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