simon (they/them) | studio manager | @simon.5o

favorite thing to make out of clay: little guys

what’s inspiring you right now: kids’ art!!!

favorite food spot: brooklyn ball factory 

favorite emoji: 🧎🏻

simple pleasures: stir fried pea shoots

 

dre (she/her) | founder, director, expert hobbiest | @drebox

favorite thing to make: conversation pits as furniture, jewelry and lamps

what’s inspiring you right now: mid 90s break beat, mid-fall light

favorite food spot: manetta’s in lic

favorite emoji: 😈

simple pleasures: curiosity, new socks, r/whatsthisbug

 

evan (he/him) | lead tech, wheel and hand building instructor, glaze witch | @ev.lewis

favorite thing to make out of clay: tableware!

what’s inspiring you right now: ruth asawa, brutalist architecture, my students :~)

favorite food spot: kings co imperial

favorite emoji: 🫡

simple pleasures: pickled vegetables, grindcore, afternoon espresso

 

alexa (she/her) | studio admin | @lexcabrera

favorite thing to make out of clay: vases

what’s inspiring you: betty woodman, movie theaters, natural wine, fresh bread, farmers market flowers, space age design 

favorite food spot: la cantine 

favorite emoji: 👹

unusual skill: certified sommelier 

osvaldo (he/him) | studio tech | @osvaldoponton

favorite thing to make out of clay: miniature vases

what's inspiring you: anyone making small things

favorite food spot: paulie gee’s slice shop

favorite emoji: 🤷🏽‍♂️

believe it or not: i am 1990's venezuela national nintendo champion

alyssa (she/her) | wheel and hand building instructor | @alyssabeza

favorite thing to make out of clay: abstract sculptures and wheel thrown dinnerware 

what's inspiring you: balancing clay precariously, cone 10 glaze experimentation 

favorite food spot: lately, blue light speakcheesy

favorite emoji:  💫

simple pleasure: walking around aimlessly

keith (he/him) | studio tech | @overt_cove

favorite thing to make out of clay: wobbles

what’s inspiring you: evaporation residue

favorite food spot: defonte’s

favorite emoji: 🤷

if loving this is wrong i don’t want to be right: clamato

kyle (he/him) | engineer/tech/goofy guy | @kyle_kemper

favorite thing to make out of clay: i love to make functional ware and angular forms, recently i have been making more sculptural pieces and getting into jewelry

what’s inspiring you: food items, children’s paintings, primary colors

favorite food spot: moe’s doughs <3

favorite emoji: 🤠🏎️

simple pleasure: kissing fig the cat (see profile picture)

jaleh (she/her) | wheel instructor | @jalehfazel

favorite thing to make out of clay: things to eat and drink out of, functional ware

what’s inspiring you: food and chef thomas from england

favorite food spot: sapporo ichiban

favorite emoji:❤️🌈

the one thing you should know about me is: that i am always right

quincy (any pronouns) | studio tech | @carlowonderland

favorite thing to make out of clay: ducks 

what’s inspiring you: these geese i saw in london earlier this summer, which were so elegant and nothing like the ones you see around here

favorite food spot: cozy royale

favorite emoji: ʕง•ᴥ•ʔง

the key to my heart is: hidden deep within the brooklyn public library 📚

gary (he/him) | wheel instructor | @gary_af

favorite thing to make out of clay: bowls

what’s inspiring you: large forms

favorite food spot: birds of a feather

favorite emoji: 👀

my simple pleasures: citi biking three blocks instead of walking 

claire (they/them) | studio tech | @azurecoil

favorite thing to make out of clay: creatures, charms, containers

what’s inspiring you: summer produce, my friends, zine libraries and archives

favorite food spot: peeps kitchen 

favorite emoji: 🥮

simple pleasure: beverly glenn-copeland’s music

christina [she/her] | hand building instructor | @cahceramics

favorite thing to make out of clay: atm, weird mystical goblets 

what’s inspiring you: medieval alchemical manuscripts 

favorite food spot: lighthouse 

favorite emoji: ⛲

simple pleasure: oversize crewneck sweatshirts

lorena [she/her] | studio tech | @marzopan_

favorite thing to make out of clay: hand built tchotchkes and vessels to hide my clutter 

what’s inspiring you: andean art

favorite food spot: baby blues luncheonette

favorite emoji: 🥺

simple pleasure: sauna/steam room

dylan [he/him] | hand building instructor | @dylansilvaceramics

favorite thing to make out of clay: architectural sculpture, dinnerware, & all things between

what’s inspiring you: classicist postmodern collide

favorite food spot in brooklyn: greenpoint fish!

favorite emoji: :-P

unusual skill: pushing mud around!

benjamin [he/him] | wheel teacher | @value.form

favorite thing to make out of clay: teaware

what’s inspiring you: Richard Serra 

favorite food spot in brooklyn: Ten Ichi Mart

favorite emoji: ⬛

simple pleasure: parks