The Studio Journal

Pottery Studio Essentials

Pottery Studio Essentials

If you’re building your studio, start here. Choose tools that are sturdy.Choose tools that feel good in your hands.Choose tools you’ll reach for every day.

Pottery Studio Essentials

If you’re building your studio, start here. Choose tools that are sturdy.Choose tools that feel good in your hands.Choose tools you’ll reach for every day.

Finished built-in bookshelves with dark floral wallpaper backing, styled with ceramic pieces and books

Project Bookshelf Update

For years our built-in bookshelves had stained mirror backing that made the room feel cluttered. Here's what happened when we finally covered them with wallpaper—and why I'd choose traditional paste...

Project Bookshelf Update

For years our built-in bookshelves had stained mirror backing that made the room feel cluttered. Here's what happened when we finally covered them with wallpaper—and why I'd choose traditional paste...

Handmade wonky ceramic bowl showcasing imperfect artisanal beauty

Done Is Beautiful

A challenge from the theater world: If it's done, it's beautiful. Stop perfecting and start finishing those works in progress taking up space in your craft room and your mind.

Done Is Beautiful

A challenge from the theater world: If it's done, it's beautiful. Stop perfecting and start finishing those works in progress taking up space in your craft room and your mind.

Why Handmade Pottery Still Matters in a Disposable World

Why Handmade Pottery Still Matters in a Disposa...

In a world of disposable goods, handmade pottery offers something different: objects made with intention, built to last, and meant to become part of your daily life.

Why Handmade Pottery Still Matters in a Disposa...

In a world of disposable goods, handmade pottery offers something different: objects made with intention, built to last, and meant to become part of your daily life.

Handmade ceramic soup bowl filled with winter minestrone on rustic wooden table

A Winter Minestrone for Cold Days

A simple winter minestrone recipe built on patience and seasonal vegetables. Meant to be ladled into deep handmade bowls and eaten slowly.

A Winter Minestrone for Cold Days

A simple winter minestrone recipe built on patience and seasonal vegetables. Meant to be ladled into deep handmade bowls and eaten slowly.

Underconsumption, Slowing Down, and the Quiet Value of Handmade

Underconsumption, Slowing Down, and the Quiet V...

For a long time, we've been taught that more is better.More options.More trends.More things arriving at our doorsteps, faster than ever before.But somewhere along the way, many of us began...

Underconsumption, Slowing Down, and the Quiet V...

For a long time, we've been taught that more is better.More options.More trends.More things arriving at our doorsteps, faster than ever before.But somewhere along the way, many of us began...