Owner, Teacher

Elani is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores tenderness, queerness, playfulness and vulnerability. Her art background originated in painting and drawing, which she brings into her ceramic work with expressive and colorful surface design.

Working in both wheel throwing and hand building, she initially found herself drawn to ceramics because of the grounding experience of touching clay. As a teacher, her goal is to create a space for students to try new things without judgement.

Teacher

Jennifer Cuaro is a cross-disciplinary artist with a background in materials science. Her work explores structure, texture, and transformation via curiosity about the physical properties of clay and an appreciation of her cultural heritage.

As an instructor, she fosters an inclusive, engaged, and supportive learning environment. She encourages exploration and process-based learning, helping students build strong foundational skills while also supporting creative risk taking. She lives in the East Bay and teaches handbuilding and wheel throwing at multiple studios in the area.

Teacher

Greetings, I’m Siegfried! I am a maker who enjoys the playfulness and serendipity of ceramics and appreciates the meandering nature of clay. I believe in practicing compassion, pliability, mellowness, curiosity, [reasonable] risk-taking, and allowing for clumsiness