
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Australia Council for the Arts
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Australian Government - Visions of Australia logo
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